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When was the last time the death of a sports star affected people around the world the way Ayrton Senna's did? The impact was felt most keenly by his immediate family - which is to say 160 million Brazilians for whom he embodied the best elements of nationhood, and who gave him a funeral fit for a president. But the sadness and disbelief extended far beyond the boundaries of his country or his sport. To his fellow Grand Prix drivers, men who live with the permanent likelihood of death, Senna had seemed to be invulnerable. Many millions who merely watched on televison had seen him the same way. Ayrton Senna's sudden death posed the question of the extent to which a person may be allowed to put their lives - and sometimes those of others - at risk for what is merely a sport.
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Richard Williams is chief sports writer for the Guardian. His previous jobs include chief sports writer of the Independent, assistant editor of The Times, editor of Time Out and Melody Maker, and head of artists and repertoire at Island Records.
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'This book does full and elegant justice to Formula One's greatest driver and wiliest tactician. "Few people really know me", Senna once said. Williams comes very, very close' Mail on Sunday 'Not just an insightful and pragmatic assessment of Senna as driver and complex human being, but a thorough examination of that grim weekend for F1' Financial Times 'A masterly portrait--literate, poignant and truth-seeking' Scotland on Sunday
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