Ayrton Senna was a three-time world champion and widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time.
Here, the PA news agency delves into the archives to look at some of the best images from his remarkable career on the track on what would have been his 60th birthday.
Camel Lotus drivers Ayrton Senna - left, aged 27 - and Satoru Nakajima of Japan
Ayrton Senna, left, after winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone
Motor Racing – British Grand Prix – Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna, centre, shields his ears from the engine noise during the testing session at Silverstone
Formula One Motor Racing – European Grand Prix – Donington Park
The Brazilian in the cockpit of his car during practice for the 1993 European Grand Prix at Doddington Park
Ayrton Senna hitches a ride on Nigel Mansell’s Williams Renualt after he ran out of fuel on the last lap of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone
Ayrton Senna test drives the new Rothmans Williams Renault racing car at Estoril, in Portugal in 1994
Floral tributes at the gate of the Williams-Renault headquarters at Didcot, Oxfordshire, after the death of Ayrton Senna
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