List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna

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Black and white photograph of Senna
Ayrton Senna won 41 Formula One races and three World Championships before his death in 1994.

Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One World Championships. He entered Formula One in 1984 with the Toleman team, but after one season, he moved to Lotus.[1] He spent three seasons with Lotus before moving to McLaren in 1988.[2] Over the next five years, the intense rivalry between Senna and Alain Prost, a leading Formula One driver, came to the forefront, with particularly notable race incidents and collisions occurring between the two.[3] Senna won all three of his World Championships during his six seasons with McLaren, in 1988, 1990 and 1991. He wanted to move to Williams after 1992, but was prevented from doing so by a clause in Alain Prost's contract.[1][4][5] He moved to Williams in 1994, but during the third race of the season, he was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.[6][7] He was among the most dominant and successful Formula One drivers of the modern era, and is considered by some as the greatest racing driver of all time.[8][9]

Senna achieved his first victory in Formula One at the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix on 21 April. John Blunsden of The Times described the win as "one of the most telling examples of supreme driving ability",[10] while fellow driver Patrick Tambay described the race as a nightmare, as it was "very, very flooded everywhere, the cloud ceiling very low and the light very poor".[11] He won two races in each of his three years with Lotus before moving to McLaren for the 1988 season. He secured his first Formula One World Championship that year and enjoyed his most successful season in terms of race wins. His eight victories that year set a new record for the most wins in a season, breaking the previous record of seven by Jim Clark.[12][13] In the subsequent three seasons with McLaren, he won six or more races each season, securing two more Formula One World Championship titles in 1990 and 1991. Senna managed only three victories in 1992. His final win in Formula One came at the final race of the 1993 season at the Australian Grand Prix. In all, Senna won 41 Grands Prix at seventeen different circuits.[14][15]

By winning 41 races from 161 Grand Prix starts, Senna is currently ranked sixth overall in the all-time Formula One Grand Prix winners' list. 35 of his victories were for McLaren, and 32 of his wins were in cars with a Honda engine. Of his remaining nine victories, five were achieved with Ford powered cars, and four with Renault. He was most successful at Monaco, where he won six times during his career, including a record five consecutive times between 1989 and 1993.[16][17] His largest margin of victory was 1:23.199 at the 1993 European Grand Prix, while the narrowest margin was at the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix, when he beat Nigel Mansell by 0.014 seconds, one of the closest finishes in Formula One.[18]

Wins

Key:

  • No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Senna's first race win.
  • Race – Race number; for example, "1" signifies the first race Senna took part in. Races in which Senna unsuccessfully attempted to qualify are included.
  • Grid – The position on the grid at which Senna started the race.
  • Margin – Margin of victory, given in the format of minutes:seconds.milliseconds
  • – Driver's Championship winning season.
Grand Prix victories[15][19]
No. Race Date Season Grand Prix Circuit Grid Margin Team Engine Chassis Ref
1 17 21 April 1985 1985 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 1 1:02.978 Lotus Renault 97T [20][21]
2 28 15 September 1985 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 0:28.422 [22]
3 33 13 April 1986 1986 Spanish Circuito de Jerez 1 0:00.014 98T [23]
4 38 22 June 1986 Detroit Detroit Street Circuit 1 0:31.017 [24]
5 51 31 May 1987 1987 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 2 0:33.212 Honda 99T [25]
6 52 21 June 1987 Detroit Detroit Street Circuit 2 0:33.819 [26]
7 65 1 May 1988 1988 San Marino Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 0:02.334 McLaren MP4/4 [27]
8 68 12 June 1988 Canadian Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 0:05.934 [28]
9 69 19 June 1988 Detroit Detroit Street Circuit 1 0:38.713 [29]
10 71 10 July 1988 British Silverstone Circuit 3 0:23.344 [30]
11 72 24 July 1988 German Hockenheimring 1 0:13.609 [31]
12 73 7 August 1988 Hungarian Hungaroring 1 0:00.529 [32]
13 74 28 August 1988 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 0:30.470 [33]
14 78 30 October 1988 Japanese Suzuka Circuit 1 0:13.363 [34]
15 81 23 April 1989 1989 San Marino Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 0:40.225 MP4/5 [35]
16 82 7 May 1989 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1 0:52.529 [36]
17 83 28 May 1989 Mexican Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 0:15.560 [37]
18 88 30 July 1989 German Hockenheimring 1 0:15.560 [38]
19 90 27 August 1989 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 0:01.304 [39]
20 93 1 October 1989 Spanish Circuito de Jerez 1 0:27.051 [40]
21 96 11 March 1990 1990 United States Phoenix Street Circuit 5 0:08.685 MP4/5B [41]
22 99 27 May 1990 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1 0:01.087 [42]
23 100 10 June 1990 Canadian Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 0:10.497 [43]
24 104 29 July 1990 German Hockenheimring 1 0:06.520 [44]
25 106 26 August 1990 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 0:03.550 [45]
26 107 9 September 1990 Italian Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 0:06.054 [46]
27 112 10 March 1991 1991 United States Phoenix Street Circuit 1 0:16.322 MP4/6 [47]
28 113 24 March 1991 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 0:02.991 [48]
29 114 28 April 1991 San Marino Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 0:01.675 [49]
30 115 12 May 1991 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1 0:18.348 [50]
31 121 11 August 1991 Hungarian Hungaroring 1 0:04.599 [51]
32 122 25 August 1991 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 0:01.901 [52]
33 127 3 November 1991 Australian Adelaide Street Circuit 1 0:01.259 [53]
34 133 31 May 1992 1992 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 3 0:00.215 MP4/7A [54]
35 138 16 August 1992 Hungarian Hungaroring 3 0:40.139 [55]
36 140 13 September 1992 Italian Autodromo Nazionale Monza 2 0:17.050 [56]
37 145 28 March 1993 1993 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 3 0:16.625 Ford MP4/8 [57]
38 146 11 April 1993 European Donington Park 4 1:23.199 [58]
39 149 23 May 1993 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 3 0:52.118 [59]
40 158 24 October 1993 Japanese Suzuka Circuit 2 0:11.435 [60]
41 159 7 November 1993 Australian Adelaide Street Circuit 1 0:09.259 [61]

Number of wins at different Grands Prix

Ayrton Senna accumulated 41 career victories with Lotus and McLaren
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Senna racing for Lotus in 1985
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Senna on his way to victory for McLaren at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix
Senna's McLaren during the 1991 Monaco Grand Prix
Senna won the Monaco Grand Prix six times during his career, including 1991.
Senna won the 1993 European Grand Prix in changing conditions, achieving the biggest victory margin of his career.
Victories at different Grands Prix
No. Grand Prix Years won Wins
1 Monaco Grand Prix 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 6
2 Belgian Grand Prix 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 5
3 Detroit Grand Prix 1986, 1987, 1988 3
4 German Grand Prix 1988, 1989, 1990
5 San Marino Grand Prix 1988, 1989, 1991
6 Hungarian Grand Prix 1988, 1991, 1992
7 Spanish Grand Prix 1986, 1989 2
8 Canadian Grand Prix 1988, 1990
9 United States Grand Prix 1990, 1991
10 Italian Grand Prix 1990, 1992
11 Brazilian Grand Prix 1991, 1993
12 Japanese Grand Prix 1988, 1993
13 Australian Grand Prix 1991, 1993
14 Portuguese Grand Prix 1985 1
15 British Grand Prix 1988
16 Mexican Grand Prix 1989
17 European Grand Prix 1993
Total number of Grand Prix wins: 41

Number of wins at different circuits

Victories at different circuits
No. Circuit Years won Wins
1 Circuit de Monaco 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 6
2 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 5
3 Detroit Street Circuit 1986, 1987, 1988 3
4 Hockenheimring 1988, 1989, 1990
5 Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1988, 1989, 1991
6 Hungaroring 1988, 1991, 1992
7 Circuito de Jerez 1986, 1989 2
8 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1988, 1990
9 Phoenix Street Circuit 1990, 1991
10 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1990, 1992
11 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1991, 1993
12 Suzuka Circuit 1988, 1993
13 Adelaide Street Circuit 1991, 1993
14 Autódromo do Estoril 1985 1
15 Silverstone Circuit 1988
16 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1989
17 Donington Park 1993
Total number of Grand Prix wins: 41

See also

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