Lewis Hamilton takes inspiration from Ayrton Senna before Brazilian GP
The Mercedes driver won the 2008 world title in São Paulo and hopes to move a step closer to his second there on Sunday
In a small 16th-floor room in the business area of the megalopolis of São Paulo, the family of Ayrton Senna the fastest, most committed and greatest of all Formula One drivers gathered and shed fresh tears over their terrible loss of 20 years ago. The occasion, at the Ayrton Senna Institute, in a leafy street well away from the infamous favelas, was this weeks unveiling of a stunning new portrait of the three-times world champion by the British artist Ian Berry.
Lewis Hamilton, who was on his way from the previous grand prix in Austin, was not there. But there was no need for him to be. The leader of the current generation of drivers (he has won 10 of this years 17 races) carries a mental image of Senna just as vivid as Berrys finest creation. And a depiction of his hero was there, in the lights of his imagination, as he prepared for Sundays Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the season which could take the British driver a step closer to his second world title.
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