I've seen this documentary 3 times now, and the reason I keep coming back is because it has the ability to stir my emotions, it helps me when I'm feeling down, you just can't help and feel connected with Senna, he's such a charismatic person.

Some documentaries are like teachers; they can take something you might not be interested in and find a way to captivate you with it. My wife would never sit through a car race but she was crying by the end. It isn't just a matter of the film being well made. Senna was a genuinely fascinating person. From a purist racing point of view, things were arranged to tell a story of a battle between men and the lengths they go to for the pursuit of international recognition, so the two sides of every story weren't evenly covered. Proust fans may have some opinions about it. Still, it is worth it just for the gorgeous footage of the cars from that period including onboard footage.

Who really is Ayrton Senna?, does he deserve a documentary feature all to himself?, those where two questions a asked myself the day i bought the DVD 3 years ago, so I decided to find out and boy was I blown away, all I knew is that he was a great driver, because is name was always in the news, I was not a formula 1 fan before a saw this feature, now I am, you don't have to be a fan to enjoy it, in fact, you don't have to be a fan of sports in general to enjoy this, it is the man and is personality that grabs you, is courage, the greater than life persona of this mystical man.Few sports figures command such respect and admiration like he does. So i guess mi two questions where answered beyond mi wildest dreams, what a great life and what a great man, we are all indebted to him, forever.

He is the ultimate driver's driver he had that god given talent a sense of where the grip was before he turned into a corner. – Martin brundle (1984 - 1996) he raced with Senna for 11 years. An average formula one driver could find a tenth or two hundredths of a second during a qualifying lap, really great drivers could find nearly half a second to three quarters of a second, but Senna can do even better than that in Monaco Grand Prix 1988 Senna out qualified the great Alain Prost by Scarcely believable 1.5 Sec. Senna was a brilliant driver, well so were others that's why he was racing them in Formula 1. But when it rained it was easy to spot Senna's talents. Going back to his first race in Monaco Grand Prix where the race had to be stopped due to heavy rain when Alain Prost was in lead and Ayrton Senna in second place was closing in on him at 3 seconds a lap! In rain! In 1984 car! In Monaco! It was a touch of genius. The Brazilian grand prix in 1991 was one of the most memorable of all the races. There was so much of Passion, excitement and sentiment going into that race for Senna and the Jam Pack interlagos crowd chanting Ole Ole Ole Senna Senna. It was going to be an easy win, but, with several laps to go his gear box jammed in sixth gear and it is unbelievably impossible to drive an F1 car stuck in sixth gear. Besides this he completed the race as a winner for the first time in his home grand prix. Asif Kapadia takes you through a pure emotional rush and also the dangers of formula 1 racing from the early days of the sport, till Senna's ultimate death in San Marino Grand Prix imola in 1994. The other day I wrote a review of Rush which is also a movie based on formula 1. But to write this review I watched hours and hours footage of Senna, what I understood is James Hunt and Niki Lauda were spectacular every time they raced each other. Senna was spectacular every time he got in the car. Every era has their champions who define all the odds. But Senna may be; just may; be the best of the best.