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Ayrton Senna Death: F1 Legend's Greatest Races (VIDEO)

WATCH: Senna's Greatest Races (VIDEO)
Samuel Luckhurst
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Ayrton Senna's Formula 3 car once rested on the shoulder of Martin Brundle's vehicle following a collision in the early 1980s. It was an early warning for the seasoned Formula 1 commentator.

"When you saw the day-glow of McLaren and the very bright helmet of Ayrton Senna," Brundle explained in 2010, "he would come through and we literally jumped out of the way."

"When there is a gap, you either commit yourself as a professional racing driver, that is designed to win races, or you come second, or you come third or you come fifth," Senna once said. "And I'm not designed to come third, fourth or fifth. I race to win."

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Senna at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix, where he completed arguably his most emotional victory

Here are just five of the legendary Brazilian's memorable moments on the track...

1984 MONACO GRAND PRIX

Senna was just 24 when he debuted in Monaco and started the race in 13th place, but gave an early glimpse as to why he loved it when it rained.

SUZUKA, 1989

Senna was controversially disqualified, as he and Prost vied for the world championship in the final grand prix after a collision at the final chicane put them both off the track. Whereas Prost unbuckled his safety belt and emerged from his car, Senna restarted his, and the noise which greets his recovery is one of the highlights of the Senna documentary.

SUZUKA, 1990

As ruthless as he was vibrant, Senna got his revenge on Prost a year later when he claimed his second world championship. He not only put him and Prost out of the race but ended the pair's acrimonious professional relationship at McLaren.

1991 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX

Senna's only Grand Prix win on home soil was one of his most emotive. Stuck in sixth gear with two laps remaining, Senna somehow managed to hold off Italian Riccardo Patrese by 2.9 seconds. Drained, he had muscle cramps and had to be lifted from his car.

DONINGTON, 1993

One of the most astonishing laps recorded on film, Senna leapt from fifth to first and eventually held off the Williams pair of Damon Hill and Prost.

Ayrton Senna
Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix (01 of24)
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Ayrton Senna celebrates his win with the trophy (credit:PA)
Motor Racing - British Grand Prix(02 of24)
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Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna looks into the distance at Silverstone (credit:PA)
Motor Racing - Hungarian Grand Prix (03 of24)
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Williams' Nigel Mansell (l) sprays champagne over McLaren's Ayrton Senna (r) (credit:PA)
MOTOR RACING - PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX(04 of24)
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GERHARD BERGER, NIGEL MANSELL AND AYRTON SENNA SENNA SHOW SIGNS OF EXHAUSTION ON THE WINNERS PODIUM (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor Racing - Belgian Grand Prix (05 of24)
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Damon Hill's Williams Renault drives over a graffiti tribute to the late Ayrton Senna at Spa (credit:PA)
Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix (06 of24)
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Ayrton Senna, McLaren (credit:PA)
Motor Racing - Formula One - Ayrton Senna(07 of24)
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Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, 27, who is again driving for Lotus this season under their new sponsor 'Camel Cigarettes' and with new engines by Honda. (credit:PA)
Motor Racing - British Grand Prix - Testing Session - Ayrton Senna(08 of24)
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Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna (centre) shields his ears from the engine noise during the testing session at Silverstone. (credit:PA)
Motor Racing - British Grand Prix - Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna(09 of24)
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Britain's Nigel Mansell (l) celebrates his British Grand Prix victory with third-placed Ayrton Senna on the winner's rostrum at Silverstone. (credit:PA)
Ayrton Senna(10 of24)
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British Grand Prix, Silverstone. 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. (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor racing - German Grand Prix (11 of24)
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Ayrton Senna (credit:PA)
Formula One - San Marino Grand Prix (12 of24)
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Ayrton Senna (credit:PA)
San Marino Grand Prix(13 of24)
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26-APR-95 ... A fan reads the tributes to Ayrton Senna at the place where he died at the Imola Circuit (credit:PA)
Motor Racing - British Grand Prix(14 of24)
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Brazil's Ayrton Senna in action during the race at Brands Hatch in a Lotus (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor racing - Australian Grand Prix (15 of24)
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Ayrton Senna, McLaren celebrates his victory on the podium (credit:PA)
Formula one Motor racing - San Marino Grand Prix (16 of24)
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Ayrton Senna leads the pack off the start into the first corner at Imola (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor Racing - British Grand Prix(17 of24)
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Ayrton Senna, McLaren Honda (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor racing - Japanese Grand Prix (18 of24)
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Ayrton Senna in action in Suzuka (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor racing - British Grand Prix - Silverstone(19 of24)
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Race Winner Nigel Mansell gives Ayrton Senna a lift back to the pits after his McLaren stops in the final few laps (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor racing - San Marino Grand Prix (20 of24)
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Williams' Ayrton Senna chats with the Williams chief mechanic David Brown about the steering wheel on is car. (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor racing - San Marino Grand Prix (21 of24)
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Ayrton Senna checks the monitor for the qualifying times (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor Racing - San Marino Grand Prix - Practice(22 of24)
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A bronze statue of Fomula One legend Ayrton Senna who was killed in a crash at Imola in 1994 (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor Racing - European Grand Prix - Donington Park(23 of24)
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The late Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna watches the pratice time monitor from the cockpit of his car during practice for the 1993 European Grand Prix at Doddington Park. Williams Renault motor racing team leader Frank Williams is to stand trial on manslaughter charges over the death of Ayrton Senna at the San Marino Grand Prix in May 1994. The first hearing has been scheduled for February 20th in Imola. See PA story AUTO Williams. (credit:PA)
Formula One Motor Racing - Brazilian Grand Prix(24 of24)
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Brazilian Ayrton Senna celebrates at the top of the podium with Damon Hill, second and Michael Schumacher, third (credit:PA)
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