By Jonathan McEvoy In case you missed this among the millions of words recently devoted to a certain deceased Brazilian, we ought to point out the full range of his all-encompassing brilliance. As well as his driving prowess, Ayrton Senna designed the Sistine Chapel, ran up Everest in his bare feet, cured cancer, split the atom and wrote Shakespeare off the page. Excuse the sarcasm, but there has been a danger that hyperbole – admittedly among some fabulous and balanced reminiscences – has attended the 20th anniversary of the great racer’s death. Hyperbole: While tragic, Ayrton's Senna's death was not necessarily the darkest day in F1
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Anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death has overshadowed other F1 tragedies
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16 people died when Wolfgang von Trips' Ferrari careered into the crowd at Monza in 1961
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Emerson Fittipaldi reckons Senna could have gone on to equal Michael Schumacher's seven world titles
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Sir Frank Williams claims Senna had the potential to be President of Brazil
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Senna was responsible for bringing together Brazil footballers Romario and Bebeto
The debt owed to Senna by @placeholder’s football fans is greater than many know.