Viviane Senna Viviane Senna Viviane Senna da Silva Lalli (; born 14 June 1958) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is sister of the racing driver and three-times Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), and mother of the driver Bruno Senna (*1983). She is president of the Ayrton Senna Foundation, established in London in June 1994 and also of the Instituto Ayrton Senna organization, headquartered in São Paulo since November 1994. Viviane Senna was born in São Paulo to Milton Teodoro Guirado da Silva and Neide Senna da Silva. In 1979 she graduated in Psychology at the Pontificial Catholic University
Ayrton Senna of Senna's death, Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo revealed that, on 27 April 1994, he had held discussions at his home in Bologna with Senna about a future Ferrari engagement. The 1994 season was the subject of sweeping rule changes, most notably banning the use of electronic "driver aids" such as active suspension, anti-lock brakes, traction control and launch control. From the start, suspicion of foul play mainly involving the Benetton team was said to have troubled Senna. For example, instead of returning to the pit area after his first lap retirement at the Pacific Grand Prix, Senna opted