Ayrton Senna: 30 years since F1 lost its uncompromising, complex genius | Giles Richards

Three decades after his death at Imola, the great Brazilian driver remains a revered but controversial figure in motor sportThirty years have passed since Ayrton Senna’s untimely death at the San Marino Grand Prix on 1 May 1994, but the fascination with the mercurial Brazilian driver remains almost as mesmerising as ever it was on the track. His death, at 34, was bitter in prematurely ending a compelling career and a tragedy that deprived Formula One of one of its most captivating characte