Dating, marriage and secret passion: Ayrton Senna, the man behind the legend

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Reserved in personal life, Ayrton Senna (1960-1994) had few, but intense, relationships. In 1981, at the age of 21, he married Lilian Vasconcelos Sousaof the same age. Childhood friends, they dated for five years and, with the driver leaving for England, where he competed in Formula 3, they decided to get married overnight.

With a discreet ceremony, with a few guests and a justice of the peace, the union was sealed. An only child, Lilian felt the distance from her parents, and Senna, always focused on his career, could not dedicate himself to the relationship as he would have liked. Result? Eight months after exchanging rings, they divorced.

“It was a premature marriage. It was impossible, at the same time, to maintain a solid union and continue racing to win.“, said Senna, whose discretion was such that the whole history of the union became public only after his death. “It was a short and happy marriage, but that was the end of the matter.“he said, that’s when the marriage and its end came to light.

Subsequently, the almost four-year relationship with Adriana Yamin (54), who was only 15 years old at the time. “If Senna hadn’t died, I think we would have gotten back together“he said in an interview during the book launch My girlfriendin which he talks about their relationship.

It was in 1988, however, that Senna was the protagonist of the most publicized of his loves. Next to Xuxa Meneghel (61) lived what, for many, was a real-life fairy tale. “When we came together, we didn’t let go. He liked the same things I liked. We seemed to complement each other“Xuxa said.

He also admitted it Marlene Mattos (73), her manager at the time, intervened in every way to make sure the relationship didn’t work. “I said I shouldn’t be with him, that I had to choose between my job and him… He made me hell“, confessed the eternal Queen of Shorties.

For the pilot’s family, Xuxa has always been seen as his great love. “You know those loves that happen once in a lifetime? What I call lightning passion. I would say that Xuxa was Ayrton’s greatest love. I don’t think so, I’m sure because I followed it“he stressed Viviane Senna (66). Before their relationship became public, Senna also participated in Xou da Xuxa, on Globo.

When asked what she would like to receive for Christmas, the pilot replied: “I can’t talk here, it’s censoredSubsequently, he told his wish in the ear of the presenter, who covered him with kisses! The official relationship lasted about two years and, even after the breakup, they spoke to each other.

Discreet, Senna tried to keep courtships, relationships and encounters out of the spotlight. In addition to that, she has completely focused on her career Nelson Piquet (71) raise doubts about their sexuality. The pilot did not let it slip and, during a controversial interview with Playboy, he opened up.

“They didn’t wipe me out on the track, they wanted to defeat me personally. They have failed once again“he said, going so far as to imply that he had been having an affair with Piquet’s wife at the time, Catherine Valentin.”I haven’t had any appointments. But… I met her. I knew her as a woman. It’s short and thick. I knew her as a woman“said the three-time F1 champion.

Even Senna’s secret love affairs had a place! With the North American model Carol Alt (63), for example, he experienced a devastating and forbidden love for almost four years. “Even though we lived in hiding, our story was important to me. I was married, but my marriage was in trouble. And he had an official girlfriend. For four years we chased each other around the world, between airports, racetracks and quiet places to be together, away from journalists and the sense of guilt.“.

The American, in fact, was an exception, since Senna preferred Brazilian women. “Brazilian women give 10 to zero. There is no more beautiful woman“he said in an interview with Roda Vivafrom TV Cultura, in 1986. On that occasion, the pilot also revealed its muse: Luiza Brunet (61). “I admire her! I’m a fan!“he said.

In 1993, after winning the Brazilian F1 GP and already established as a national idol, Senna met his last love: Adriana Galisteu (50). The driver celebrated his victory in a nightclub in Sao Paulo and, when he saw the blonde, he was enchanted by her beauty and invited her to spend a weekend in his summer home, in Angra dos Reis, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Since then they have never been separated again and it is Adriane herself who tells this story.

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