Abel Ferreira, from Palmeiras, posts a video in tribute to Ayrton Senna: “He’s my idol” | palm trees

Abel Ferreira, from Palmeiras, posts a video in tribute to Ayrton Senna: “He’s my idol”

A motorsport fan, the Portuguese coach defines the three-time world champion as an idol and detailed the importance of the memory of watching Senna’s races.

– Ayrton Senna remembers extraordinary family moments, a person who inspired and inspires me for the way he approached sport, how competitive he was, how dedicated he was and how he loved what he did. Someone who really represents for me what the values ​​are not only of sport and what it means to be competitive, but of family. A person I’ve never met, but he’s my idol – he declared.

After Abel’s video statement, images are shown of Ayrton Senna’s first victory in Formula 1, in 1985, at the Estoril GP, in Portugal, the country of Verdão’s coach.

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Ayrton’s trajectory became a documentary series whose first episodes have been available since May 1st on Globoplay. “Senna by Ayrton”, produced by Globo’s Sports Documentaries Center, rescues the story through the protagonist’s eyes, in the first person, based on images from the archive.

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