5 interesting facts about Senninha, Ayrton Senna’s character

Conceived in the early 1990s and launched in 1994, Senninha was created by the visual and advertising artist Rogério Martins next to the illustrator Ridaut Dias Jrin order to honor the legacy and transmit to children the values ​​that the Formula 1 driver Ayrton Sennacarried throughout his career on the automobile racing tracks.

The character, who has appeared in comics, series and animations, in addition to appearing on several collectible products, celebrates 30 years of launch in 2024. In celebration of such a memorable achievement, RECREIO has gathered 5 interesting facts about Senninha below. Check out!

1. Senna participated in the creation of Senninha

Ayrton Senna was involved in Senninha’s creative process alongside his mother, Neyde Silva. The pilot was the one who approved the pilotinho’s first stories, while Neyde helped create the character’s personality, which was courageous, clumsy and good-humored, as she recalled her childhood. Senna to the team behind the comic book responsible for introducing the character to the world: “Senninha e Sua Turma”.

2. Senna loved Senninha

More than a tribute to AyrtonSenninha is a character who carries important messages such as persistence, dedication and overcoming, values ​​transmitted to children through her adventures as she tries to fulfill her dream of reaching F1.

Although newly launched at the time, Senna demonstrated his belief in the character’s future, so much so that he used to wear Senninha’s t-shirt even on race days, as mentioned by Marcio Pettaart director of the Ayrton Senna Institute, in a video presentation of the project’s history, stating that the driver was wearing a piece with Senninha’s face underneath his overalls in his last race, on May 1, 1994.

3. Senninha’s car

With the name Minilarem, Senninha’s car references the team that immortalized the image of Senna with the classic red jumpsuit, McLaren.

It was with McLaren vehicles that Senna He won his three world titles in Formula 1 in 1988, 1990 and 1991.

4. Narrated by Galvão Bueno

Galvão Bueno he already narrated one of Senninha’s races. This happened in the twelfth episode of “Senninha na Pista Maluca”, released in 2018, where he translates the emotions of the Midnight Challenge, a race in which Senninha faces vampire pilots. Look!

The episode references an event in the career of Ayrton Senna seen in 1991, when, at the Japanese GP, the driver slowed down, allowing Gerhard Berger win the race and he would become a third world champion.

5. More than a character

When Senninha was launched, one of the objectives that Senna What he wanted to achieve with the character was to make his donations to social projects official. Therefore, part of Senninha’s resources are donated to the Ayrton Senna Institute, in order to maintain the work that the organization carries out to improve public education in Brazil.