Senna & Imola: A Story Within a Story

By Mario Donnini

In collaboration with the IMOLA AUTODROME. This book has as the object the story of Ayrton at Imola, a circuit at which the Brazilian competed from 1984 to 1994, winning on three occasions and starting from pole eight times. To bring to life a work that really is new, the author has interviewed a racing driver, a journalist or a well-known personality covering each year in which Ayrton competed in the Imola GP from 1984 to 1994, people who knew Senna in a specific years race. In order of appearance in the book, those who talk about Ayrton are:1984 Johnny Cecotto, his teammate at Toleman1985 Angelo Parrilla, owner of the DAP kart company, the first with which Ayrton raced1986 Gian Carlo Minardi, the Formula 1 team manager1987 Alberto Sabbatini, the current editor of Autosprint1988 Pino Allievi journalist and long-standing writer for Italian daily La Gazzetta dello Sport1989 Cesare Maria Mannucci, the widely experienced motor sport journalist1990 Pierluigi Martini, racing driver1991 Carlo Cavicchi, ex-editor of Autosprint1992 Giorgio Serra alias Matitaccia, the illustrator1993 Alessandro Zanardi, racing driver1994 Mario Poltronieri, the historic voice of Formula 1 for Italian broadcaster RAIThe volume closes with a section on the three days there from 1-3 May 2014 that took place to mark the 20th anniversary of Ayrtons death, commemorated on the Imola track.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8879116134
• ISBN13: 9788879116138
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Giorgio NADA Editore
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.1" x 10.0"