Lewis Hamilton said he is braced for an emotional evening when he drives his idol Ayrton Senna’s world-championship winning McLaren at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Hamilton will complete a demonstration run in the red-and-white McLaren that carried Senna to the second of his three titles in 1990 in Interlagos on Saturday.
It is 30 years since Senna was killed at the San Marino Grand Prix. “I never in a million years thought I’d ever get to drive Senna’s car here,” said seven-time world champion Hamilton. “When my manager told me about it, I jumped at the opportunity. “Just the thought of driving that car around here, I remember the races when he finally won here, and held the flag.
It will definitely be quite an emotional experience and I hope people are here to see it. “The initial hope was for it to be a surprise.