Ayrton Senna - The Movie

Last week I attended a fund-raiser for the Salt Lake Film festival and finally had the chance to see the Senna movie I've been hearing about since the Sundance Festival last year.

In case you haven't heard about the film: "A documentary about Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the world championship three times. The story is told through archival footage. Senna was the idol of his generation until he died at the Grand Prix of San Marino at the age of 34." It's pretty cool how they've pulled everything together into one movie, even driver's meeting footage (which seemed all to familiar).

He says twice in the movie "Pure driving, real racing—that makes me happy", any of us who've dealt with the politics of racing understand that. He also makes the statement "I can't not race." those of you reading this blog may understand.

I hear it will be out in wider release later this year, I think I'll see it again! If you haven't, see it. Even if you're not into racing, you'll love the movie and you may just become a fan.

See the trailer here..