Editing Ayrton Senna (section)

===Religion and charitable work===
[[File:Ayrton Senna with a Dog.jpg|thumb|Senna at home in his native Brazil]]{{Main|Instituto Ayrton Senna}}

Senna was a devout [[Catholic]], once saying: "Just because I believe in God, just because I have faith in God, it doesn't mean that I'm immune. It doesn't mean that I'm immortal."<ref name="Huff">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/manish-pandey/ayrton-senna_b_909096.html |title=Ayrton Senna: The Faith of the Man Who Could Drive on Water |website=HuffPost |date=1 August 2011 |first=Manish |last=Pandey |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701210718/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/manish-pandey/ayrton-senna_b_909096.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He often read the Bible on long flights from São Paulo to Europe.<ref name="Philip">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2323502/Spirit-of-Ayrton-Senna-is-Lewis-Hamiltons-spur.html|title=Spirit of Ayrton Senna is Lewis Hamilton's spur|work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Robert |last=Philip |date=17 October 2007 |access-date=27 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100713182200/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2323502/Spirit-of-Ayrton-Senna-is-Lewis-Hamiltons-spur.html |archive-date= 13 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/racing/racing/f1/news/story?id=4565293 |title=Hamilton visits Senna's grave |publisher=ESPN |date=16 October 2009 |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185511/https://www.espn.co.uk/racing/racing/f1/news/story?id=4565293 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his sister, Senna had sought strength from the Bible on the morning of his death: "On that final morning, he woke and opened his Bible and read a text that he would receive the greatest gift of all, which was God himself."<ref name="Huff" />

Senna secretly donated millions of U.S. dollars to help poor children.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Ayrton_Senna.html |title=Hall of Fame – Ayrton Senna |publisher=Formula1.com |access-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180504010851/https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Ayrton_Senna.html |archive-date=2018-05-04 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly before his death, he created the framework for an organisation dedicated to Brazilian children, which later became the [[Instituto Ayrton Senna]] (IAS). The IAS has invested nearly US$80&nbsp;million over a twelve-year period in social programs and actions in partnership with schools, government, [[NGOs]], and the private sector, aimed at offering children and teenagers from low-income backgrounds the skills and opportunities they need to develop their full potential as persons, citizens, and future professionals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instituto Ayrton Senna |url=http://senna.globo.com/institutoayrtonsenna/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009155058/http://senna.globo.com/institutoayrtonsenna/ |archive-date=9 October 2010 |access-date=2 October 2010 |publisher=Senna.globo.com}}</ref> The foundation is officially advised by Bernie Ecclestone, Alain Prost, and Gerhard Berger.

In a 1994 interview following Senna's death, [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] said that "If you want a summary of Ayrton Senna ... he was actually a greater man out of the car than in it."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Roebuck |first=Nigel |date=2020-06-15 |title=Autosport70: Senna, tragedy and the battle for Coulthard |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/autosport70-senna-tragedy-and-the-battle-for-coulthard-4981919/4981919/ |journal=Autosport}}</ref>