Editing Ayrton Senna (section)

===Appraisals===
Near the end of his career, Senna was almost universally recognized as the best driver in the sport. In 1990, he was named [[L'Équipe Champion of Champions|''L'Équipe'' International Athlete of the Year]]. In 1993, a poll of Formula One drivers gave Senna a near-unanimous vote as the best driver in Formula One.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allsop |first=Derick |date=10 July 1993 |title=British Grand Prix: Guile confronts genius on a grand scale |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing--british-grand-prix-guile-confronts-genius-on-a-grand-scale-the-calculating-prost-and-the-brilliant-senna-take-one-of-sports-great-duels-to-silverstone-tomorrow-derick-allsop-reports-1484074.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925224845/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing--british-grand-prix-guile-confronts-genius-on-a-grand-scale-the-calculating-prost-and-the-brilliant-senna-take-one-of-sports-great-duels-to-silverstone-tomorrow-derick-allsop-reports-1484074.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 |access-date=19 September 2017 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London}}</ref>

Following Senna's death, various polls and ranking services have rated him the best driver of all time.

* 2004: A poll on the ''[[F1 Racing]]'' magazine.
* 2009: A poll of 217 current and former Formula One drivers conducted by ''[[Autosport]]'' magazine.<ref name="Straw">{{cite news |last=Straw |first=Edd |date=10 December 2009 |title=Drivers vote Senna the greatest ever |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80517 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213114607/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80517 |archive-date=13 December 2009 |access-date=10 December 2009 |work=autosport.com |publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=10 December 2009 |title=Formula 1's Greatest Drivers: 1. AYRTON SENNA |url=http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/?driver=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213114732/http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/?driver=1 |archive-date=13 December 2009 |access-date=10 December 2009 |work=autosport.com |publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]}}</ref>
* 2010: A poll of F1 drivers conducted by German newspaper ''[[Bild am Sonntag]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 July 2010 |title=Alonso voted best driver |url=http://sify.com/sports/alonso-voted-best-driver-news-news-khxqOjgjchi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726141740/http://sify.com/sports/alonso-voted-best-driver-news-news-khxqOjgjchi.html |archive-date=26 July 2010 |access-date=27 July 2010 |work=[[Sify]]}}</ref>
* 2012: A poll of ''[[BBC Sport]]'' journalists.<ref name="bbctop20">{{cite news |date=20 November 2012 |title=Formula 1's greatest drivers. Number 1: Ayrton Senna |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20324109 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214908/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20324109 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |access-date=22 November 2012 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
* 2020: Formula One, sponsored by [[Amazon Web Services]], used AWS machine learning algorithms to compare drivers' qualifying performances. The algorithm named Senna the fastest qualifier of all time.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 August 2020 |title=Hamilton? Schumacher? Senna? Machine learning reveals the fastest F1 driver of the past 40 years |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/hamilton-schumacher-senna-machine-learning-reveals-the-fastest-f1-driver-of.3DwwPLW4glCmlunjciH1Cz |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=F1 |publisher=formula1.com}}</ref> 

In April 2000, Senna was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2 November 1999 |title=International Motorsports Hall of Fame adds Andretti |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HDgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2027,265093&dq=ayrton+senna+international+hall+of+fame&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124161333/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HDgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2027%2C265093&dq=ayrton+senna+international+hall+of+fame&hl=en |archive-date=24 November 2021 |access-date=1 November 2020 |page=D2 |newspaper=Herald-Journal}}</ref> That year, the British public also voted Senna's opening lap of the 1993 European Grand Prix, the 43rd in the list of the ''[[100 Greatest (UK TV series)|100 Greatest Sporting Moments]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 Greatest sporting moments – results |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest_sporting/results.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204090913/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest_sporting/results.html |archive-date=4 February 2002 |access-date=28 August 2014 |work=[[Channel 4]]}}</ref>