Seconded. I'm not much for hero worship anyway, but Senna? He was very, very good, but I actually have greater sympathy for Alain Prost.

Could you imagine Senna staying with Ferrari so long, even when they were not winning anything and instead broke down with the regularity of, say, your average McLaren? Senna would have blown his top after two seasons max and left in a huge cloud of dust.

I'd argue that Michael Schumacher combines the best elements of both Senna and Prost: awesome natural talent, dedication, fanatical attention to detail, excellent physical fitness, and an ability to make the whole team work for him.

That he also shows mild forms of some of Senna's less pleasant character traits prevents me from really liking him as a person, but apparently, those who know him personally and are not in competition with him seem to think he's a real nice guy.