Ayrton was for me the greatest.

I met him a few times whilst at McLaren. In particular when he drove the Honda / McLaren active ride car prior to us considering racing it at Monza in 92.

He was a great motivator and had phenomenal knowledge of the car.

I think his best effort was at the Donnington G.P. in 93 where he overtook 5 cars on the first lap and lapped the entire field by halfway through the race including Prost (lapped twice) who was going to be World Champion that year.

Yes he had faults like all the drivers. But out of the cockpit he used a lot of his fortune to help others much less fortunate than himself in Bazil. An enormous number of youngsters have benefited from this.

Ian