Ayrton Senna was a famous Brazilian Formula One driver known for his amazing racing skills and his charm. He was often called a ladies’ man.
The late Formula One star married once and had several relationships with a handful of famous women, including models, actresses, F1 grid girls, and others.
Highlights
- The F1 driver married Lilian Vasconcellos Souza when he was 21-year-old. However, their marriage couldn’t last more than a few months.
- Ayrton Senna started dating Adrine Yamin when she was 15 in 1985. They were reportedly engaged for a short time, but they broke up in 1988.
- After that, Senna dated several other women, and he was together with Adriane Galisteu at the time of his passing.
The Netflix miniseries titled “Senna” tells the story of Ayrton Senna’s love life.
The six-episode drama covers his illustrious racing career and his relationships, including his marriage with his ex-wife Lilian de Vasconcelos Souza.
“However, there was a time when the Brazilian motorsports racer’s relationship with 16-year-old Adriane Yamin took the internet by storm.
Yamin, the daughter of a São Paulo entrepreneur, has now published a book detailing her time with Senna.
Adriane Yamin Dated Ayrton Senna When She Was 15 And He Was 25
After the end of his few months-long marriage with Lilian Vasconcellos Souza, Ayrton Senna began dating a teenage girl, Adriane Yamin, in 1985.
According to reports, Yamin was only 15 and Senna was 25-year-old when the two began their romantic relationship.
When the F1 star and Adriane started crossing paths, the teenage girl used to be accompanied by her mother.
They dated from 1985 to 1988. As reported by the Express, Yamin has now published a book in which she shares details of her story with the late driver.
Moreover, Adriane, who is in her mid-50s, has also appeared in a handful of interviews and shared details about their love story.
During her appearance in “Meer,” Yamin said:
“It was a painful experience that required a lot of courage. As you can see in our biography, we spent incredible years together, we broke barriers of age and distance.”
Adriane Yamin
Yamin reflected more on her relationship with Ayrton, saying, “It was a struggle until one of us decided to enjoy life instead of married life.”
“As I was still very young, because he was my first man, in a very intense, challenging, and emotional relationship, the breakup was immensely traumatic for me.”
Adriane Yamin
Ayrton Senna Dated Several Other Women After Breaking Up With Yamin
As reported by Stylecaster, the F1 icon dated Brazilian TV star Xuxa Meneghel from 1988 to 1993.
In the recently released Netflix series, Meneghel is portrayed by actress Pamela Tome.
In 1990, he reportedly dated Portuguese Vera Peres, who helped organize the Estoril Grand Prix in 1986.
That same year, he was also linked to American model Carol Ann Alt, who called him the man of her life.
While he was off with Xuxa, Senna also dated Brazilian Cristine Ferracciu from 1990 to 1991, although not much is known about their relationship.
Furthermore, in 1991, he briefly dated model Elle MacPherson. Finally, in 1993, Senna met Adriane Galisteu at the Brazilian Grand Prix while she was working as a PR for Marlboro.
She stayed with the late F1 icon until his tragic de*th in 1994. Galisteu is portrayed by Julia Foti in the Netflix series.
Talking about these relationships, Ayrton’s ex-girlfriend, Yamin, said,
“This added to his subsequent choices of being with such different women than myself in many aspects, which caused me confusion and embarrassment. They were from very different worlds and it seemed like I no longer knew who Beco was.”
Adriane Yamin
Additional Information
- Ayrton Senna has a net worth of a whopping $100 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
- The Sao Paulo, Brazil native’s earliest recorded race was a fun go=kart race at the age of four.
- On 1 May 1994, Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian Formula One driver, passed away when his car crashed into a concrete barrier during the San Marino Grand Prix in Italy.
- The Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy found that mechanical failure, specifically a broken steering column, caused the crash as Senna was approaching the Tamburello corner.
