Post Sale Update: This Senna sold for $14,096 after 32 bids on eBay in Dover, New Hampshire.
The MV Agusta F4 was Tamburini’s sequel to the Ducati 916, so it seems appropriate that MV also partnered with the Senna Foundation to create limited production runs of their flagship model, just like Ducati did. It didn’t hurt that Claudio Castiglioni (who was President of Cagiva – parent company to MV Agusta and Ducati) was a friend of Ayrton Senna himself.
The production run was limited to 300, and extras included a higher redline, carbon fiber bodywork pieces, an upgraded suspension, and exclusive paint with red wheels. A portion of proceeds went to the Senna Foundation, which was founded by Ayrton to help Brazilian children stay in school.
Gasly donates tribute helmet to Senna Foundation
Date published:
February 6 2021
Pierre Gasly has announced he is donating his specially-designed Emilia Romagna Grand Prix helmet to raise funds for the Senna Foundation.
Even though he died in a crash at Imola nearly two years before Gasly was born, Ayrton Senna was the Frenchman’s childhood hero.
When Imola returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2020 for the Emilia Romagna GP, as an event added to bolster a schedule decimated by the global health pandemic, Gasly saw it as the perfect moment to pay tribute to Senna.
On race day, he wore a helmet designed in the colours of yellow, green, blue and white and with an image of Senna accompanied by the words ‘Ayrton Senna Sempre’, the latter word meaning ‘always’ when translated to English.