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Senna versus Schumacher

Ayrton Senna versus Michael Schumacher - as the pair crossed the line to start lap seven of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the duel was well into a swing. By Tamburello, it was over - Senna, the great Brazilian, was dead.

'A competition between them would have been fantastic,' Viviane Senna, Ayrton's sister, told the 'Sunday Herald' newspaper as the ten year anniversary looms. 'It's sad for the world because a thrilling show would have been served.'

Schumacher, then 25, has gone on to win six Formula One world championships but Viviane Senna believes her brother 'had the capacity' to surpass any limit. 'But he knew there were bigger issues to address, too.'

One of them, she has continued by developing the Ayrton Senna Institute into an organisation that has helped the lives of 390 million kids in the last decade. 'This is the legacy of which he would be proudest,' Viviane concluded.

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