The movie ‘Senna’ is released this week and a must see at cinemas. The film is an exciting documentary on Brazilian Formula One Driver Ayrton Sennas life. The documentary charts the life of the legend winning the F1 world championship title three times before his untimely death aged 34 on May 1st 1994. Senna really was the most charismatic of all drivers with his reckless determination, quest for perfection, boyish looks, religious faith and celebrity manner, no driver can match the man to this day on the excitement he brought to the sport. The film includes fantastic archive footage making it a compelling and consuming film to watch and was made with full support of his family.

Senna is directed by BAFTA winning Asif Kapadia and written by Manish Pandey and produced by Working Title Films.

The film won a prestigious award at the Sundance Film Festival snapping up the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary. Watch the trailer here and catch it this week. There is also a Channel 5 Documentary podcast a link is below the Trailer. Check out the reviews at LoveFilm.com

There is an excellent podcast available from Channel5 Live : Ayrton Senna special, 03 Jun 11