Ayrton Senna

An eye-catching new building is set to become the next world's tallest residential skyscraper. Named Senna Tower, it will be located in Santa Catarina, Brazil, and is designed to pay homage to the legendary racing driver Ayrton Senna.

Three-time Formula One Champion Ayrton Senna continued to smash records 25 years after his death at Retromobile last weekend, setting new auction price records for a Formula One helmet ($184,340 | €162,000​) and race suit ($110,372 | €97,500​).

There are many elite automobile auctions in Europe each year, but few compare with Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale​. This year saw some exceptional cars and some remarkable bargains. We've picked out the very best on offer at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale.

Paying homage to the late McLaren F1 driver, Ayrton Senna, the new 789 bhp Senna packs a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 into a featherweight chassis and wraps it in jet-fighter styling.

Artcurial's Monaco Auction picked a tough gig this year when it was held on the same weekend as the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The world's largest automotive garden party always turns up some gems, though, and this year there were more than a few.

The Paris/Retromobile round of collectible car and bike auctions gets underway this week with sales by Artcurial, Bonhams and RM. Though dozens of cars will sell for more than a million dollars, the world's most important barnfind, the Baillon Collection, will be the star of the show.

Karting is now mandatory preparation for an F1 driver. All current F1 drivers raced karts with Alonso and Vettel starting at three, and Hamilton at four years of age. With memorabilia prices soaring, auctioneers are finding it hard to value the kart Senna drove in the 1981 world karting champs.

In a move which indicates its technological dominance of F1 this year has caught it by surprise, Mercedes-Benz has renamed its Formula One car mid-season, announcing the Silver Arrow will now carry the same hybrid branding as its road cars.

Ayrton Senna, considered to be one of Formula One’s most legendary drivers, was apparently also very much a fan of Honda’s road cars; more specifically the NSX. In total Senna owned three of the mid-engined exotics. Now one of these gems has been listed on eBay for a mere US$180,000.

The Toleman TG184-2 F1 which Ayrton Senna drove into the memory of every auto racing fan to witness the 1984 Monaco GP is to go to auction. Driving in the rain, the Brazilian rookie in his first F1 street race drove through the field ...

An historic F1 car at the centre of one of the bitterest battles in F1 history and the innocent party in one of motor racing's most infamous acts will go under the hammer at the highly anticipated Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event.