
1993 Elf Master Karting, Paris Ayrton Senna Go Kart front clip
This incredible piece is the front clip of the Go Kart # 2 driven by Ayrton Senna during the 1993 Elf Master Karting, in Bercy / Paris / France. It has been hand signed and dated in blue marker by Ayrton Senna. On that December weekend, fans were treated to the final competitive head-to-head between Formula 1 giants Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. And, predictably, the pair took it very seriously: four-time world champion Prost having tested extensively before the event; Senna, a three-time title holder, having a kart shipped to Brazil so that he could practise. The format for the two-day event organised by French racer Philippe Streiff, wheelchair-bound since a pre-season F1 testing accident in Brazil in 1989, pitted over 60 drivers – more than a dozen of them contemporary grand prix racers – against each other around a 600-metre circuit. Young karting stars, including Danilo Rossi, Nicola Gianniberti, Miku Santavirta and Sebastien Enjolras, strutted their stuff on the first day, with