Senna Curzon Chelsea, dir Asif Kapadia, Cast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams, Ron Dennis, Viviane Senna, Milton da Silva, Neide Senna, Jackie Stewart, Sid Watkins, Galvão Bueno…..
Rivetting. Even though the end is known this feels like a fresh piece of story-telling, largely because the film develops through thrilling archive footage of F1 from the late 80s and early 90s, insider-views from the cars and home videos from the Senna family. The main source for drama comes from the increasing acrimony between Senna and Alain Prost, and the real footage of crashes, collisions and cut-ups. The insider-views, particularly those in Senna’s car, are truly nail-biting as we take chicanes at speed, and more often than not, through the pouring rain. Senna used to do better in the rain, a voice-over states he had a feel for it, he could make the car bend.……The voice-overs from people who were nearest to him, including Prost, Frank Williams, Ron Dennis, his mother, sister and doctor provide an intimate commentary of the man who believed he was protected by God, yet this device never intrudes into the main narrative. This is driven by the excitement of F1 itself and its not so well hidden behind-the-scenes politics...... 
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