Carol Alt, ex-supermodel in the 80's, declares her love for Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna and lover Carol Alt, during vacation in the French Polynesia, 1990

Carol Alt in an interview in 2012 declared her past love for Ayrton Senna, wich whom she had had a love affair from the Grand Prix of Monza in 1990, until right up his death, at Imola, San Marino, on the 1st of May 1994.

"He told me that God was always with him ... It was beautiful and my positive Ayrton, with its unbridled passion for life, for driving, for his work, and also for women. He lived in great excitement, he was stubborn and had to get what he wanted , but he was a righteous man, generous and especially strong, with an incredible charm ... Even if we lived hiding, for me our story was very serious and important. We met in 1990 in Milan , both guests at a fashion show of Gianni Versace: I was married , but my marriage was in crisis, he had an official girlfriend. But the agreement between us was reached that same evening . It lasted for four years, during which we ran one after the another in every corner of the world, amid of long distance phone calls bills, between airports, race tracks and quiet places to stay together, away from reporters and our own guilt. We also projected to come out into the open sooner or later.  

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt during a dinner in 1990, they met at the Monza Grand Prix that same year

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt at a party, Ayrton arrived driving a Ferrari

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt at a party, Ayrton arrived driving a Ferrari

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt at a party, Ayrton arrived driving a Ferrari

Then - sometimes life is stranger than any fiction - all happened in one day. It was May 1, 1994, a cursed Sunday. I had just gotten the separation from my husband and I was in Florida on the set of a movie. A week later I had to be in Italy for the evening of 'Telegatti' and the prize would have been delivered to me by Ayrton himself. The phone rang and a friend told me that there had been a serious accident at Imola, he was dead. My world fell apart ... How do you survive in such pain?  

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt, during vacations in the French Polynesia, 1991

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt, during vacations in the French Polynesia, 1991

I jumped headlong into the work : photographic shoots, advertising , films, television. I did not want to stay still and think. I knew too well that to have met Ayrton and have lost him were the two most important things in my life, that there would be nothing so great, for better or for worse. And I also knew that I would never forgive myself for failing to seize the opportunity to live fully our love. 

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alr during vacations in the French Alpes, 1990

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt at a private party, 1990

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt at a private party, 1990

Ayrton Senna and Carol Alt at a private party, 1990

So when I met my current partner I had no hesitation: I learned that I would never fall in love without having had the courage to throw myself fully into the relationship. Time helps , but one of the great things about Alexei is that he understands perfectly well how much I loved Ayrton and does not get upset if I have around his photographs..."