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Professional racecar driver Ayrton Senna, at the age of 3 (not yet professional), Brazil, ~1963 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

(Not yet professional)

I appreciate the clarification

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

How do you know he wasn't a professional already? His parents might have pushed him upwards of like 7mph!

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

As you can see, thr car is in one piece. This was your first clue that you should double-check that the image isn't AI-generated.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He was born to look cool in any car. Dude looks so in his element.