SENNA EDITION: Ducati Hypermotard by Analog Motorcycles.

Put the statistics aside, the notion you can't compare eras and ask everyone from the experienced racer to the excited fan, who is the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time? The name Senna is repeated over and over again, and he is arguably the most talented individual to ever compete in motorsport full stop; a man of few words, and extreme passion. So, it made perfect sense that Ducati was his motorcycle of choice and he often arrived at races on his Monster 900. Just before his death, he worked with the Bologna factory to design the limited edition Ducati 916 Senna and now thirty years on comes this masterpiece from Analog Motorcycles. Based on a Ducati Hypermotard 1100, this modern missile has more than earned its name, 'Hyper11 Senna'. Before his life was tragically cut short, Senna was a serious Ducati enthusiast, who shared a personal friendship with the company's then-owner Claudio Castiglioni. He personally gifted the F1 legend an 851 SP superbike, and Senna also owned one of the first Monster 900s to roll off the production line. His contract might have warned him against riding, but the brilliant Brazilian couldn't be tamed. Then last year Ducati released a limited production Monster, featuring the colours of Senna's famous Brazilian flag-inspired helmet. But you have to think, the king of street racers would have loved a Hypermotard if he'd been alive to see their release. “We decided if Ducati ever had a Hypermotard Senna edition it might look something like this,” Analog's Tony Prust tells us.