Milton

There were no snags in the final negotiations and Senna took his father Milton, who came over to England specially, down to Woking to sign his contract with Ron Dennis. His father was with him because it was a very big deal, involving over $20 million for three years. They left Esher early in the morning, then got delayed at the McLaren factory as they looked around and met all the people. By all accounts Ron Dennis did not offer them any lunch, and they got home late and very hungry. Milton da Silva was an extremely methodical man. He liked his lunch at 12:30, his supper by 7:30, and was in bed by the stroke of 10. If these things didn't happen he got upset.
When they finaly arrived home to the Esher house he shared with Mauricio Gugelmin, it was after 11. His father simply made a few sandwiches in the kitchen and took them up to his bedroom. As it happened, Gugelmin, who had been left at home, had decided to play a joke on Milton. He filled up his bed with weightlifting irons he had brought from his gym. Gugelmin remembers: "We only heard a horrible noise and a scream." "Son of a bitch!" yelled Milton in Portuguese. Exhausted, he had apparently collapsed onto his bed.

"Quando eu cheguei, a vida dele era cheia de regras. Ayrton tinha horario pra tudo. Eu sempre o repreendia por isso. Uma vez ele estava no escritorio na casa de Angra dos Reis, telefonando à negocios, eu falei: "Pô Beco, sai daí, desliga esse telefone. Tá um sol lindo lá fora e você aí..." E ele desligou e saiu daquele escritorio." Adriane Galisteu