Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell are among the drivers who have previously raced Renault-powered Lotus cars in Formula 1.
Senna, who is the son of Ayrton Senna's sister, Viviane Lalli, is driving in the Le Mans sportscar series this season.
Barrichello was delighted to become the first Brazilian to set pole since his mentor and idol, the late Ayrton Senna, in 1994.
They had the best two drivers (Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost), the best engine (Honda) and around it all, the best organisation.
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Bruno Senna, the nephew of former triple Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna, is sponsored by Embratel, part of Slim's Telmex group.
And Hamilton admitted he felt very emotional watching images of the late Ayrton Senna during a video montage ahead of the presentation.
The Ferrari driver had been aiming to become the first Brazilian since the late Ayrton Senna in 1991 to win the drivers' title.
But the same things were said 30 years ago to Gilles Villeneuve and 25 years ago to another Formula One star, Ayrton Senna.
Dennis had made a world champion of Hamilton's idol, Ayrton Senna, something not lost on the young racer when he met Dennis for the first time.
My first love is Formula 1 racing, and when I started watching Ayrton Senna in his McLaren-Honda in 1988, the team and Senna himself were sponsored by TAG Heuer.
He is McLaren's first world champion since Mika Hakkinen in 1999, and joins a club that includes his hero Ayrton Senna and all-time greats Alain Prost and Niki Lauda.
Lotus have a rich history in F1, with a list of former drivers which includes British double world champion Jim Clark, Austrian 1970 title winner Jochen Rindt and legendary Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna.
But despite winning nine constructors' titles -- a record bettered only by Ferrari -- and seven drivers' championships, the marque which once employed legendary racers such as Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna has stuttered in recent years.
After an enthralling race on Suzuka's figure-of-eight circuit, Vettel joined the list of champions, which includes Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Damon Hill, who have been crowned in Japan and becomes only the ninth driver to take back-to-back titles.
Their preparations for 2010 have also seen them make a high-profile signing, handing an F1 debut to Bruno Senna, nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton.
Campos - who has already signed Brazilian Bruno Senna, the nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton - would not confirm whether the team would make it to the first race.
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Senna, 27, the nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton, has recognised he now has few options with no realistic vacancies anywhere else.
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