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'''Victory Theme''' ({{langx|pt|Tema da Vitória}}) is a Brazilian instrumental song composed specially for the broadcast of [[Formula One]] by [[Rede Globo]]. The music was composed by Eduardo Souto Neto.
== History ==
The song was suggested by Aloysio Legey,<ref name="Tele História - O dia em que o tema da vitória tocou para Prost">[http://www.telehistoria.com.br/colunas/index.asp?id=2379 Tele História - O dia em que o tema da vitória tocou para Prost] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002303/http://www.telehistoria.com.br/colunas/index.asp?id=2379 |date=2014-05-02 }}</ref> the director of Formula One transmissions for Rede Globo. The song was recorded in 1981 by the Brazilian band [[Roupa Nova]], to be used as the soundtrack of victories in the [[Brazilian Grand Prix]], regardless of the winner's nationality, transmitted by Rede Globo. The song was first performed with the victory of [[Nelson Piquet]] in the [[1983 Brazilian Grand Prix]]. The next year, the song was performed for [[Alain Prost]]'s victory in the [[1984 Brazilian Grand Prix]].
It was only in 1986 that the song started to be used for every victory by a Brazilian driver. The song marked Nelson Piquet's achievement of third championship in 1987 and [[Ayrton Senna]]'s championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991.
For seven years the song wasn't played on Rede Globo due to the lack of victories by Brazilian drivers, between the [[1993 Australian Grand Prix]] won by Ayrton Senna and the [[2000 German Grand Prix]] won by [[Rubens Barrichello]].
In 2006, the song was played the first time for [[Felipe Massa]] for his victory in the [[2006 Turkish Grand Prix]].
The Victory Theme was also played on Rede Globo after the Brazil national team won the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], as an homage to Ayrton Senna, [[Death of Ayrton Senna|who died earlier that year.]] and again in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], where Brazil won the World Cup trophy for the 5th time in Japan.
In 2009, the victory theme was played but with a different arrangement for Rubens Barrichello's victory in the [[2009 European Grand Prix]], which marked Brazil's 100th victory in the history of Formula One; no Brazilian driver has won a race since Barrichello claimed victory at that year's [[2009 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]] two races later.
At [[UFC 198]], UFC Heavyweight Champion [[Fabricio Werdum]] used the song as his entrance music.
On March 29, 2014, the guitarist of the American band Guns N' Roses performed the song "Tema da Vitória" at a concert in São Paulo. In that week, if he were alive, Senna would have been 54 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulo |first=Por GloboEsporte comSão |title=Assista: Guns N'Roses homenageia Senna tocando o 'Tema da Vitória' |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/motor/formula-1/noticia/2014/03/assista-guns-nroses-homenageia-senna-tocando-tema-da-vitoria.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=globoesporte.com |language=pt-br}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{YouTube|n8B3xCGUzqU|GP Brasil 1983 – 1a Vez Tema da Vitória}}
* {{YouTube|g8uDbrEWk34|Tema da Vitória toca para Alain Prost}}
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[[Category:Brazilian songs]]
[[Category:1981 songs]]
[[Category:Motorsport in Brazil]]
[[Category:Formula One mass media]]
[[Category:Sporting songs]]
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