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Nationality:
Brazilian
Date of birth: 15th October 1983
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Lives: Monaco
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Marital status: Single
Hobbies: Cycling, swimming, boxing, music and PS3
FORMULA ONE STATISTICS TO DATE
F1 debut: Bahrain 2010
Starts: 26
Wins: 0
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0
Fastest laps: 0
Total points: 2
Born in São
Paulo in 1983, Bruno Senna showed talent from an early age when he raced
karts against his uncle, Ayrton, on the family farm. However, Bruno was a
relative latecomer to professional motorsport, not making his competitive
race debut until 2004 in the Formula BMW UK Championship at the age of 20.
Since then he has made an impressive rise through the ranks to make his
Formula One debut in 2010.
In 2005 Bruno
began the first of two seasons competing in the British F3 Championship with
Räikkönen Robertson Racing. After picking up three podiums in the final
races of 2005, Bruno went on to take five victories en route to securing
third in the 2006 Championship.
In 2007, Bruno
graduated to GP2 with Arden International. He finished fourth on his debut
in Bahrain and scored his first win in the feature race in Spain at the
following event. He signed for iSport International in 2008 and claimed his
first win of the season in the Monaco feature race. In total, Bruno claimed
two wins, six podiums and three pole positions, narrowly missing out on the
title.
Bruno had his
first taste of Formula One in 2008 when he took part in a one day test for
Honda. However, when the manufacturer decided to pull out of the sport,
Bruno switched his attentions to sports car racing. In 2009 he took part in
three Le Mans Series races (claiming podium finishes in two of them) and
also had the opportunity to compete in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours. This
proved a useful stepping stone in his career as Bruno joined the newly
formed Hispania Racing team for his Formula One race debut in 2010.
Bruno started the 2011 season as official reserve driver for Lotus Renault
GP. He competed in eight races after replacing Nick Heidfeld from the
Belgium Grand Prix onwards, qualifying seventh for his first race. After
qualifying within the top ten once again in Monza, Bruno secured his first
Formula One points with a ninth place finish.
Bruno joins
Pastor Maldonado at Williams F1 for the 2012 FIA Formula One World
Championship season starting in Australia on the 18th March.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2011: FIA Formula One World Championship with Lotus Renault GP (8 races,
18th)
2010: FIA Formula One World Championship with Hispania Racing (23rd)
2009: Le Mans Series, 2 podiums (from 3 starts)
Le Mans 24 Hours
2008: GP2 Championship, 2nd overall: 2 wins, 6 podiums, 3 poles
First Formula One test with Honda
2007: GP2 Championship, 8th overall: 1 win, 3 podiums
2006: British Formula 3 Championship, 3rd overall: 5 wins, 9 podiums, 3
poles
2005: British Formula 3 Championship, 10th overall: 1 pole
2004: Formula BMW UK Championship |