Bruno Senna Lalli is a Brazilian professional racing driver.
65 Facts About Bruno Senna
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Bruno Senna is the nephew of the late Ayrton Senna, three-time Formula One world champion.
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Bruno Senna is the first man to win a race in every WEC class, and was the 2017 WEC world champion for the LMP2 class.
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Bruno Senna raced in Formula One from 2010 to 2012.
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Bruno Senna made his debut driving for Hispania Racing in 2010, raced for Renault from August 2011 as a replacement for Nick Heidfeld, and drove for the Williams team in 2012.
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Bruno Senna raced go-karts against his uncle on the family farm, and Ayrton regarded his nephew's potential very highly.
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Ayrton's death while driving a Williams at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix brought Bruno Senna's own racing career to an abrupt halt.
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At Imola in 2004, on the 10th anniversary of his uncle's death, Bruno Senna was given an example of his uncle's 1986 Lotus 98T as a gift from an Italian friend.
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Bruno Senna drove the car at the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix meeting in Sao Paulo, at Interlagos, where Ayrton had won in 1991 and 1993.
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In 2004, Bruno Senna competed in six races of the Formula BMW UK series for Carlin Motorsport, scoring six points.
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Bruno Senna's results included three podium finishes in the last seven races of the season, as he finished tenth in the final standings.
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Bruno Senna won the opening two races of the series at Oulton Park in the wet.
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Bruno Senna again won the first race at Donington Park and then won the second race at Mugello in Italy, again in the wet.
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Bruno Senna had a massive crash during the first race of round five of the series at Snetterton.
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Bruno Senna's car landed violently and careered along and down the safety barrier for some distance, but Senna walked away.
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In 2006, Bruno Senna competed in the Formula Three support races at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix, winning three of the four races.
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Bruno Senna finished 3rd in the race, the only one of the 4 races he did not win over the weekend.
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In October 2006 Bruno Senna was said to be targeting a seat on the Formula One grid by 2009.
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Bruno Senna signed to drive for the Red Bull-sponsored Arden International team for the 2007 GP2 Series.
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Bruno Senna finished fourth on his debut at Bahrain and soon after scored his first win in the feature race in Spain.
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At Silverstone, a mistake during qualifying on the Friday meant Bruno Senna started 26th and last.
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At Hungary for both races, Bruno Senna finished out of the top ten after struggling with the set-up of the car.
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At Spa Bruno Senna showed raw pace through practice and set the third fastest time early on during Qualifying for the feature race.
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At the season finale in Valencia Spain, Bruno Senna ended the feature race with a DNF and thus starting the sprint race from 19th could only manage to finish 14th.
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Bruno Senna switched teams for the 2008 season, moving to iSport International, where his teammate was Karun Chandhok.
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Bruno Senna drove for the team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series.
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The suspension of Bruno Senna's car was damaged in the incident, causing him to retire.
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Bruno Senna himself escaped without injury, while the dog died in the incident.
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Bruno Senna won the GP2 Feature race at Monte Carlo, the first time in 15 years since the Bruno Senna name has shown at the top of the leaderboards at the principality.
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Bruno Senna had been holding out for a Formula One drive for 2009, and after he realised this would not happen, he began looking at other opportunities to keep him "race fit" ahead of negotiations for a 2010 drive in Formula One.
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Bruno Senna tested with the Mercedes-AMG DTM team, but after holding talks with the outfit he decided he did not want to commit himself to the series.
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Bruno Senna sampled a contemporary Formula One car for the first time in November 2008 when he tested for Honda in Barcelona.
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Bruno Senna's tasks included an initial familiarisation with Honda's RA108 car and its systems before progressing to a full programme during which the team intended to evaluate his performance, technical skill and ability to work within a large team organisation.
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Bruno Senna was expected to be the team's second driver were it to make the 2009 grid, until Rubens Barrichello was reported to have re-signed with the team.
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Bruno Senna decided not to sign with Mercedes for the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season "to focus completely on his Formula One chances".
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Bruno Senna said to the BBC in an interview that he did not want to negotiate with Lotus because of sentimental reasons as his uncle Ayrton Senna took his first win with Team Lotus.
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Bruno Senna told the BBC that "I felt important to enter F1 now otherwise I would never be in it".
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Bruno Senna told the BBC he had been negotiating with Manor GP, Campos Meta and one existing outfit rumoured to be Brawn GP as he was close to securing a drive the previous season but Barrichello renewed his contract with Brawn.
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Bruno Senna wished Bruno the very best in the future, saying he only had a position as Ross Brawn chose the more experienced person because of lack of testing time.
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Bruno Senna said he was sure due to Senna's potential that he would get a drive next season.
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On 30 October 2009, Bruno Senna announced that he had signed a deal to race in Formula One in 2010; on 31 October 2009, Adrian Campos confirmed that Bruno Senna would be driving for Campos Meta.
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Bruno Senna returned to the driver's seat for the German Grand Prix with Yamamoto replacing Chandhok in the team's other car.
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On 31 January 2011, Bruno Senna was announced as a test and reserve driver for the Renault team.
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On 24 July 2011, after the conclusion of the German Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Bruno Senna would make his first appearance of the 2011 season, replacing Heidfeld in the first free-practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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On 22 August, Eddie Jordan reported that Bruno Senna would replace Nick Heidfeld for the remaining races of the 2011 season.
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Bruno Senna finished ninth at the Italian Grand Prix, scoring his first Formula One points.
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Bruno Senna finished 16th in Japan, 13th in Korea, and 12th in the first Indian Grand Prix, after being forced to change tyres late in the race.
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On lap 10 of the race, Bruno Senna was involved in a collision with Michael Schumacher, for which Bruno Senna received a drive-through penalty, and finished the race in 17th place.
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On 17 January 2012, Bruno Senna was confirmed as a Williams driver, where he was partnered by Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado.
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Bruno Senna qualified 14th for the Australian Grand Prix, and retired in the race's closing stages after contact with Felipe Massa; both drivers later agreed that it was a racing incident.
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Three races later, Maldonado won his first Grand Prix in Spain as Bruno Senna retired in a collision with Michael Schumacher.
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Bruno Senna's car was damaged and four crew members were treated for injuries.
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At the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix Bruno Senna scored the first fastest lap of his career after a late puncture dropped him from 8th place to 12th place.
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Bruno Senna finished the season 16th in the Championship on 31 points and was dropped by Williams for 2013 in favour of Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas on 28 November 2012.
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On 5 February 2013, it was confirmed that Bruno Senna would be racing for Aston Martin Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013.
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In Brazil at Sao Paulo there was contact with other cars just in front of Bruno Senna resulting in Bruno Senna making contact with one of the cars causing suspension damage that forced him to retire from the race.
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On 9 February 2015 it was confirmed that Bruno Senna would be a factory driver for the McLaren GT3 project.
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For 2017, Bruno Senna joined the Swiss flagged Vaillante Rebellion Racing.
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On 7 March 2014, Bruno Senna was added to Sky Sports F1's line-up for seven races: Malaysia, China, Hungary, Singapore, Russia, USA and Brazil.
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Bruno Senna commentated during practice sessions alongside David Croft as well as providing race analysis with the presentation day throughout the seven Grand Prix weekends.
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Bruno Senna made guest appearances on The F1 Show and operated the Skypad.
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On 8 March 2016, Bruno Senna was announced as part of Channel 4's Formula One coverage, appearing in special features throughout the season.
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On 15 July 2012, Bruno Senna collected the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in Brisighella, Italy he was the 19th driver to collect the award.
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Bruno Senna's helmet is a modified version of his uncle's helmet design: a yellow helmet with a green and blue S shaped stripe.
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Bruno Senna dated Ramona Kiss, a Hungarian TV presenter and actress, in 2011.