Bruno Senna is hopeful about having a seat in the 2013 F1 season – Formula 1 news
Bruno Senna, former Williams F1 driver and the nephew of late F1 champion Ayrton Senna, has admitted that he is hopeful of securing a seat in the 2013 F1 season.
“You're never relaxed until you have a nice signed contract, but we're working very hard,” Senna told AUTOSPORT. “Chris [Goodwin, manager] is a busy little bee. He's been doing his job very well. Hopefully before the end of the year we'll have a nice clear
path to follow.”
Senna also stated that the 2012 F1 season was one of the toughest.
“It's a tough world championship,” he added. “This has probably been the toughest Formula 1 world championship in many years. I think that coming into it as my first real year in Formula 1 was already a challenge.”
The driver added that the fact he had to miss out on many Friday practice sessions made the season all the more difficult for him. He had complained about the same thing being the reason of his lack of performance earlier in the season. However, he said
that it has still helped him learn and gain a lot of experience.
Senna kept struggling to equal his performance with teammate Pastor Maldonado, who also won the Spanish Grand Prix this season, but was still more consistent in securing race points than Maldonado. The driver finished sixteenth on the drivers’ grid that
is fourteen points behind his teammate. It is reported that he is in talks with Force India and Caterham teams.
Senna has been replaced by the Williams F1 test driver, Valtteri Bottas. This will be Bottas debut as an official driver for the team although he had been on contract to drive Senna’s car for fifteen practice sessions this past season. Bottas has already
admitted that his aim for his first year with the team is to improve his driving and secure sufficient race points for the team.
The win in Spain was the only race victory for the team this season and also the first since their last victory in the 2004 F1 season. Williams F1 finished eighth on the constructors’ grid.
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