Williams announce Bruno Senna to join for the 2012 season – Formula 1 news
Williams announced that Bruno Senna will join the team for the 2012 season.
The team had been fretting over the decision of naming the driver to partner Pastor Maldonado for some time now. Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil and Bruno Senna were all in contention but it was not clear who would get selected.
Williams had decided to go with a pay driver who has the skills too and Senna was the perfect choice. Sutil would have been another good choice but the latest scandal surrounding him makes his future uncertain for at least the next year.
Senna said that he feels privileged at getting the opportunity with Williams and also expressed his delight at racing with the same team as his late uncle Ayrton Senna.
“It will be very interesting to drive for a team that my uncle has driven for, particularly as quite a few of the people here actually worked with Ayrton. Hopefully we can bring back some memories and create some great new ones too. I also want to get some
good results in return for the support my country has given me to help get me to this position today. I am very proud to be Brazilian and more motivated than ever to demonstrate what I can do. Ever since I first sat in a go-kart I never wanted to do anything
else,” Senna said.
Now with the Williams’ seat off the table, it leaves the HRT seat for the remaining drivers to grab. It seems that Barrichello’s almost two decade long career might have come to an end. Although Senna took the race seat the Brazilian was looking forward
to, but he still wished him good luck on his twitter account.
It would be interesting to see how much of an effect it will have with Senna’s inclusion in the team. Williams’ have been criticised a lot for being uncompetitive but 2012 is a new season and a fresh start with a new car might bring in better results for
a team struggling for the past few seasons. Fans might get to have the first glance of Senna driving the Williams’ car at the first pre-season test in February.
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