Copied this from another thread! your thoughts? Senna told in an interview that for the last 3 years he spent in F1, he was rarely happy about what he was doing. There were a lot of off-track political "fights" going on, and he never got a chance to prove himself under the same conditions / with the same material. He always had to defend and explain himself against things that were not true or people who made sure he didn't got what he wanted : a fair shot. So in the process he lost his joy of racing. Although he had 1 solid offer for 2013 and a second "less" offer, he decided he had to break away. Throughout his career he has won several races, and been on the podium on several occasions. His last win was back in 2008 in GP2 and his last podium in 2009. That's what he wants to do, enjoy racing an win races. And that's why he felt he didn't want to accept the offers those 2 teams made. He does say he won't ever rule out a return to F1 if the circumstances are right, but for now he has to experience the joy of racing again, which he believes will happen with Aston Martin. Source : http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/f...e-bruno-senna-fuer-mich-der-richtige-weg.html
With a name like Senna, he has no chance to truly enjoy his F1 experience without the comparisons to his uncle. But this is the way the sport is now, no time to settle, no time to build, no time to grow... no time to establish...
Always rated Senna through GP2, thought he was a much more worthy winer of the title than Pantano was. He definitely wasn't given a fair chance in F1, compared to others anyway.
Comprehensively beaten by Maldonado last year has not done any favours. Unless teams are desperate for the money he brings in, talent alone will not get him a drive as he hasn't really shown to be anything special.
Too nice for F1, I think. His uncle had a ruthless streak that Bruno lacks but I don't think he was short of talent.
Ive been arguing this point through his career. At HRT he had to use the same chassis through the whole season while his team mates got the upgrades. At Lotus he did well I thought since he came in half way. Was an impressive test driver for them before hand too! At Williams he was always going to be 2nd best to Maldonado and his Bolivars
For purely selfish reasons i wish he had accepted the offer, it helps to know he's leaving on his own terms though. His career annoys me, because even now there are so many question marks over his quality. All i will say is its probably no co-incidence that his best period in terms of performance was those first 3/4 races at Renault, where he matched Petrov despite joining mid-season, happened during the only real period of time he had the full backing of a team.
But it was matching Vitaly (who is a decent respectable driver, got the better of Heikki last year) despite stepping in the car half way through the season and so doing that despite a clear disadvantage (look how the likes of Grosjean, Fisichella, Alguersuari, Badoer, Chandhok coped with stepping in mid season with the testing ban, even Heidfeld was comfortably outpaced by Kobayashi) which to me suggested the ability to do better was there. Like i said though i dont actually know how good he is, or even if he deserves an F1 seat, just that i think he's better than circumstances have made him look.
I think both Petrov and Senna are under-rated. That year's Lotus started strongly but didn't develop so it seemed to get worse as the season progressed.
He's another one, as is Heikki. Meanwhile, dire Resta keeps his seat and even Karthikeyan may be back!
So basically because he isn't in a good team he gives up? That to me is just arrogant! He's had 3 chances in 3 different teams and every time he failed. Let's just face he wasn't good enough. I may be a bit too harsh on him as i really don't like him, but it's the truth either way
I agree, it does show arrogance if he thought he was too good to turn down any drive in F1. Presumabley he had been looking at the Force India seat and all he got offered was a Caterham or Maurrussia. Beggars can't be choosers, so if he thinks he's better off out of F1 then good luck to him, but I can;t see him being back. He'll be forgotten very quickly.
I doubt that, since i imagine he would have taken it, I can understand why he would turn turn Caterham and Marussia, since its arguable his Aston Martin WEC seat is better, but not the FI seat. I don't think that really counts as arrogance for me, it just means he's not a "stay in F1 at all costs" driver, driving for the back two teams seems to be career suicide anyway. He just things he'll enjoy being near the front of a lesser (but still good) series than running hopelessly at the back in F1, which is fair enough.
Uncle Ayrton was a tough bastard, with unique driving skills, he fought through all kind of adversity, including that idiot Balestre but he proved himself a winner many times, sadly he fought too hard and paid the ultimate earthly price. Bruno is simply the nephew of a great man, in my opinion he never had the required skill or attitude, just a nice lad and there's is nothing wrong with that is there. Ayrton lives on in the hearts of many and Bruno lives on in the shadow of his uncle, whats preferable eh.
So Bruno was going in for FI seat. http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?optio...-str-may-switch-engines&catid=1:f1&Itemid=157
I sometimes wonder what people really expect. And in this I include all concerned: drivers, team management, reporters etc.; not just the fan-base, where of course, it is to be expected. This is F1! It has always been riddled with politics. In this respect, Bruno Senna has my sympathy (and in a very personal sense, which I am not prepared to explain here); but really; what did he (or those surrounding him) expect? !! His knowledge of motor racing is such that he knew full well about the politics within F1. Bruno is a nice guy; but if he believes his own words, he is either showing an awful lot of naïvety, or a disproportionate arrogance. I prefer to hope for (and personally believe) the former because the only other reasonable conclusion is that he believes his own hype, Of course, this 'hype' was much encouraged through the best intentions of a well-meaning uncle of exceptional ability and determination. It is no-one's fault that uncle and nephew may not share the same traits, especially when uncle was SO exceptional. But to be sure of remaining in F1 – and I said this at the time of the announcement of his pairing with Maldonado – he had to clean up against this new, so-called 'pay-driver' team-mate. As it was, Maldonado did the bizz and Senna did not. Between the two of them, one should perhaps consider this: who was the more determined?; who was the fighter? The conclusion should be obvious. THE END. There is, of course, the reciprocal view – and he should know this in his heart – that his name carried sufficient weight to influence those who might give him a seat in F1 in the first instance! So… Lucky or unlucky? Well, my personal view is that romantics will be more inclined to believe the latter. On the other hand, pragmatists will be more likely to believe the former…
