Williams F1

For years Bruno Senna raced karts against his uncle, Ayrton, on the family farm in Brazil, but he didn’t make his competitive race debut until he was 20 years old, in the Formula BMW UK Championship in 2004. He scored six points in six races.
The following year Bruno joined Räikkönen Robertson Racing to compete in the British F3 Championship. He stayed with the team for a second year in 2006 and finished third in the final standings after taking five victories.

GP2 was Bruno’s next stop on the career ladder, in 2007. 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 in GP2, narrowly missing out on the title. He also tested for the Honda Racing F1 Team in the autumn of ’08, just before the manufacturer pulled out of the sport.

In 2009, in a bid to maintain race fitness, Bruno turned his attention to sports car racing. He secured two podiums from three Le Mans Series races, as well as taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Towards the end of this season he announced a deal to race with the Hispania Racing F1 team 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 in his first race. After qualifying inside the top ten again at Monza, Bruno secured his first F1 points with a ninth place finish.

In January 2012, Williams F1 confirmed Senna as a race driver alongside Pastor Maldonado.

•    Nationality: Brazilian
•    Born: 15th October 1983
•    Job description: Race Driver
•    Height: 1.8m
•    Weight: 69kg

Career Highlights

2011         FIA F1 World Championship Lotus Renault GP, 18th overall: 8 races
2010         FIA F1 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 F1 test with Honda

2007         GP2 Championship, 8th overall: 1 win, 3 podiums

2006         British F3 Championship, 3rd overall: 5 wins, 9 podiums, 3 poles
2005         British F3 Championship, 10th overall: 1 pole 2004 Formula BMW UK Championship