Bruno Senna had just begun kart racing as an eight years
old when Ayrton died. A year later Bruno lost his
father in a motorcycle accident. Racing activities
were halted. Apparently permanently.
However, 11 years later, a bright, intelligent guy
decides to follow his passion to motor racing and
totally immerses himself in racing, moves to UK in
2004 and begins learning his first steps in racing
in some tests and races of Formula BMW before
making the big jump into F3.
Since then, fuelled by an explosive mixture of passion and
talent, Bruno's career has evolved at an astonishing pace.
In 2005, he competed in British F3 for his first full season
in motor sport very much 'in at the deep end' Bruno raced
against a field of vastly more experienced and
accomplished drivers. He instantly demonstrated both
his raw talent and his impressive capacity to learn which
has been the trademark of his brief but successful career.
As this first full season progressed, Bruno's pace,
consistency and race craft improved so much so that into
the second half of the season he was scoring regular
podium finishes.
Building on this experience from year one, Bruno remained
in F3. While still learning and developing on and off track
at a great rate, Bruno's further increased speed and
consistency earned him 3rd position in the Championship.
Very impressive indeed if you consider that every one of
the guys he was racing against there had a decade or
more of racing experience.
Having finished F3 at a very competitive level, Bruno
made the step up to GP2. This level proved to be a
similar ?in at the deep end´ experience, once again
driving against a field of more seasoned,
championship winning drivers from around the world.
After a short winter test programme, Bruno won the
feature race at only his second event, the ?least
experienced´ driver ever to have achieved this.
For his second season in GP2, Bruno moved to the
iSport team and started a crucial phase of his
personal development during winter testing and the
Asian GP2 series. In the 2008 GP2 main
championship he was always a front runner, fighting
for the championship , and despite having to
overcome two maximum scores lost through no fault
of his or his team, he finished in 2nd place in the
Championship.
Bruno has developed at a faster rate than those
around him. On a steep learning curve he´s already
one of the fastest drivers in international motorsport
and after just four seasons of racing of any kind he
proved in his first ever test that he can lap an F1 car
very competitively indeed.
Sometimes dreams come true...