HRT drop Senna for British GP

Reuters - Thu, 08 Jul 20:16:00 2010

Brazilian Bruno Senna has been dropped by his HRT Formula One team for Sunday's British Grand Prix.

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"The drivers are (Sakon) Yamamoto and (Karun) Chandhok," team principial Colin Kolles said.

A spokeswoman for FIA confirmed that Japanese reserve driver Yamamoto and India's Chandhok have been entered as race drivers for the weekend.

Kolles would not say why Senna, nephew of late triple champion Ayrton, had been dropped but said a statement would be issued on Friday morning.

Reuters

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  1. why senna dropped
    Wot he dun ?

    From Kim, on Sat 10 Jul 3:39
  2. ``` SAD NUTCASE MISS JONSON
    CAN'T READ­ CAPITALS AS MUM NEVER TAUGHT HER

    TAKE A FEW­ LESSSSONS DARLING SWEETIE THEN YOU COULD READ NEWS­ HEADLINES

    From Kim, on Sat 10 Jul 3:28
  3. Coming from a man who can't spell 'writing'­ Samuel Johnson, who are you to call anyone a­ '@#$%'?

    From MARK, on Sat 10 Jul 1:53
  4. Stop writitng i CAPS you retards...

    From Homer, on Sat 10 Jul 1:21
  5. A cash induced driver change methinks- @#$% young Senna­ seeing that the Dallara built chassis is not up to the­ job of modern F1. Shame.

    From MARK, on Sat 10 Jul 0:52
  6. Misterb, thanks for calling me an idiot.
    You are right­ about everything you say about Bruno.
    I only meant to­ say that a beginning team like HRT should not make such­ mistakes.
    The only reason they had some tv atraction,­ wich means exposure and advertising income, was becouse­ of the name Senna in their team. Bruno isn't his­ uncle, he will never be, no one can reach his status. I­ perfectly understand they want to lure Honda in to­ their team and that's longterm thinking but for­ this season they might as well drop it now that they­ have no more atraction to the tv broadcasters.
    Friendly­ greetings misterb, from an idiot who loves this sport­ so mush that he can stand seeing his team losing as the­ others realy are better.

    From Pool, on Sat 10 Jul 0:49
  7. pool: just because he has his UNCLE'S surname­ doesn't mean he should be automatically given a­ drive. Bruno hasn't achieved ANYTHING in motor­ racing and was probably only given his race at HRT­ because of his uncles legacy. Now that they see that­ he's mediocre and the press no longer care they­ have probably decided to give the car to a real driver­ rather than be embarrassed by Bruno anymore.
    Prove me­ wrong please and come up with Bruno's achievements.­ I know you won't because he has none.­
    "carry's the most famous­ name in the history­ of F1" That's like saying that anyone called­ Pele should be a great footballer. Maybe we should all­ call our kids famous names as (in your argument) they­ should be given preference over others due to this.­ What an IDIOT you sound.

    From misterb, on Fri 9 Jul 23:36
  8. I really feel sorry for Bruno, carrying an impossible­ last name to live up to (Schumacher's son, or­ Zidane's son must be right up there in the future),­ not bringing in any money in a team that has had a­ shortage since day 1...
    Hopefully he gets a second­ chance in a more decent team, some sons actually didnt­ do bad at all despite legendary forefathers in F1, like­ Hill or Villeneuve, and more recently Rosberg... I hope­ bruno wont follow the likes of the Brabham sons...

    The­ only thing I'm kinda disappointed in is that he­ never really dominated Chandhok, equally rookie but a­ lot lower rated as paying driver...

    Anyway I suppose­ he's been victim of the lack of cash flow, if HRT­ was serious about improving it's status, they­ should have gone for Klien and not such a below-average­ slouch like Yamamoto (is Honda so blind in sponsoring­ this guy instead of compatriots like Takuma Sato?)

    From Jacobs, on Fri 9 Jul 23:31
  9. So they dropped the man who carry's the most famous­ name in the history of F1.
    Its all about the money,­ they bring in a Japanese driver who has the backing of­ Honda, does this mean something?
    HRT are bound to fail,­ they have no sence of history, they will get the­ comeback engine of Honda and they will fail­ grandiouse.
    In footbal the Spaniard's get the­ titel, Alonso will get one with Ferrari, but as a­ Spanish F1 team there realy is nothing. Stuppid,­ stuppid organisation.

    From Pool, on Fri 9 Jul 23:08
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    PETER

    MCLARAN should drop HAMILTON as well then as he­ is the biggest cheat of them all

    From U R SOLES, on Fri 9 Jul 20:58
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    DID U EAT THE BRAZIL GOALKEEPERS GIRLFRIEND ?

    From Sha, on Fri 9 Jul 20:45
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    HAVE YOU EATEN THE BRAZIL GOALKEEPERS GIRLFRIEND ?

    From Sha, on Fri 9 Jul 20:41
  13. Regarding Mr. Texas Tifosi you should consider pulling­ you Texas sized head out of your Texas sized Arse. He­ regularly waxed Chandhok's at iSport. And Bruno was­ the first driver to sign with any of the three lame­ @#$% teams in hopes that they would have lived up to­ half of what they promised. Obviously that never­ transpired as they found that F1 is no teddy bear's­ tea party. HRT's car has already been scrapped in­ hopes of 2011's car and they can't even get any­ new parts for the bucket of bolts. Can't even get a­ decent third driver as Yamamoto won't fare much­ better. Probably has a ton of cash though.
    And­ don't ever speak of what you might think Ayrton­ would feel about his nephew's performance. You have­ no clue and niether does anybody else. A poor comment­ indeed.

    From Chris Dayton, on Fri 9 Jul 19:26
  14. I think most people here saw the Senna they wanted to­ see, not the real one. He is nothing like Piquet jr.­ From the world he comes from he seemed somewhat down to­ earth. He was willing to talk to reporters and did not­ seem arrogant. Bruno was not given a ride in a top team­ in his early 20's. Is Bruno as good as his UNCLE,­ no. He raced and fairly well in all the feeders­ series. He placed second in GP2. Nico won GP2, is the­ difference between 1st & 2nd that big that Senna is­ only hear because of his name??? Please. Unlike Piquet­ the problem is the car not the driver.

    From chris_s, on Fri 9 Jul 19:01
  15. I really hate to admit that Senna is to blame, but all­ anyone can compare; is car to car and Chandhok has­ continually out performed Bruno..
    Perhaps in a better­ car he (Bruno) will have a better mindset and­ performance, but he must realize the first person he­ has to beat is his teammate

    From Walking quiet, on Fri 9 Jul 18:19
  16. a team with no aspirations should not even be on the­ grid. every team, no matter how low on the totem pole,­ has aspirations and specific goals to meet. if not­ scoring points, then finishing races without binning­ the car. or beat the rival immediately in front of you­ in the standings. if they allow the goals to go unmet­ and do nothing to improve, they should not even be in a­ competitive sport. they did what they had to do. bruno­ is but a shadow, if that, of his uncle. i expect Ayrton­ has been looking down shaking his head in­ disappointment for some time.

    From Texas Tifosi, on Fri 9 Jul 17:08
  17. Their car is garbage, don't blame the driver.

    From Tempoe, on Fri 9 Jul 16:51
  18. Senna gone, has no one told them it's the car. such­ idiots.

    From PETER, on Fri 9 Jul 15:50
  19. It is about the money. Who get bring sponsors and­ money, who get the drives. It has been like this for­ HRT since the beginning of the season. There­ shouldn't be any surprise.

    From huat chye liao, on Fri 9 Jul 15:49
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    i wish Fiat would drop plonka, he is @#$%, a cheater­ and is not a team worker at all. He will win NOTHING­ for fiat and u fiat fans really know it, but you will­ defend him regardless

    From PETER, on Fri 9 Jul 15:49
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