Bruno Senna

Bruno Senna Lalli was born on 15 October 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil,{{cite web |title=Bruno Senna – Driver Profile and Career |url=http://www.brunosenna.com.br/bruno-senna-lalli/driver-profile |website=brunosenna.com.br |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229112630/http://www.brunosenna.com.br/bruno-senna-lalli/driver-profile |archive-date=29 February 2024}} the second eldest of three to businessman Flávio Pereira Lalli{{cite web |title=Marido da irmã de Senna é enterrado - 26/2/1996 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1996/2/26/cotidiano/34.html |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=br |date=26 February 1996}} and Viviane Senna Lalli (née Senna da Silva), who worked as a psychotherapist and businesswoman.{{cite web |last1=Arrudas |first1=Mariana |title=Quem é a irmã de Ayrton Senna? Psicóloga e empresária, Viviane é mãe de piloto |url=https://caras.uol.com.br/atualidades/quem-e-irma-de-ayrton-senna-psicologa-e-empresaria-viviane-e-mae-de-piloto.phtml |website=CARAS Brasil |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=pt-br |date=29 July 2023}} His mother was raised in São Paulo with his two uncles, Ayrton and Leonardo, and his grandparents Milton Teodoro Guirado da Silva and Neide Senna da Silva.[http://epoca.globo.com/edic/19990503/soci3.htm «A guardiã do mito: Colada à imagem do irmão, Viviane Senna chega à pole position da filantropia nacional»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505231638/http://epoca.globo.com/edic/19990503/soci3.htm |date=2009-05-05 }}, O Globo, 3 May 1999. Senna's family owns multiple businesses in Brazil which involve agriculture and cars.{{cite web |last1=Froissart |first1=Lionel |title=Son oncle incarné |url=https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2011/11/24/son-oncle-incarne_776818/ |website=Libération |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=fr |date=24 November 2011}}

Senna started karting on the family farm at the age of five and was taught by his grandfather Milton and his uncle Ayrton, who was a Formula One driver for McLaren at the time.{{cite journal|last1=Buxton|first1=Will|year=2010|title=Bruno Senna on Ayrton's Farm in Brazil|journal=F1 Racing|volume=169|issue=March 2010|pages=112–116|publisher=Haymarket Media Group}} Senna stated his main influence was his grandfather and Ayrton, having learnt mechanics by fixing the engines of jet skis or go-karts that his uncle owned.{{cite web |last1=Cary |first1=Tom |title=Bruno Senna out to show he is more than just a famous name |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/camposmeta1/7407119/Bruno-Senna-out-to-show-he-is-more-than-just-a-famous-name.html |website=The Telegraph |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240622041219/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/camposmeta1/7407119/Bruno-Senna-out-to-show-he-is-more-than-just-a-famous-name.html |archive-date=22 June 2024 |language=en |date=10 March 2010}} Ayrton regarded Senna's potential very highly during his youth, saying in 1993, "If you think I'm fast, just wait until you see my nephew".{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2009/11/10214.html |title=Bruno Senna - more than just a famous name? |publisher=Formula1.com |date=12 November 2009 |access-date=10 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115235850/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2009/11/10214.html |archive-date=15 November 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}

File:Bruno Senna Formula BMW UK Car Rockingham 2004 (1).jpg car at Rockingham]]

Ayrton's death while driving a Williams at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, however, brought Bruno's own racing career to an abrupt halt. Despite these setbacks including the death of his father in a motorbike accident in 1996, Bruno's mother and his uncle Ayrton's sister Viviane had reluctantly backed her son's interest in motor racing.

At Imola in 2004, on the 10th anniversary of his uncle's death, Senna was given an example of his uncle's 1986 Lotus 98T as a gift from an Italian friend. Senna drove the car at the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix meeting in São Paulo, at Interlagos, where Ayrton had won in 1991 and 1993. Ayrton's McLaren teammate from {{F1|1990}} to {{F1|1992}}, Gerhard Berger is a close friend of the Senna family and has advised Senna on his career. Senna's sister, Bianca, meanwhile, has managed his affairs and sponsorship acquisition.

In 2004, Bruno competed in six races of the Formula BMW UK series for Carlin Motorsport, scoring six points.

In 2005, he moved on to the British Formula Three Championship, driving for the Räikkönen Robertson Racing team owned by then-McLaren Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen and his business managers David and Steve Robertson. His results included three podium finishes in the last seven races of the season, as he finished tenth in the final standings. In 2006 he stayed with the team and finished third in the series standings behind champion and teammate Mike Conway and Oliver Jarvis, taking five victories. He won the opening two races of the series at Oulton Park in the wet. He again won the first race at Donington Park and then won the second race at Mugello in Italy, again in the wet.

File:Bruno Senna 2006 Australian Grand Prix-3.jpg F304 in a support race at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix]]

Senna had a massive crash during the first race of round five of the series at Snetterton. On lap 2, he and Hitech Racing's Salvador Durán clashed wheels on the Revett Straight at nearly {{Convert|150|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. Senna's car took off just before the bridge, and may have even clipped it, while cartwheeling through the air.page 72, Autosport magazine – 20 July 2006 His car landed violently and careered along and down the safety barrier for some distance, but Senna walked away. His car however was damaged beyond immediate repair and Senna missed out on the second race of the day. On the rear wing of the car he had advertised his uncle's foundation.

In 2006, Senna competed in the Formula Three support races at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix, winning three of the four races.{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Senna-repeats-Oz-F3-triumph-~cid~11~id~127625.htm |title=Senna repeats Oz F3 triumph | Page 1 | F3 News | Apr 2006 |publisher=Crash.Net |date=1 April 2006 |access-date=10 July 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/4188.html|title=Paddock Postcard from Melbourne|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|date=2 April 2006|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407164652/http://www.formula1.com/news/4188.html|archive-date=7 April 2006}} Driving a Spiess Opel powered Dallara F304, Senna set the Formula Three lap record of 1:50.8640 in the first race of the meeting which as of 2016 remains the fastest ever non-F1 lap of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. Senna finished 3rd in the race, the only one of the 4 races he did not win over the weekend.[http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638039931/object_750292.87A/Result?10 2006 AGP - Natsoft Race Results]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 28 May Senna made his first appearance on Monaco circuit, as a guest in the Porsche Supercup event. Unfortunately, he was forced to retire at the first corner because of a clutch failure.

In October 2006 he appeared in an eight-part weekly series called Vroom Vroom on British TV station Sky One. Each week he would drive a different car being tested on the show, as quickly as possible, to the top of a multi-storey car park.

In October 2006 Senna was said to be targeting a seat on the Formula One grid by {{F1|2009}}.{{cite news | url = http://www.manipef1.com/news/2006/index.php?id=1773 | title = Senna targets F1 for 2009 | publisher = Manipe F1 | date = 30 October 2006 | access-date = 7 February 2007 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071203043126/http://www.manipef1.com/news/2006/index.php?id=1773 | archive-date = 3 December 2007 | df = dmy-all }} He signed to drive for the Red Bull-sponsored Arden International team for the 2007 GP2 Series. He finished fourth on his debut at Bahrain and soon after scored his first win in the feature race in Spain. In the single race Monaco event, Senna struggled owing to poor tyres.

During the four-week break in the GP2 series between the Monaco and French races, Senna took part in the third round of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli European series at Silverstone on 9 and 10 June 2007. Driving an F430 on a weekend devoted to the 60th anniversary of Ferrari, Senna won both races, starting each from pole. The purpose of this involvement was to gain a better understanding of the circuit, which is on the GP2 calendar.

File:Bruno Senna 2008 GP2 Silverstone.jpg at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series]]

At Silverstone, a mistake during qualifying on the Friday meant Senna started 26th and last. After a great start Senna was able to finish 11th in the feature race. The sprint race was not any better in terms of points with a 10th-place finish. A poor qualifying session at the Nurburgring for the feature race meant Senna started 16th but was up to ninth after a cleverly timed first pit stop. However he was given a drive-through penalty after being involved in a collision with Adam Carroll and ended up finishing a poor 15th. The Sprint race ended on the first lap after a collision. At Hungary for both races, Senna finished out of the top ten after struggling with the set-up of the car. The feature race in Turkey brought another poor result, however Senna finished sixth in the sprint race and with it came his first points since France. At Monza Senna finished fourth after starting fourteenth. Starting fifth for the sprint race Senna had an excellent start by moving up to second, however after contact with Luca Filippi resulted in bent steering, Senna managed to finish third and on the podium for the first time since France in July. At Spa Senna showed raw pace through practice and set the third fastest time early on during Qualifying for the feature race. However a stall on the grid meant he started 22nd and while fighting to make up ground he got a bit of oversteer and then the camber changed, ending his day in the tyre barrier. Starting at the back of the grid for the sprint race, Senna finished eighth leaving Belgium pointless. At the season finale in Valencia Spain, Senna ended the feature race with a DNF and thus starting the sprint race from 19th could only manage to finish 14th. This was a positive season on the whole for Senna finishing in the top 10 in only his third full year of single seater racing, with one win and three podiums.

Senna switched teams for the 2008 season, moving to iSport International, where his teammate was Karun Chandhok.{{cite news| title =Chandhok and Senna sign for iSport

| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64436| date =19 December 2007| access-date =19 December 2007}} He also drove for the team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. In the second round of the season at Istanbul Senna collided with a stray dog during the sprint race. The suspension of Senna's car was damaged in the incident, causing him to retire. Senna himself escaped without injury, while the dog died in the incident. Senna won the GP2 Feature race at Monte Carlo, the first time in 15 years since the Senna name has shown at the top of the leaderboards at the principality. It also moved Senna to first position in the points table, although he was to eventually finish runner-up in the championship to Giorgio Pantano.

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Senna had been holding out for a Formula One drive for {{F1|2009}}, and after he realised this would not happen, he began looking at other opportunities to keep him "race fit" ahead of negotiations for a {{F1|2010}} drive in Formula One. He tested with the Mercedes-AMG DTM team, but after holding talks with the outfit he decided he did not want to commit himself to the series.{{cite news|url=http://www.autocorse.net/dtm-en/33600_Mercedes_confirms_DTM_talks_with_Bruno_Senna.php|title=Mercedes confirms DTM talks with Bruno Senna|publisher=AutoCorse.net|date=7 March 2009|access-date=7 November 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After testing an Oreca LMP1 car, Senna joined the team to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans{{cite news|title=Senna joins ORECA for Le Mans|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73878|publisher=autosport.com|date=24 March 2009}} and the Le Mans Series. His first race was the 2009 1000 km of Catalunya, teamed with Stéphane Ortelli, finishing 3rd.

File:Bruno Senna 2008 Goodwood.jpg 312B2 Formula One car at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed]]

Bruno Senna sampled a contemporary Formula One car for the first time in November 2008 when he tested for Honda in Barcelona. Honda assessed the Brazilian during their first winter test at the Circuit de Catalunya on 17–19 November. His tasks included an initial familiarisation with Honda's RA108 car and its systems before progressing to a full programme during which the team intended to evaluate his performance, technical skill and ability to work within a large team organisation.

Despite Senna, over the course of the three-day test, coming to within 0.3 seconds of then Honda F1 racing driver Jenson Button, the later announcement that Honda would withdraw from Formula One with immediate effect amid the economic crisis appeared to have significantly lessened his opportunity of a 2009 race seat in Formula One, unless the squad were to find a buyer before the beginning of the season in March. Senna was expected to be the team's second driver were it to make the 2009 grid,{{cite news| title =Senna signs for Honda?| publisher =grandprix.com| url =http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21178.html| date =12 February 2009| access-date =12 February 2009}} until Rubens Barrichello was reported to have re-signed with the team.{{cite news| title =Barrichello secures new F1 deal|publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73522| date =3 March 2009| access-date =4 March 2009}} Senna decided not to sign with Mercedes for the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season "to focus completely on his Formula One chances".{{cite news|title=Senna not part of Mercedes DTM team|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74548|publisher=autosport.com|date=17 April 2009}} Bruno Senna said to the BBC in an interview that he did not want to negotiate with Lotus because of sentimental reasons as his uncle Ayrton Senna took his first win with Team Lotus. He also told the BBC that "I felt important to enter F1 now otherwise I would never be in it". He also told the BBC he had been negotiating with Manor GP, Campos Meta and one existing outfit rumoured to be Brawn GP as he was close to securing a drive the previous season but Barrichello renewed his contract with Brawn.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8311919.stm | work=BBC News | title=Senna seals F1 drive with Campos | date=31 October 2009 | access-date=27 April 2010}}

Rubens Barrichello admitted he was lucky to be driving for Brawn. Barrichello said "I'm just lucky that at this time F1 has changed a little bit". He also wished Bruno the very best in the future, saying he only had a position as Ross Brawn chose the more experienced person because of lack of testing time. He also said he was sure due to Senna's potential that he would get a drive next season.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7934674.stm | work=BBC News | title='Lucky' Barrichello soothes Senna | date=10 March 2009 | access-date=27 April 2010}}

File:Bruno Senna 2010 Bahrain.jpg at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, his Formula One début]]

On 30 October 2009, Senna announced that he had signed a deal to race in Formula One in 2010;{{cite news|title=Campos set to announce Senna deal|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79879|publisher=autosport.com|date=30 October 2009}} on 31 October 2009, Adrián Campos confirmed that Senna would be driving for Campos Meta.{{cite news|title=Campos honoured to give Senna F1 slot|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79887|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|publisher=Autosport.com|date=31 October 2009|access-date=31 October 2009}} It was unclear whether Senna still had the drive after the takeover of Campos by José Ramón Carabante, with new team principal Colin Kolles saying the new-look team would need to find extra funding, review the existing operation, and announce the driver line up in due course, with no mention of Senna. On 2 March, Campos announced a name change to Hispania Racing. Two days later, Karun Chandhok was confirmed as Senna's teammate.{{cite news|last=Noble|first=Jonathan|title=Chandhok announced as HRT driver|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81842|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010}}

File:Senna Belgium 2010.jpg to advertise a competition where fans could design his helmet for his home race later in the year]]

After nine races, Senna was replaced for the {{F1 GP|2010|British}}, with Sakon Yamamoto filling his seat.{{cite news|author1=Beer, Matt |author2=Noble, Jonathan |title=Yamamoto to replace Senna in Britain|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85082|date=8 July 2010|access-date=8 July 2010}} Senna returned to the driver's seat for the {{F1 GP|2010|German}} with Yamamoto replacing Chandhok in the team's other car.

On 7 January 2011, HRT announced that Senna would not drive for them during the 2011 season.{{cite web|title=Bruno Senna out of the running for Hispania second seat |publisher=bbc.co.uk|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9349376.stm|date=7 January 2011|access-date=7 January 2011}}

On 31 January 2011, Senna was announced as a test and reserve driver for the Renault team.{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/1/11686.html|work=formula1.com|publisher=Formula One Administration|date=31 January 2011|access-date=13 June 2011|title=Senna, Grosjean confirmed as Renault third drivers}} On 9 February, the team confirmed that Senna would be sharing testing duties with Nick Heidfeld on the Saturday and Sunday of the four-day test at Jerez. This was to evaluate the drivers in preparation of replacing the injured Robert Kubica for the {{F1|2011}} season.{{cite news|title=Renault hand Nick Heidfeld Jerez test drive opportunity|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9392434.stm|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=9 February 2011|access-date=10 February 2011}} Heidfeld was given the race seat on 16 February 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/2/11750.html |work=formula1.com |publisher=Formula One Administration |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=16 February 2011 |title=Renault confirm Heidfeld as Kubica stand-in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217125013/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/2/11750.html |archive-date=17 February 2011 |df=dmy }} On 24 July 2011, after the conclusion of the {{F1 GP|2011|German}}, it was confirmed that Senna would make his first appearance of the {{F1|2011}} season, replacing Heidfeld in the first free-practice session at the {{F1 GP|2011|Hungarian}}.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/14268275.stm|title=Bruno Senna to drive for Renault in Hungary Practice|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=24 July 2011|access-date=24 July 2011}}

File:B Senna Monza 2011.jpg at the 2011 Italian Grand Prix.]]

On 22 August, Eddie Jordan reported that Senna would replace Nick Heidfeld for the remaining races of the 2011 season.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/14624084.stm |date=22 August 2011 |title=Bruno Senna replaces Nick Heidfeld at Renault, says Eddie Jordan |publisher=BBC Sport}} On 24 August this was confirmed by Renault. He qualified seventh for his first race with the team, the {{F1 GP|2011|Belgian}}, and finished 13th after colliding with Jaime Alguersuari at the first corner, for which Senna received a drive-through penalty. He finished ninth at the {{F1 GP|2011|Italian}}, scoring his first Formula One points. In Singapore, the Renault cars struggled with grip on the slow street circuit, with Senna qualifying and finishing 15th, ahead of teammate Petrov. Senna finished 16th in Japan, 13th in Korea, and 12th in the first {{F1 GP|2011|Indian}}, after being forced to change tyres late in the race. In Abu Dhabi, Senna again finished 16th after receiving a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags, and suffering a KERS failure.{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12791.html|title=Abu Dhabi: Race – selected team & driver quotes|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One Administration|date=13 November 2011|access-date=30 November 2011}} In the final race of the season, his home race in Brazil, Senna outqualified Petrov for the third time, by starting ninth on the grid. On lap 10 of the race, Senna was involved in a collision with Michael Schumacher, for which Senna received a drive-through penalty,{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/272201/senna-describes-feeling-of-disappointment-in-brazil/|title=Senna describes 'feeling of disappointment' in Brazil|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=GPUpdate|date=27 November 2011|access-date=30 November 2011}} and finished the race in 17th place.

On 9 December, it was announced that Romain Grosjean would partner Kimi Räikkönen at the team in {{F1|2012}}, leaving Senna without a drive.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96698|title=Romain Grosjean joins Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus Renault for 2012|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=9 December 2011|access-date=9 December 2011}}

File:Bruno Senna 2012 Malaysia FP2.jpg at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.]]

On 17 January 2012, Senna was confirmed as a Williams driver, where he was partnered by Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97056|title=Williams confirms Bruno Senna will race for the team in F1 in 2012|first=Pablo|last=Elizalde|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=17 January 2012|access-date=17 January 2012}} As his uncle had been racing for Williams at the time of his death, Senna first sought out his family's blessing before joining the team.{{cite news|title=Bruno Senna says he has family support to drive for Williams F1 team|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97061|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=17 January 2012|access-date=17 January 2012}}{{cite news|title=Senna signs deal to complete Williams lineup|url=http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/01/17/senna-signs-deal-to-complete-williams-lineup/|first=Stephan|last=Heublein|work=Autoblog|date=17 January 2012|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314085931/http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/01/17/senna-signs-deal-to-complete-williams-lineup/|url-status=dead}} Senna qualified 14th for the {{F1 GP|2012|Australian}}, and retired in the race's closing stages after contact with Felipe Massa; both drivers later agreed that it was a racing incident.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98174|first=Matt|last=Beer|title=Massa and Senna agree that no blame can be apportioned for late collision|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=18 March 2012|access-date=19 March 2012}} He was classified 16th, having completed around 90% of the race distance. On 25 March, Senna scored his first points for Williams at the Malaysian Grand Prix, finishing in sixth place, for which he earned eight points after coming through the field in changeable conditions. Senna's result in Sepang gained more points for the team than Williams had earned throughout the whole of the 2011 season. Senna finished 7th in China and classified 22nd in Bahrain after retiring due to brake issues. Three races later, Maldonado won his first Grand Prix in Spain as Senna retired in a collision with Michael Schumacher. After the race, a fire broke out in the Williams garage. Senna's car was damaged and four crew members were treated for injuries.

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Senna finished 10th in Monaco, and 17th in Canada. In the European Grand Prix, he picked up a drive through penalty after a collision with Kamui Kobayashi; the damage and penalty dropped Senna to 22nd and last, and he finished the race in 11th, promoted to 10th after Maldonado was given a 20-second time penalty following a collision with Lewis Hamilton. In Britain, Senna qualified 15th after he had to slow in his last lap as Romain Grosjean spun in the last corner, he started 13th after grid penalties and after a strong start finished the race in 9th. At the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix Senna scored the first fastest lap of his career after a late puncture dropped him from 8th place to 12th place. Senna finished the season 16th in the Championship on 31 points and was dropped by Williams for {{F1|2013}} in favour of Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas on 28 November 2012.{{cite news|last=Elizalde|first=Pablo|title=Williams confirms Valtteri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado for 2013|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104630|date=28 November 2012|access-date=28 November 2012}}

On 5 February 2013, it was confirmed that Senna would be racing for Aston Martin Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013.{{cite news|last=Watkins|first=Gary|title=Bruno Senna leaves F1 for Aston Martin Le Mans and WEC drive|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105434|date=5 February 2013|access-date=5 February 2013}}

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Senna and his co-drivers had a successful start to the championship, winning at Silverstone and then collecting another podium at Spa. At Le Mans, the Aston Martin Vantage GT2 #99 driven by Senna, Rob Bell and Frédéric Makowiecki started from pole position{{cite news|last=Surdin|first=Pavel|title=Double pole for Aston Martin at Le Mans|work=Motorsport|url=http://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/double-pole-for-aston-martin-at-le-mans/|date=21 June 2013|access-date=19 July 2013}} in the GTE class but did not finish the race after serious crash with 5 hours to the end, when running 3rd. Makowiecki had no major injures from the accident.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp57neT6xRI|url-status=dead|title=Big Crash Frédéric Makowiecki Le Mans 24 Hours 2013|work=YouTube|publisher=YouTube, LLC|date=23 June 2013|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-date=23 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523130134/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp57neT6xRI&app=desktop}} In Brazil at São Paulo, there was contact with other cars just in front of Senna resulting in Senna making contact with one of the cars causing suspension damage that forced him to retire from the race.

On 9 February 2015 it was confirmed that Senna would be a factory driver for the McLaren GT3 project.{{cite news|title=Bruno Senna has secured a factory GT drive with McLaren for 2015|first=Gary|last=Watkins|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117636|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=9 February 2015|access-date=9 February 2015}}

Rebellion Racing (2017–2020)

File:2018 6 Hours of Shanghai 1 (45379799144) (cropped).jpg, and Neel Jani at the 2018 6 Hours of Shanghai]]

For 2017, Senna joined the Swiss flagged Vaillante Rebellion Racing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/127540/senna-joins-rebellion-for-its-lmp2-switch|title=Ex-F1 driver Bruno Senna joins Rebellion for its 2017 WEC LMP2 move|website=Autosport.com|date=20 December 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}} Driving the number 13 car in the LMP2 class, Senna and his teammate Julien Canal won the world championship. The LMP2 championship came down to the last race of the season. That final, the 6 Hours of Bahrain, saw Rebellion's #13 (driven by Julien Canal, Senna, and Nico Prost) and rivals Jackie Chan DC Racing both within one race of clenching the season title. After trailing to their rivals for much of the race, the Rebellion #13 car took the lead. However, with Senna at the wheel, the car suffered a loss of power steering during the final stint. Despite the power steering failure, Senna muscled through for the final 50 minutes of the race to win the race and the championship.

File:Bruno Senna, Mahindra, Berlin ePrix.JPG at the 2015 Berlin ePrix.]]

On 26 May 2014, Mahindra Racing confirmed Karun Chandhok and Senna as their Formula E drivers for the 2014–15 season. Senna remained with the team for the 2015–16 season. He did not re-sign ahead of the 2016–17 season and left the series.

On March 10, 2022, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) racing series Airspeeder confirmed Senna as a development pilot and global ambassador.{{Cite web |last=Charlton |first=Alistair |title=Bruno Senna On His New Role As Airspeeder 'Flying Car' Racing Pilot |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alistaircharlton/2022/03/14/bruno-senna-on-his-new-role-as-airspeeder-flying-car-racing-pilot/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Bruno Senna joins Airspeeder racing crew |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2022/13/bruno-senna-joins-airspeeder-racing-crew/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Motor Sport Magazine |language=en-GB}} Senna will play a major role in developing the sport as it moves towards the first crewed Airspeeder Grand Prix's in 2023 working with the company’s leading team of engineers on developing onboard safety technology.{{Cite web |last=Pritchard |first=Jason |date=2022-03-10 |title=Bruno Senna becomes Airspeeder's latest pilot, with first remotely piloted eVTOL racing series to be announced soon - eVTOL Insights |url=https://evtolinsights.com/2022/03/bruno-senna-becomes-airspeeders-latest-pilot-with-first-remotely-piloted-evtol-racing-series-to-be-announced-soon/,%20https://evtolinsights.com/2022/03/bruno-senna-becomes-airspeeders-latest-pilot-with-first-remotely-piloted-evtol-racing-series-to-be-announced-soon/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=evtolinsights.com |language=en-GB}}

On 7 March 2014, Senna was added to Sky Sports F1's line-up for seven races: Malaysia, China, Hungary, Singapore, Russia, USA and Brazil. Senna also commentated during practice sessions alongside David Croft as well as providing race analysis with the presentation day throughout the seven Grand Prix weekends.

Senna also made guest appearances on The F1 Show and operated the Skypad.{{cite web|title=Bruno Senna will join the Sky Sports F1 line-up this coming season|work=Sky Sports |url=http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9198763/bruno-senna-will-join-the-sky-sports-f1-line-up-this-coming-season|publisher=Sky Sports Online|access-date=5 April 2014}}

On 8 March 2016, Senna was announced as part of Channel 4's Formula One coverage, appearing in special features throughout the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/press-packs/formula-1-presenting-team-biographies |title=Formula 1 presenting team biographies |publisher=Channel 4 |date=8 March 2016 |access-date=18 March 2016}}

On 15 July 2012, Senna collected the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in Brisighella, Italy he was the 19th driver to collect the award.{{cite web|title=Senna wins 2012 Lorenzo Bandini award|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/6/13454.html|publisher=formula1.com|access-date=12 June 2012}}

Bruno Senna's helmet is a modified version of his uncle's helmet design: a yellow helmet with a green and a blue S-shaped stripe. The green stripe has a blue-and-white outline, while the blue stripe has a green-and-white outline. There is a green stripe under the chin area and a blue rounded rectangle in the top area.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

Senna dated Ramóna Kiss, a Hungarian TV presenter and actress, in 2011.{{cite web | url=https://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/kiss-ramona-osszejott-sennaval/bw0bnv9.amp | title=Kiss Ramóna összejött Sennával | date=31 December 2015 }}

^† As Senna was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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{{sup|†}} Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

^† Ineligible for championship points.

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^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

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• {{Official website|http://www.brunosenna.com.br/en/}}
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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7509591.stm BBC Sport 'Meet the New Senna' 16 July 2008]

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