'Senna out, Grosjean in at Renault'

[Dare]

Sad news for me,it was nice having the Senna name back in F1 and I was
hoping for a podium next year for Bruno




Bruno Senna has all but been told that his days at Renault are number after Eric Boullier revealed he wants Romain Grosjean in the car next year.
 
There has been a lot of talk about Renault's 2012 line-up in recent weeks especially as fans around the world await word on whether or not Robert Kubica can return to Formula One next season.
 
The Pole has been out since suffering horrific injuries in a rally accident in February with his 2011 race-seat going to first Nick Heidfeld and then Bruno Senna.
 
But like Heidfeld was dropped in favour of putting Senna in the car, it appears that Boullier is ready to the same to Senna after admitting he wants GP2 Champ Grosjean to race should Kubica not be able to make a return.
 
"He (Grosjean) is part of the plan," Boullier told the official F1 website. "We would like to have him in the car if Robert cannot come back.
 
"It is true that in 2009 he was not ready to be in Formula One and he clearly burnt himself. Even so his performance was quite good - he was only three-tenths off the pace of Fernando even though the car was not very good at that time, which makes it even more difficult for a young driver to step into F1.
 
"When he runs on Fridays he shows that he can deliver and gives good feedback. Clearly the guy has talent and everybody is convinced about that. It is my job to make him ready to step in."
 
There could yet be a twist in the tale, though, as while Vitaly Petrov has a contract for next season - and much-needed financial backing - his recent rant at the team could cost him his place.
 
"I have a contract," he said at the end of his rant to the Russia 2 television channel. "But as I have already said before, even World Champion Kimi Raikkonen was asked to leave F1 for a certain sum of money.
 
"It's hard to do anything in this world if someone wants you to be removed."

[cosworth151]

With Grosjean at Renault (I mean, Lotus) and Pic at Virgin (I mean, Marussia), French drivers are back! I'm sorry to see Senna go. The team may feel the same way next season.

[PG_Gabriel]

I hope for their sake Grosjean goes a little better than he did last time he was in F1...

[Canada Darrell™]

Good thing they waited until after Brazil...they would have had a national lottery to determine the kidnapping rights to the team!!!!!

[stealthhaggis]

Shame for Bruno as he did a good job but Kimi now has his drive.

[Ian]

Whoopee doo.

[Alianora La Canta]

Senna didn't impress me but I'm not convinced that Grosjean's learned to stop crashing (his main problem last time). He may have won GP2 this year but the field was lousy - Giedo van der Garde, second-worst driver in the 2008 Force India shootout, nearly came 2nd!

[judy]

Senna is a total failure. I knew from the start he was not the right candidate to replace Heidfeld. From the statistics, it is clear that Heidfeld out-performed Petrov in most races before he was replaced. When Senna took over, he was out-performed by Petrov 5 times while he out-performed Senna only once. I can only conclude that money is the only reason for signing Bruno during mid season. Even his past records in HRT indicate below average performance. This is just another wrong decision made by F1 teams. 

Now Kimi signed 2 years contract with Renault. I hope this is the beginning of success for Renault. 

[judy]

This is the correction to the error in my sentence.

When Senna took over, he was out-performed by Petrov 5 times while he out-performed Petrov only once.