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Meh, Sutil is a better option. Sutil has good pace normally, though his consistency could improve. Senna however isn’t very good in my opinion. He didn’t really impress at Hispania, and at Renault, Petrov clearly had the upper hand against him. He’s had two chances, and hasn’t really made the best of them.

Though I think Sutil is probably the best option, I’d personally prefer to see Williams give Robert Wickens an oppotunity.

think i,d go with alguersuiri, hope they dont go for senna, whats he gonna do, ….nought

@jackhider Senna was decent in qualifying, but he only coverted good qualifying positions into points once. In the vast majority of the races he was either off the pace, or caused accidents whilst looking good for points. Senna wasn’t entirely “rusty”, and Renault gave him a hell of a lot more support than they gave Nick Heidfeld. Petrov himself wasn’t exactly driving well and he still beat Senna.

@JackHider In Brazil Senna should have backed out, and should have let Schumacher go. In Belgium, the accident he caused was amateurish even by Yuji Ide’s standards.

Also, you cannot say that Petrov had the upper when Senna out qualified him several times and areas out-raced him.

Of the eight races they had together, Senna out-qualified Petrov three times. Of the six races they both finished, Senna out-raced Petrov just the once.

Senna came into the car more than half way through the season, in a car which wasn’t as good as it was at the start and on his debut he out-qualified him.

One qualifying performance does not make a driver good. You’re very quick to write off that mistake in the race, but that is the first thing any team principal would have noticed because qualifying doesn’t mean anything if you can’t race.

I think too many people are too supportive of the idea of Senna racing because he’s a Senna. If we were talking about, say, Lucas di Grassi, most people would not be overstating his achievements. Petrov was markedly better than Senna, and Petrov is not a highly-rated driver – so how does that make Senna worthy of a seat?

I feel that I may have been influenced by the media too much when it comes to this story. Whenever you read about Bruno they always mention his ‘killer’ performance in qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix. However, Bruno qualifying so well and then racing poorly may not be a bad thing really. They dropped Heidfeld due to poor qualifying performances and then Senna comes right in with a day of testing and a practice session under his belt and he blonks the car 7th. Whereas the the more experienced driver is farther down the grid. Remember that Bruno’s other F1 experiences have been in the dog of a car HRT and the Honda RA108. Not the best of cars.

Plus, I am 18. I wasn’t even 1 even Ayrton was killed. So I feel no nostalgia towards seeing the names of Senna and Williams linked once again. I would much rather see Alguersuari in the car, but Senna is what Williams needs right now. He brings sponsors and has shown more promise in half season than Maldonado ever did in his full season for Williams. You can’t really argue that Bruno had a better car. He didn’t really.