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I think Schumacher probably wanted to get past so he could get on with his race, as he was getting massively held up. So you’re saying that he’s had 6 or 7 major mistakes in 6 or 7 different weekends since Spa? There was Spa, you will claim Malaysia (which I still disagree with) and Australia (although what he did wrong there I don’t know), and obviously Spain. What were the other two or three?

“have you ever noticed just how often Senna is caught up in an incident that was not his fault?”
That is not a sufficient argument to claim that Senna was at fault in those particular cases in Australia- Massa in particular ran wide into Senna, I believe because he had just been given a puncture by another driver moments before.

I did not know about India- all I remember is him struggling having lost KERS I believe.
For Malaysia, how did he lose his front wing?
Bahrain is a minor qualifying mistake- hardly ‘major’ as you claimed, although I would agree that it is still poor form.

“He made contact with Ricciardo, but just because he got the puncture, it doesn’t mean it wasn’t his fault.”

I don’t know what you’re talking about here. Just because Massa got the puncture, it doesn’t mean it wasn’t Massa’s fault?

I was talking about the Massa incident. Massa had got a puncture the corner before, so when Senna saw a chance to pass him on the outside Massa understeered into him.

But I don’t agree with the Ricciardo collision either. He went unusually deep into the corner, and Senna was just trying to stay on the track. Senna had gone very wide, but seeing clear space in front of him he was hardly going to take to the grass, so he stays on the outside, at which point Ricciardo runs wide into him. A racing incident in my view, as the two drivers simply feed into one another. He messed up by going a bit too deep, probably following the car in front, but the collision was just unfortunate. In fact looking at the footage, if he hadn’t gone so deep he would have probably been either crowded off the track or crashed into by either the Force India or Webber anyway.

“Even if they were just racing incidents in which he bears no blame, Bruno Senna seems to be involved in more of them than any other driver. Maybe even more than every other driver combined. Doesn’t that concern anybody? ”
Seeing as you’ve made this a hypothetical where he clearly ‘bears no blame’, then no it doesn’t concern anybody in that scenario. Because you’ve clearly said he isn’t at fault.

Of course he will make so many mistakes, when after his uncles death, he didn’t start racing full time until he was 21;

Didn’t de la Rosa start at a similar age? He doesn’t seem to make as many mistakes.

Didn’t de la Rosa start at a similar age? He doesn’t seem to make as many mistakes.

De La Rosa start karting at the age of 17. Bruno not until he hit his 20′s. Pedro is much older, and has a lot more experience that Bruno now. Frankly, it’s quite hard to notice any of his mistakes when he’s driving around at the back.

Except that this “immense job” isn’t good enough for Formula 1.

Like I said before, in 2011, Lewis Hamilton made as many mistakes as Senna, imagine how much worse he’d be if he had as little racing experience as Bruno. He would be a complete disaster and would probably get his super-licence taken away from him Ide-style. Perhaps Bruno would be as good as Lewis given the same background.
Likewise, he’s good enough to be in F1. Maybe not at a team like Williams, but he is certainly good enough for say; Marussia.

I’ve been following Bruno’s career ever since he decided to take on single seaters back in 2004.
You cannot argue over the fact that Bruno has the talent and the speed. A lot has been written about him only getting into F1 because of his last name. That’s rubbish.

I won’t deny it didn’t help him at all, but don’t think people who cannot race are being allowed into F1.

So let’s do a little recap :

Bruno managed to knock on F1′s door at the end of 2008. That’s only 4 years after he started racing.
So you have to understand the guy did nothing for 10 years, and then he managed to be at F1′s doorstep after only 4 years of racing. Impressive I would say…

During those 4 years he collected several wins, and became runner-up in GP2. He would have won it if he didn’t run into a dog that year during a race. He beat the likes of many people who are now competing in F1, like Maldonado, Buemi, Grosjean,…

People talk about his first year in HRT, (after he had to wait a year) where he was outclassed by his teammate and especially Klien. That’s NOT true. Do a correct analysis of every race and you will see Senna has beaten Chandok, Yamamoto and even Klien at the final races.

People talk about his performances in the Renault. Don’t forget he had to jump into that car after mid-season, with nearly no running in that car during tests. Also, don’t forget that car was going quickly downhill at that stage of the season.

Bruno has shown some very decent things during those times, and also this year he’s doing fine I must say.

There is one thing Bruno needs to improve on, and that’s his qualifying and his consistency. He has indeed made some mistakes caused by a lack of experience. He has to learn, and perhaps he will never fully catch up on the others. We don’t know how much he will grow or can grow, so we have to wait and see.

Bruno’s not looking impressive or spectacular, but he is still learning. He can only do this by running races. The fact he has to give his car up in FP1 to Bottas isn’t helping him either.

Once he has the experience and he doesn’t lack confidence, I wouldn’t be surprised we will see a great driver. But is there enough time for him to learn? We don’t know.

But for now, I’m actually pleased to see him going in F1, especially after all he has done to get there.

I don’t think Bruno needs raw speed. I think Bruno lacks knowledge on how to set-up his car properly. And with that I mean the tires. Seems Pastor has found something to get the tires work properly. Bruno hasn’t.