Senna to Williams?

[groomi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/165448...

I'd be amazed if this actually happens - Williams can hardly be his family's favourite team... However, he does deserve a full season in a reasonable car to show what he can do. He'll have to blow Maldonado into the weeds though to save his career long-term.

I would have though the seat was between Barrichello and Sutil.

[RichB]

groomi said:

Williams can hardly be his family's favourite team...

Why?

[Crafty_]

Sutil must surely be out of the picture? imagine the headlines:

"Williams driver in court for attack"
"Williams driver goes to prison for attack"

?
Keep in mind Williams floated in Frankfurt and the trial will happen there.

If the worst happened, you'd have to find someone else mid season. If you remember its how Schumacher got his break

Williams need cash - AT&T dropped them, Senna brings Embratel with him. Over the last week some big exec from Embratel tweeted that the deal was done, Senna then had to come out and say he'd hadn't signed. Rubens apparently has got some backing too.

Who knows whats going on.

[cuprabob]

RichB said:

Why?

I really hope you're joking but just incase, Imola 1994???

[mattikake]

Or maybe a chance to put the demons to rest?

[zaphod42]

Senna or Rubens.

As a Williams fan I'm happy either way.

Shame that they can't have both with an all Brazil Line up...

[RichB]

cuprabob said:

RichB said:

Why?

I really hope you're joking but just incase, Imola 1994???

No, I wasn't joking. I cant believe for one moment that the Senna family attribute Ayrton's death to Sir Frank or the Williams team.

[zaphod42]

RichB said:

No, I wasn't joking. I cant believe for one moment that the Senna family attribute Ayrton's death to Sir Frank or the Williams team.

Agreed. The family have *never* blamed Williams in any form.

[RichB]

zaphod42 said:

Senna or Rubens.

As a Williams fan I'm happy either way.

Shame that they can't have both with an all Brazil Line up...

Update me, are they tied to Maldonardo?

[cuprabob]

RichB said:

No, I wasn't joking. I cant believe for one moment that the Senna family attribute Ayrton's death to Sir Frank or the Williams team.

Apologies, I see where you are coming from now

[zaphod42]

RichB said:

Update me, are they tied to Maldonardo?

Only by funding via PDVSA for sponsorship. I guess if Senna could bring enough to displace? But PDVSA bring ~$30m...?

[RichB]

They need shot of Maldonado. Senna would be a great asset to Williams. Not sure if Rubens has much more to offer but he is a senior figure at a time when the are losing a lot of the consistent figures in the team. I would so like to see a renaissance in the fortunes of the Williams team.

[mollytherocker]

zaphod42 said:

RichB said:

No, I wasn't joking. I cant believe for one moment that the Senna family attribute Ayrton's death to Sir Frank or the Williams team.

Agreed. The family have *never* blamed Williams in any form.

Thats not the same as wanting Bruno to drive for them.

MTR

[The Stiglet]

Hope he gets it as he deserves the chance but I'll be sorry for Rubens. They'd be better off dumping Maldonado (from a driver's perspective) and keeping Rubens and adding Senna. What a great training ground.

[mollytherocker]

The Stiglet said:

Hope he gets it as he deserves the chance but I'll be sorry for Rubens. They'd be better off dumping Maldonado (from a driver's perspective) and keeping Rubens and adding Senna. What a great training ground.

I am afraid its not about 'the driver' at Williams at the moment.

MTR

[rigga]

mollytherocker said:

I am afraid its not about 'the driver' at Williams at the moment.

MTR

Never has been ...

No driver has been bigger than the Team more than any where else than Williams,Frank though in the past had a car that could atttract quality drivers.

[mollytherocker]

rigga said:

mollytherocker said:

I am afraid its not about 'the driver' at Williams at the moment.

MTR

Never has been ...

No driver has been bigger than the Team more than any where else than Williams,Frank though in the past had a car that could atttract quality drivers.

Agreed. Look at the drivers he has 'dropped' in the past!

MTR

[zaphod42]

mollytherocker said:

I am afraid its not about 'the driver' at Williams at the moment.

MTR

Sadly now about money first, driver second (although diver must still be at least passable)

Where are the next generation of garagista to replace Frank et al?

[mollytherocker]

zaphod42 said:

Where are the next generation of garagista to replace Frank et al?

We will never see the like again. Watching those documentaries about Williams a couple of years ago, I got the feeling that they had become a little corporate and stuck in their ways. Almost unionised.

F1 needs entrepeneurs and mavericks!

MTR

[Forbes82]

mollytherocker said:

Thats not the same as wanting Bruno to drive for them.

MTR

If the Senna family want Bruno to follow his dreams and reach his career potential, then at the moment i don't think they can be too picky about where he goes.