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71-695: Formula Racing Development Limited or FRD Motorsports (FRD) is a motorsport promoter headquartered in Hong Kong, China which was founded in 1997. It has been the organiser and promoter of several Asian and China based championships, such as Asian Formula Renault Championship , China Formula Campus Championship, Clio Cup China Series , and Asia GT Race Series. It also conducts racing schools, driving schools, corporate programs, car events and even an annual celebrity race. FRD also has an in-house racing team which takes part in several racing series, most notably in CTCC under

142-444: 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

213-547: A better understanding of training progression and driving skill. In co-operation with Changan Ford and their joint commitment with FRD to help promote motorsports in Asia, Ford engines and gearboxes were also installed into the cars for a remarked leap forward in performance and racing time. FRD has been hosting the Celebrity Charity Race since 2004. For the first 2 years, FRD joined Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation to hold

284-613: 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. 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

355-487: A collision with Michael Schumacher, for which Senna received a drive-through penalty, and finished the race in 17th place. On 9 December, it was announced that Romain Grosjean would partner Kimi Räikkönen at the team in 2012 , leaving Senna without a drive. On 17 January 2012, Senna was confirmed as a Williams driver, where he was partnered by Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado . As his uncle had been racing for Williams at

426-595: 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 2009 . 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

497-540: 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 1990 to 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

568-484: A junior Formula series called Ford Formula Campus, FRD joins forces with Changan FORD automaker, allowing young gun drivers to test their mettle against each other. After which FRD, partnering with leading French automaker Renault and their Sports Technologies Division, became the official Asian promoter of the Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2002. In the 2009 season, following the success of FRD and Renault Formula racing,

639-409: 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

710-611: 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 2013 in favour of Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas on 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. Senna and his co-drivers had

781-471: A leading competitor and a team to be respected. FRD's fleet totals around 100 race cars divided among Shanghai International Circuit and Zhuhai International Circuit . Those include Formula Renault, Formula Campus, Clio Cup, Ferrari 360, and Ford Focus Cup cars. FRD's activities are separated into four major departments: With the aim of providing a budget junior racing series around the Asian region, FRD, with

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852-461: 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. On 30 October 2009, Senna announced that he had signed a deal to race in Formula One in 2010; on 31 October 2009, Adrián Campos confirmed that Senna would be driving for Campos Meta . It

923-860: A replacement for Nick Heidfeld , and drove for the Williams team in 2012. Between 2014 and 2016, he drove for Mahindra in Formula E . Bruno Senna Lalli was born on 15 October 1983 in São Paulo , Brazil, the second eldest of three to businessman Flávio Pereira Lalli and Viviane Senna Lalli ( née Senna da Silva), who worked as a psychotherapist and businesswoman. 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. Senna's family owns multiple businesses in Brazil which involve agriculture and cars . Senna started karting on

994-534: A single event! In 2006, teaming up with Changan Ford, FRD established the “ Changan Ford Racing Team". Composed of members from Changan Ford , they are the first factory team to compete in the China Touring Car Championship (CTCC) race, the top touring car race in China. Competing in specially modified Ford FOCUS cars, they establish a winning record with six manufacturer's championship titles, becoming

1065-544: 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 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. In Brazil at São Paulo , there

1136-499: A test and reserve driver for the Renault team. 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 2011 season. Heidfeld was given the race seat on 16 February 2011. On 24 July 2011, after

1207-558: Is a Brazilian former racing driver , who competed in Formula One from 2010 to 2012 . In endurance racing , Senna won the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Rebellion . Born and raised in São Paulo , Senna is the nephew of the late three-time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna . Senna raced in Formula One from 2010 to 2012. He made his debut driving for HRT in 2010, raced for Renault from August 2011 as

1278-662: 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

1349-686: The Macau Grand Prix weekend. Future F1 drivers such as Kamui Kobayashi , Kazuki Nakajima , Bruno Senna and Red Bull Junior Team's Scott Speed all once took part in the event. The Asian Formula Renault Series changed its name to the Formula Renault AsiaCup , commencing in 2020. Formula Renault AsiaCup aligned with the Formula Renault Eurocup running the Tatuus F3R-Spec car with a Renault engine (Formula Renault FR-19) and

1420-704: 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

1491-523: The Mercedes-AMG DTM team, but after holding talks with the outfit he decided he did not want to commit himself to the series. After testing an Oreca LMP1 car, Senna joined the team to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Le Mans Series . His first race was the 2009 1000 km of Catalunya , teamed with Stéphane Ortelli , finishing 3rd. Bruno Senna sampled a contemporary Formula One car for

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1562-588: The "Jackie Chan Cup" Charity Race, which mainly contested by Asian female celebrities. In 2006, FRD successfully organised the Hong Kong China Travel Service Cup, with stars like Alan Tam and Eric Tsang to participate in. From 2007, FRD partners Jet Li ’s One Foundation Project, and organised the One Foundation Charity Celebrity Race. Jet Li and guest celebrities come and call for the spectators to support charity. Over

1633-464: The 2012 Driver Champion of China Production Car Class as the new driver, together with Andy Yan , Rainey He and Tengyi Jiang becoming the new line-up. The team was invincible for the season and took the sixth Manufacturer's Title in eight years; while Andy Yan reigned as Driver's Champion again. Changan Ford Racing Team won the Manufacturer Title again and extending its winning streak to six of

1704-596: The 2014 China Touring Car Championship(CTCC). Asian Formula Renault Challenge The series is a part of the Formula Racing Development Limited (FRD) organization managed by Kenneth Ma to promote motorsport in Asia. The FRD also runs the China Formula Campus and Clio Cup China Series . The cars use Tatuus chassis and 2.0 L Renault Clio engines like other Formula Renault 2.0 series. After several seasons racing on Kumho tires,

1775-442: 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. 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. On 7 March 2014, Senna

1846-529: The Asian region. Started in 1997, it provided a modern and professional platform for aspiring young racers in Asia to challenge and test themselves. In 2007, the Formula Campus cars were upgraded with more advanced engineering, design and training technology. Body chassis’ were improved for aerodynamics and the MoTec Data Analysis system was introduced to allow trainers and the drivers themselves, to get

1917-491: 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. Rubens Barrichello admitted he was lucky to be driving for Brawn. Barrichello said "I'm just lucky that at this time F1 has changed

1988-473: The European Renault Clio Cup series was also successfully introduced with outstanding success. In addition FRD organises GT (Gran Turismo) class racing, featuring powerful touring supercars, with names such as Ferrari and Aston Martin. Jointly organised by FRD and Zhuhai International Circuit (ZIC), this Series is considered one of Asia's most prominent Supercar races. Attracting drivers from around

2059-694: The FIA F3/2018 homologated chassis. The main classification was the International Challenge , the winner of which was the overall champion of the series. From 2007 until 2013, Asian drivers also had a parallel category with the Asian Challenge . Another class, for Chinese events only, was the China Formula Renault Challenge , which was an entry-level series intended to reduce the championship cost. All series drivers and teams raced at

2130-517: 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

2201-405: The afternoon. In 2013, the series changed its championship format to 3 classes, "International Class" as the main championship, "Asian Class" for rookie drivers of the region and "Masters Class" for gentlemen drivers who are at the age of 35 or older. The 3 classes have their own drivers' and teams' classifications and championship. In 2015, the series changed its championship format again due to

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2272-620: The banner of " Chang'an Ford Racing Team". It is one of the largest racing schools in Asia and was started in 1997 by owner Kenneth Ma with an ambition to provide opportunities and facilities for drivers in the region to gain professional recognition in motorsport. Over the years, through its in-house driving schools and race-organized, FRD has sponsored notable Chinese race drivers: Marchy Lee , Jim Ka To , Jiang Tengyi , Frankie Chang , as well as Finnish driver and German Formula Renault champion Pekka Saarinen . FRD organises and promotes professional level competitive racing in Asia. Featuring

2343-586: The beginning of the season in March. Senna was expected to be the team's second driver were it to make the 2009 grid, until Rubens Barrichello was reported to have re-signed with the team. Senna decided not to sign with Mercedes for the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season "to focus completely on his Formula One chances". 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

2414-609: The chin area and a blue rounded rectangle in the top area. Senna dated Ramóna Kiss, a Hungarian TV presenter and actress, in 2011. As Senna was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Did not finish, but

2485-547: The conclusion of the German Grand Prix , it was confirmed that Senna would make his first appearance of the 2011 season, replacing Heidfeld in the first free-practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix . On 22 August, Eddie Jordan reported that Senna would replace Nick Heidfeld for the remaining races of the 2011 season. On 24 August this was confirmed by Renault . He qualified seventh for his first race with

2556-411: The establishment of Changan Ford Racing Team. This splendid co-operation was the first time a true works racing team took part in CTCC —— the top touring car racing series in China. To support CAF's commitment of developing young talented drivers in China, the team signed Rainey He in 2007 and further magnified his talent by providing him with the solid support of a true works team. In the 2009 season,

2627-629: The event. In the coming 2014 season, the Series will be using the latest version of Formula Renault cars. Clio Cup China Series is a one-make series held in China that featured Renault Clio since 2009. Originally begun by Renault Sport in Europe, managed and organised by Formula Racing Development (FRD) in China, the Clio Cup China Series is a one-make racing series featuring the Clio supermini car. Over

2698-487: 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. 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. 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". Ayrton's death while driving

2769-406: 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 . He also drove for

2840-455: 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. Senna had a massive crash during

2911-451: The first Indian Grand Prix , 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. 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

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2982-487: 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 150 mph (240 km/h). Senna's car took off just before the bridge, and may have even clipped it, while cartwheeling through the air. His car landed violently and careered along and down the safety barrier for some distance, but Senna walked away. His car however

3053-609: 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

3124-606: The introduction of the current FR2.0 car, which debuted in 2013 in the European series. Starting from this season, there are two classes, Class A for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Class B for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars. Only drivers and teams that complete 75% of a race receive points. Points are awarded in each race as follows: Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Lalli ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈbɾunu ˈsenɐ] ; born 15 October 1983)

3195-445: 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. 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

3266-661: 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. 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

3337-424: 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

3408-565: The same time during the races in China but points were calculated separately. The cars can be tested outside the race weekend on the Zhuhai International Circuit or Shanghai International Circuit . The race weekend starts on Thursday and Friday with a 2-hour free practice session but with additional cost for drivers. On Saturday there are two 30 minute practice sessions and 20 minutes of qualifications. A warm-up (15 minutes) occurs on Sunday morning and two 10 lap races are held in

3479-527: The season. On 15 July 2012, Senna collected the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in Brisighella , Italy he was the 19th driver to collect the award. 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

3550-480: The series started using Giti tires from 2014. With the aim of providing a budget junior racing series around the Asian region, FRD, with the support of Renault Sport, imported a fleet of Formula Renault 2.0 race cars and first organized the Asian Formula Renault Series in 2000. The series attracted numerous young talents from the region. From 2002 to 2005, the series held an invitational race during

3621-613: 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

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3692-468: 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

3763-639: The support from Renault Sport , imported a fleet of Formula Renault 2.0 race cars and first organised the Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series ) in 2000. This is a pioneering junior racing series in Asia and it attracted numerous young talents from the region to join the grid over the years. From 2002 to 2005, the series even held an invitation race during the Macau Grand Prix weekend and big names such as Japanese F1 stars Kamui Kobayashi , Kazuki Nakajima , Red Bull Junior Team 's Scott Speed , Brazilian Bruno Senna all once took part in

3834-454: The team as the most competitive one, took home the manufacturer championship again in 2011; Andy Yan was crowned the overall driver champion and Tengyi Jiang the second runner-up for the 2011 season. 2012 is a turning point for Changan Ford Racing – after using the Focus model for over five years, the new Focus became the team's new racing car. All the hard works paid off, Changan Ford Racing Team

3905-461: 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

3976-566: The team welcomed three competitive young drivers: Tengyi Jiang , Martin Cao and Andy Yan , with Rainey He as the lead driver. In the 2011 season, after Martin Cao departed from the team because of his university studies in the UK, the team welcomed the signing of Gaoxiang Fan, another young driver from the Changan Ford Young Driver Program. Thanks to the remarkable results of the four drivers,

4047-724: The team, the Belgian Grand Prix , 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 Italian Grand Prix , 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

4118-461: 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

4189-478: The time of his death, Senna first sought out his family's blessing before joining the team. Senna qualified 14th for the Australian Grand Prix , and retired in the race's closing stages after contact with Felipe Massa ; both drivers later agreed that it was a racing incident. He was classified 16th, having completed around 90% of the race distance. On 25 March, Senna scored his first points for Williams at

4260-443: 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 . Senna had been holding out for a Formula One drive for 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 2010 drive in Formula One. He tested with

4331-532: The world, including HK, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, USA, Canada, Japan, the UK and Italy, they compete on highly demanding tracks in China and greater Asia. To share in their success and give back to the people and fans, FRD focuses with a philanthropic spirit by organising events such as their Celebrity Charity Race. Working with personalities like Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Aaron Kwok they bring much needed support and attention to disaster areas and humanitarian causes. Having previously raised approximately 400,000,000 RMB on

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4402-486: The years, many experienced drivers from the region joined the race and even Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok once joined the series and won the championship in 2009. 2013, there will be ten rounds of Clio Cup China Series around China: there will be four races as one of the supporting race of 2013 CTCC . With the concept of having a professional, competitive entry level racing for young drivers, Formula Racing Development (FRD) introduces FORD's Formula Campus Championship to

4473-641: The years, more than 80 celebrities joined the Celebrity Race, and the race helped raised fund to charities in the past 11 years. FRD Racing Team is based in Zhuhai and runs a total of 12 Formula Renault 2.0-cars. It's split-up in a race-team, that travels around with Asian Formula Renault Series , and a test-team that stays in Zhuhai to provide all-year-round testing possibilities with their Formula Renault 2.0-cars. The team now also help in servicing race cars in Clio Cup China Series as well. On 15 February 2006, Changan Ford Automobile Corporation Limited and Formula Racing Development Limited (FRD) formally announced

4544-495: 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. On 8 March 2016, Senna was announced as part of Channel 4 's Formula One coverage, appearing in special features throughout

4615-408: Was confirmed as Senna's teammate. After nine races, Senna was replaced for the British Grand Prix , with Sakon Yamamoto filling his seat. Senna returned to the driver's seat for the German Grand Prix 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. On 31 January 2011, Senna was announced as

4686-411: 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. Rebellion Racing (2017–2020) For 2017, Senna joined the Swiss flagged Vaillante Rebellion Racing. Driving the number 13 car in

4757-423: Was crowned another manufacturer champion title again in 2012. This was the fourth title gained by the team in a row and the fifth in the last seven years. Andy Yan , Rainey He and Tengyi Jiang respectively won the first runner-up, second runner-up and third runner-up overall. The team continual to compete with Ecoboost 1.6T engine at the wheel of New Focus sedan in 2013 season. Meanwhile, the team signed Martin Xie,

4828-411: 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. Driving a Spiess Opel powered Dallara F304 , Senna set the Formula Three lap record of 1:50.8640 in the first race of

4899-421: Was to gain a better understanding of the circuit, which is on the GP2 calendar. 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

4970-400: 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

5041-443: 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

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