98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.

98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287630

By Massachello - 07 Jan 12, 01:03

- 07 Jan 12, 01:03#287630

His biggest backer Eike Batista is assuring he will be on the grid next year!

I'm sorry for Rubens but I'm very happy for Bruno.

This is his last chance to prove himself!

Source: (Portuguese) http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/espo ... 9418,0.htm

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287631

By bud - 07 Jan 12, 02:57

- 07 Jan 12, 02:57#287631

Given Maldanados sponsorship money may be illegal I wouldn't be surprised to see Rubens and Bruno at Williams.

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287633

By Massachello - 07 Jan 12, 04:08

- 07 Jan 12, 04:08#287633

Given Maldanados sponsorship money may be illegal I wouldn't be surprised to see Rubens and Bruno at Williams.

I would love to see that!

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287634

By DWTDevil - 07 Jan 12, 10:48

- 07 Jan 12, 10:48#287634

That's great news! I'd love to see it happening! I just fear for Rubens and Adrian Sutil now... which of them is going to get a seat... and where?

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287639

By andrew - 07 Jan 12, 11:47

- 07 Jan 12, 11:47#287639

Barrichello is long overdue for his retirement from F1.

Either Bruno Senna or Sutil would be a good choice for Williams.

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287641

By bud - 07 Jan 12, 12:17

- 07 Jan 12, 12:17#287641

Barrichello is long overdue for his retirement from F1.

Either Bruno Senna or Sutil would be a good choice for Williams.

Why? he isn't the oldest guy out there.

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287643

By andrew - 07 Jan 12, 12:20

- 07 Jan 12, 12:20#287643

I didn't mention his age but nice try there Bud. Barrichello has done nothing impressive for a few a while now.

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287644

By Cai - 07 Jan 12, 13:38

- 07 Jan 12, 13:38#287644

Barrichello should have retired after 2009.
He failed to win the drivers tittle with 2 very competitive teams/cars (6 years with Ferrari, 5 of which he had a championship winning car, and the year with the championship winning Brawn GP) so did he really think he could do better with an un-competitive Williams?
I'd much rather see Bruno Senna get the seat at Williams for this year..

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287653

By LewEngBridewell - 07 Jan 12, 15:08

- 07 Jan 12, 15:08#287653

I saw an article only yesterday which stated Bruno has shrugged off the speculation about him driving for Williams. This suggests that he's no more certain than any of us lot at this time. He neither confirmed or denied interest from Williams.

I would love to see him with the Grove boys though. :yes:

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Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287660

By racechick - 07 Jan 12, 15:44

- 07 Jan 12, 15:44#287660

Yes Bruno fo the drive!

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Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287694

By zurich_allan - 08 Jan 12, 12:23

- 08 Jan 12, 12:23#287694

I don't think it's fair to say that it's Bruno's last chance to prove himself. I think he proved himself quite capable in the few races he did last season. It's been proven time and again that it is not easy to jump into a car mid-season and be immediately up to speed. Anybody that thinks a driver should be able to do this automatically and be on a par with his team-mate is incredibly naive. Yet last season when Bruno got his chance with Renault / Lotus (whatever you want to call them), he performed admirably. I'm quite sure that had he been in the seat the whole season he would have beaten Petrov in the standings.

Anyone who watched Bruno in GP2 knows that he is an exceptional talent, he's not yet at any point been in a position to prove himself in F1 terms in any way that people can draw conclusions. The only way that can happen is for him to get a drive at a car that is at least capable of being relatively competitive (i.e possibly Williams, Toro Rosso, Sauber - that sort of level) from pre-season through to racing proper without a gap of several months between the two. He's not yet had that.

If Bruno were to get the drive at Williams I'm confident he'd at least match his team-mate, no matter who that team-mate might be if they were competing on equal terms (i.e. both from pre-season testing through to racing as noted above).

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Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287736

By australia99 - 09 Jan 12, 00:26

- 09 Jan 12, 00:26#287736

Barrichello should have retired after 2009.
He failed to win the drivers tittle with 2 very competitive teams/cars (6 years with Ferrari, 5 of which he had a championship winning car, and the year with the championship winning Brawn GP) so did he really think he could do better with an un-competitive Williams?
I'd much rather see Bruno Senna get the seat at Williams for this year..

you are dreaming if you think rubans had a shot at ferrari. He was michael's bitch, and only injury to him would have stopped that.

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287738

By Cai - 09 Jan 12, 00:40

- 09 Jan 12, 00:40#287738

you are dreaming if you think rubans had a shot at ferrari. He was michael's bitch, and only injury to him would have stopped that.

That's kind of my point. Barrichello's had the best car on the grid for 5 or 6 years over the course of his career and he never turned that into a title - Schumacher dominated Barrichello at Ferrari, Button dominated Barrichello at Brawn. If Rubens was a good enough driver he'd of put up fight at some point. I think he should of stepped aside for a younger driver a few years ago..

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287762

By andrew - 09 Jan 12, 11:46

- 09 Jan 12, 11:46#287762

Barrichello should have retired after 2009.
He failed to win the drivers tittle with 2 very competitive teams/cars (6 years with Ferrari, 5 of which he had a championship winning car, and the year with the championship winning Brawn GP) so did he really think he could do better with an un-competitive Williams?
I'd much rather see Bruno Senna get the seat at Williams for this year..

you are dreaming if you think rubans had a shot at ferrari. He was michael's bitch, and only injury to him would have stopped that.

He signed as driver 1B to driver 1A. Barrichello was the only person on this little planet to be fooled into thinking that he was going to be on an equal footing as the guy who was classed as the best F1 driver racing at the time. Either he's a fool or he lives in a dream world. He expecting to be on equal terms as Schumacher was laughable! He may have been on equal terms at Brawn but Button walked all over him for most of the season.

Re: 98% chance Bruno is going to Williams.#287767

By IceCube - 09 Jan 12, 13:46

- 09 Jan 12, 13:46#287767

I don't think that bruno is probably ready for Williams, id say give it another year. Then decide.

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