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No point in changing name, says Senna
Bruno Senna considered changing his name when electing to move into professional racing, he has admitted. The Brazilian will make what is likely to be a highly emotional Formula 1 debut for the Senna family this weekend, which witnessed the tragic death of triple World Champion Ayrton - uncle to Bruno - in 1994.
Ten years old at the time of Ayrton's death in the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Bruno was immediately pulled out of karting by his family before continuing several years later. Carrying a yellow helmet this weekend, memories of Ayrton will be ever present in Bahrain.
"I hope that, in a short time, everybody remembers me for being Bruno, myself, and not for my uncle's surname," the 26-year-old Hispania driver told The Guardian. "I've learned to live with it and although it helped me at the beginning, to find sponsors and find contacts, to be a driver you need to have a natural talent."
Furthermore, Senna Jr. is sure that racing under an alternative name would have eventually proved an obtuse exercise. "We realised from the very beginning that there was no point using another name to avoid attention," Bruno continued. "As soon as the first person discovered who I was, they'd be asking, 'Why are you not using your name? Are you afraid about it?' So I thought it was best to just go for it and take the pressure head on."
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