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14 years after his uncle was killed at Imola, Bruno Senna first drove a Formula One car in Barcelona. Testing for Honda in November 2008, the team evaluated the young Brazilian with a view to giving him a race seat the following year. Ultimately, Honda's withdrawal saw the Brawn team opt to retain the experience of Rubens Barrichello, and Senna had to wait until 2010 for his grand prix debut. A solid F1 career yielded 46 starts but the shoes proved too big to fill.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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