Bruno looking for WEC birthday boost

Former Formula One driver Bruno Senna has been celebrating his 33rd birthday today in Japan with this selfie against a backdrop of race fans in Fuji, where he's competing in this weekend's round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Along with his RGR Sport by Morand team mates Filipe Albuquerque and Ricardo González, Senna is currently running in second place in the WEC LMP2 category with three rounds (at Fuji, Shanghai and Bahrain) remaining.

Having made his way up through the ranks in Formula BMW UK, British Formula Three and GP2, Senna made his Formula One début in 2010 with the Hispania Racing F1 Team (HRT). The following year he became a test and reserve driver for the Renault team and he eventually took over the race seat from Nick Heidfeld for the final five races of the season which led to a full season at Williams alongside Pastor Maldonado. In total, Senna made 46 Grand Prix before bowing out of Formula One at the end of 2012.

Not that he's been putting his feet up. As well as taking up a media pundit role with Sky Sports, Senna has continued to race in the WEC (including four outings at Le Mans in the LMP1, LMP2 and GTE-Pro classes) and has also completed two full seasons of competition in the FIA's Formula E championship with Mahindra Racing.

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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.