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Renault's Bruno Senna (pictured) thinks the production team behind the film "Senna", a tribute to his late uncle and former triple world champion Ayrton Senna, did a great job. Photo by Ernest Chua.

Meeting Bruno Senna, the nephew of the late Ayrton Senna, for a 15-minute interview at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix was a brief yet fascinating experience.

It was just two weeks ago when I watched “Senna”, a recently-released film in tribute to possibly the greatest racing driver ever the world has ever witnessed and watching him as a kid larking about on a speedboat with the former three-time world champion, and also on a video on YouTube where Ayrton teases him after he wins a go-kart race, calling his then eight-year-old nephew “brake-foot”. Continue reading ‘Meeting Bruno Senna’

As the Singapore Grand Prix begins to rev up, TODAY talked to Lotus Renault GP driver Bruno Senna, about living with a famous surname, his ‘late start’ in Formula 1 and his struggles to fulfil his driving dream.