Bruno Senna confident he can be a winner in 2012

Bruno Senna believes he has the ability to win races in 2012, especially after team-mate Pastor Maldonado stormed to an illustrious victory at the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the year. Since then, however, Maldonado has struggled to score points, whereas Bruno Senna has risen to the challenge of scoring consistently for the Grove-based outfit.

Since Maldonado’s victory in Spain, the Venezuelan driver has endured an incredibly frustrating season visiting the stewards and receiving numerous penalties. In stark contrast to Maldonado’s misfortune, Senna has consistently finished in the points in the majority of the races since the Spanish Grand Prix. However, Senna has been unable to finish higher than 7th at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and has failed to qualify as high as Maldonado on the grid.

Regardless of Senna’s recent inability to finish near the podium, the Brazilian driver is confident he has what it takes to win a race this season. With the likes of Sergio Perez finishing 2nd at the Italian Grand Prix last time out, it shows that a midfield team and driver most certainly have the ability to win races and finish on the podium in this highly unpredictable season.

“I’m sure we can [win a race].” Enthused Bruno Senna, “We’ve seen a few weekends where we’ve seen someone has just suddenly jumped to the front and won the race and had a dominant weekend. If you get everything in the right window, with the way the cars work then we are more than capable of having a good result.”

With Toto Wolff stating that the driving line-up for Williams isn’t set in stone for next season, both Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado could be fighting for their seats at Williams in the next few races. Due to Maldonado’s wealthy backing for Venezuelan petroleum company PDVSA and the fact he has already won a race this season, it’s expected the 27-year-old will remain with Williams.

However, Bruno Senna could well be fighting to remain a Williams driver. When asked what the Brazilian driver thought would be required to cement his stay at Williams, Senna hinted at remaining consistent as the major target within the team.

“I think the focus is to continue scoring points consistently.” Continued Bruno Senna, “There’s no target for anything. The target for me has always been, since the beginning of the season, to qualify and do the best job I can in the races and I’m sure that, coming to the next few races, I had a pretty decent run last year in a few of them, and I think that with added experience, I can improve and do a good job. Of course every time I get in the car I aim to get a podium or a win, but this is not always possible and if we can do something like that then great news for me.”

Williams enter the Singapore Grand Prix confident that the tight and twisty confines of the Marina Bay street circuit with benefit their Renault-powered FW34 machine. With the high downforce nature of the circuit, Williams will naturally be striving for a result similar to the Spanish Grand Prix once track again gets underway this weekend.

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