KERS failure forced Bruno Senna into retirement at Singapore

Bruno Senna endured a highly frustrating Singapore Grand Prix last weekend, hitting the wall twice throughout the race weekend before incurring a 5-place grid penalty prior to Sunday’s race. During the race, Senna was able to begin fighting for points before retiring due to a KERS failure with only 16 laps remaining in the race.

After starting the race from way back in 22nd place, Bruno Senna steadily rose through the field in the opening laps. When Pastor Maldonado retired on lap 36 due to a hydraulic issue, any hope Williams had of clinching valuable points resided with Bruno Senna. After battling for points and nearly colliding with fellow countryman Felipe Massa, Senna unfortunately joined team-mate Maldonado in retirement due to a KERS issue.

“Considering we had a few problems we were having a good race.” Explained Bruno Senna, after a lively race. “I had a very eventful first few laps but was able to overtake when I needed to and had good pace at the beginning. With 16 laps to go I lost KERS and so it was difficult to defend towards the end, but that’s racing. I’m happy with the race I did today, being able to come from 22nd to be fighting for points.”

Williams were hopeful of a decent result at the Singapore Grand Prix, especially after Pastor Maldonado’s superlative qualifying performance which saw the Venezuelan driver qualify alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2nd. However, any hopes of points ceased to exist once Maldonado and Senna retired from the race. The Grove-based outfit will now head to Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix hopeful of further competitiveness, after a bittersweet race around the streets of Singapore.

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