Zoom Senna gets his break with new team Campos

Bruno Senna makes his much-anticipated grand prix debut in Bahrain next year with the new Campos team and is hoping he can help the Spanish team attract sponsors.

"I will receive no pay, but I'm allowed to have personal sponsors,” the 26-year old said of his two-year deal. "I am here because I trust Adrian (Campos) completely. I spoke with all the teams except Ferrari, and almost all of them demanded that I contribute five million Euros in sponsorship.

"In the end I reached an agreement with Campos because they believe in me and because they think that my name will help them to get sponsors."

Meanwhile, the identity of Senna's team-mate at Campos is unclear with Campos revealing that his desired collaboration with Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren's main test driver, is now unlikely due to a lack of corporate backing.

"I would like to have Pedro de la Rosa, but he is Spanish and there are problems with the sponsorships of Spaniards," he said. "There are other options from Russia and Venezuela, but everything depends on the sponsors."

Team president Jose Ramon Carabante clarified that Pastor Maldonado is the front-running Venezuelan, while the Russian referred to by Campos is Vitaly Petrov.

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Source: GMM