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Senna: Toro Rosso Were Interested in Budget

Bruno Senna doesn't regret his decision to deny himself of a perfectly decent drive with Toro Rosso for a chance to start the 2009 season with Honda's F1 team. Although that decision led to the likelihood of him not being able to make his F1 debut this year, Senna insisted that choosing Honda over the Faenza-based outfit was the right choice at the moment.

Talking to motorsport publication Autosprint, the former GP2 driver revealed that Toro Rosso were more interested in finding a driver with budget rather than focusing their search on drivers who can make a difference in the series. Also, the moment when part-owner Gerhard Berger decided to sell his share in the team meant the finalization of any talks between Senna and STR.

“During the winter, when talks were ongoing, I got the impression that Toro Rosso were more interested in surviving rather than building something important for the future. I was disappointed with their way of dealing,” argued Senna in an interview for the aforementioned source.

“They were only interested in the budget, while before committing I wanted to test in order to get to know and evaluate the car and the team, to see if there was chemistry between us. Talks progressively died out after Berger left the team. At that point, without him, my interest in racing for that team went down to zero completely,” added the Brazilian driver.

Senna also said going back to the GP2 Series right now is not an option either. Although the future is all but certain for the Brazilian driver, he argued that spending a 3rd consecutive year in Formula 1's feeder series would become useless.

“It would certainly be a big challenge: I think no driver in the last few years has had his F1 debut with so little testing mileage. However, it's always better to be in F1, even under difficult conditions, than to be out of it. To race in GP2 for another season would have been useless for me,” concluded Senna.
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