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SENNA NAME WILL BE ON AN F1 CAR IN 2010

If you notice in this proposition, Bruno Senna is priced at 100/1) to win next year's driver's championship. He is, of course, the nephew of Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, who captured three world championships, and has always been touted as a future star, even when he was a child, by his late uncle.

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Senna was successful at each rung of the ladder as he moved up. In fact, he was supposed to be slated for a spot with this year's Honda F1 team, but as we know, the manufacturer pulled out of competition, leaving Ross Brawn to pick up the pieces and re-install Rubens Barrichello for 2009.

Now, after being runner-up for the title at GP2, Senna will finally get his chance. he's been named to one of the two seats that will be sent to the grid by the brand new Campos Meta team, which begins competition in F1 in 2010. Obviously he's got a hell of a name to live up to, and he has been no stranger to pressure because of that since he began racing. "I started my first race with a film crew on my backside," he told BBC Sport, "so since the beginning there has been a lot of pressure, a lot of expectation, a lot of demand."

Gerhard Berger, a close friend and former teammate of his uncle who has most recently been a part owner of the Toro Rosso team, is a big booster of Bruno's, but is still very objective about his prospects. "In the rain and in the dry, there have been races where he looks like he belongs in Formula One, and there were others where you have to say he is not ready," Berger says. "I think he is going to jump into cold water now and see what he can do."

The goal of the Campos team next season is to be the best of the new teams who are coming into F1. That group includes US F1, which has not decided on any drivers yet; Manor GP, which changed its name to Virgin Racing with a sponsorship from Richard Branson and has Timo Glock (100/1 to win the driver's title) in one of its seats, and Lotus GP. Also, the Sauber team, which has been bought again by Peter Sauber after BMW pulled out, will be granted a spot on the grid for 2010.

Luca di Grassi could be added as the second Virgin driver, while Andy Soucek, who won the F2 title this past year and tested with Williams, who has also gotten a nibble from Campos.

Kimi Raikkonen, who was the highest-salaried F1 competitor in 2009, has left the circuit temporarily and will race for a Citroen-backed team in the World Rally Championship. Raikkonen, who won the world F1 title in 2007 and finished in sixth place in the standings in 2009, was said to be interested in the second seat at Renault, may return to F1 in 2011, but he really wants a favorable situation. Renault may yet turn to di Grassi, who was a reserve driver for them last season, to team with Robert Kubica.