Bruno Senna on driving in Ayrton's shadow

Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey said the death of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna in 1994 changed him physically and almost led to him leaving the sport.
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Mercedes Formula 1 chief Norbert Haug said his team have "quite a few upgrades in the pipeline" but added team principal Ross Brawn will hit him if he reveals them now.
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Hispania driver Vitantonio Liuzzi is confident of his team making big strides in the near future. "If we're able to get all the updates we were planning then I think we'll make a big step forward and might even impress quite a few people," he stated. "Everything is going in the right direction, if we keep progressing and working as the team has until now then I'm sure we'll have a bright future."
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McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says he remains cautious about introducing upgrades at the Spanish Grand Prix. "As we saw in Istanbul last week, there is always risk inherent in bringing any upgrade to the circuit - particularly following the absence of testing. For Barcelona, we're planning to re-introduce some of the proposed upgrades initially scheduled for introduction in Istanbul. Once again, however, they'll only be introduced if their initial deployment on Friday proves successful."
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Pirelli's new hard compund tyre is set to make its debut at the Spanish Grand Prix. "We said from the start of the year that we would introduce evolutions of the tyres if we believed that they would benefit the sport and Barcelona marks the first occasion that we have done this," Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said.
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Renault technical director James Allison says the team plans to introduce six aerodynamic upgrades at Barcelona. "They add up to another 0.15-0.20 seconds per lap - it isn't a huge upgrade but if we can keep that up for every race then it starts to tell," he said.
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