Senna realistic about ex-Honda team peformance despite lack of tesing

If the Honda team were to survive and make it to the season opening round in Melbourne, Bruno Senna would still be delighted to drive the new car, even though there would be very little or no pre-season testing on it. Although he feels confident about the Melbourne circuit, since he has won their in previous F3 category races.

"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."

"It would be a difficult debut, I know, but initially there won't be big pressure or expectations, because at the moment no-one considers the ex-Honda squad a top team," Senna said to 'Autosprint' magazine.

"So the pressure would be less and I'll eventually adapt in a quicker and easier way. At least I can say I know the (Melbourne) track, having already raced and won there in Australian F3."

While he also added that the team has been working as usual on the 2009 chassis, albeit at a slightly slower pace than when backed by the Honda Corporation.