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Senna in talks with Lotus

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Bruno Senna is talking to Lotus about a possible move to the team in 2011, according to reports from Brazil's Globo Esporte.

Senna has endured a difficult debut season in F1 with the struggling HRT outfit, having to juggle his race seat with Sakon Yamamoto and Karun Chandhok and cope with an uncompetitive machine.

With recent rumours suggesting Jarno Trulli's seat is not yet secure, such a move would reinvoke the fabled Lotus/Renault/Senna combination of the 1980s.

"Bruno Senna is close to getting something better," said the Globo report. "He is in talks with Lotus and these talks are already well advanced."

The report added that sources 'close to the driver' state that Senna cannot finalise the deal until his sponsors agree and that talks with several companies are already underway.

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