Senna, Yamamoto, Carabante and Kolles

German magazines are reporting that an email mistakenly sent to Colin Kolles, was the reason that Bruno Senna had to sit out the British Grand Prix. There is no question that Sakon Yamamoto came laden with cash and it may be that Senna left himself open to removal. It is unlikely that the driver would have been openly offensive to the team boss – it makes no sense, even if he was upset – but it is always possible in this day and age that copies of emails get left attached to previous messages and that this may have resulted in a message that warranted disciplinary action – or at least gave the team the opportunity to take Yamamoto’s funding. Senna and Karun Chandhok are both believed to have agreed to bring sponsorship to the team and if Yamamoto’s money was required it is either because they did not pay up or because there was not enough budget coming in from the team owner Jose Ramon Carabante. Readers of the Spanish financial papers will know that Carabante has some legal difficulties relating to the $1 billion sale of his Hispania Group, which the buyer is claiming was not done correctly. He is claiming money back and some of the Carabante assets have recently been frozen while the courts decide whether or not the buyer’s claims have any basis. The question of money is important as the team needs to get a move on building a car for the 2011 season. Either it will purchase a chassis, as happened this year with the HRT-Dallara deal, or it will build its own cars. Whatever the case, money is needed…