Bruno Senna has admitted it would be “great” to return to Interlagos in the future with a chance of a good result.

The Brazilian rookie, whose uncle Ayrton was revered by the local Interlagos crowd and is buried in nearby Morumbi, will contest his first grand prix at the circuit this weekend in the uncompetitive HRT car.

Recent reports have indicated the 27-year-old is in talks with other teams about 2011, perhaps Lotus where he could be test driver next year before returning to the grid in 2012.

“It would be great to fight for better positions,” he said in a Portuguese language Reuters news report.

Senna’s debut F1 season has been difficult, but he said he is focused on the positive aspects.

“I have learned a lot, I have gained experience in many ways, and I have the opportunity to fight for a place for next year.

“So it’s been a year of learning and growing and it’s giving me the chance to be in formula one next year,” he added.

Senna confirmed there are talks ongoing with other teams about 2011.

“We are talking with other teams and we are opening some doors that were maybe not open before … the prospects are good,” he added.

Rubens Barrichello has revealed he hopes to stay with the Williams team in 2011.

His comments, in a Portuguese interview with the news agency Reuters, follow reports that the veteran Brazilian could be replaced next year by the Venezuelan pay-driver Pastor Maldonado.

Previously, it was believed that Barrichello’s rookie German teammate Nico Hulkenberg was the most likely to make way should the Oxfordshire based team decide to sign 25-year-old Maldonado and his sponsor.

“I’ve done a good job this year and I’m focused on the car for next year, so I’m hoping to stay,” the Portuguese language report quoted Barrichello, 39, as saying.

Currently in his native Sao Paulo ahead of the Brazilian grand prix next weekend, Barrichello also revealed that he is not in talks with any other F1 teams.

Last month, the Brazilian said he was “100 per cent” sure he will be driving for Williams in 2011 even though the deal had not been confirmed on paper.

But when asked on Thursday if a deal is in place, Barrichello said: “That’s something you will have to ask Williams.”

And when discussing taking part in his 18th home grand prix next weekend, he added: “Our car is getting better and all I can hope for is a positive weekend.

“The start of the season was not so good, we thought we had a good car but it was hard for us to be in the top ten.

“But the rapport with the team was very good and we managed to improve,” said Barrichello.

Globo also quotes him as saying: “I’ve been working on the car for next year. There are things arising from the regulations that we are only going to find out later, but the design is bold and 2011 is going to be better than this one.”

Bruno Senna, the nephew of the great Ayrton Senna, is in talks to switch for 2011 from struggling HRT to F1′s best new team Lotus.

That is the claim of Brazil’s Globo Esporte, noting that the move would reinvoke the fabled Lotus/Renault/Senna combination of the 1980s.

Rookie Senna, who turned 27 earlier this month, has had a difficult debut season in 2010 at the wheel of the slowest and least developed car on the grid fielded by the Spanish newcomer Hispania.

“Bruno Senna is close to getting something better,” said the Portuguese language report.

“He is in talks with Lotus and these talks are already well advanced,” Globo added, nominating Jarno Trulli as the driver most likely to leave the Malaysian team in the event that Senna is signed.

The report cited sources “close to the driver” as insisting that Senna cannot finalise the deal until his sponsors agree, adding that these talks with “several companies” are also already taking place.

Globo Esporte also said Lotus’ announcement of its Renault engine deal for 2011 will be made next weekend at Interlagos.

Late triple world champion Ayrton Senna won his first grand prix at the wheel of a Renault-powered Lotus in 1985.

He won a further 5 grands prix in a Lotus-Renault, as well as 24 podiums, 16 pole positions and 150 points before moving to McLaren.

A decision about Martin Whitmarsh’s successor as FOTA chairman has not yet been taken, the McLaren team boss has insisted.

At Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, it was reported that Briton Whitmarsh will be replaced as head of the teams’ organisation by Williams’ Adam Parr.

The Italian report also said Toro Rosso’s Franz Tost will succeed Whitmarsh’s current deputy Stefano Domenicali.

But a report in the Portuguese language Globe Esporte insists that Whitmarsh’s tenure will not end until the end of the year.

However, Globo said it is likely that the next FOTA chairman will represent an independent team, meaning that Williams’ Parr is a likely candidate.

“My mandate runs until the end of the year,” Whitmarsh is quoted as saying.

“A vote is likely to happen between November and December,” he added.

Felipe Massa vowed to “talk” to his teammate Fernando Alonso about their first-lap collision at Silverstone.

Largely overlooked by the media amid the Red Bull controversy and Alonso’s penalty for overtaking Robert Kubica, Massa’s race was ruined in Britain after he touched the sister Ferrari in the Beckett’s complex.

The Brazilian sustained contact to his front wing, but more damagingly a punctured rear tyre that had to be replaced in the pits.

He is quoted by the Portuguese language aeiou.pt: “I’ll talk to Alonso to find out why he has touched my car.

“You really must not touch your teammate’s car,” added the 29-year-old.