Gerhard Berger has ruled out promoting Bruno Senna to the Scuderia Toro Rosso race lineup in 2007, despite the Brazilian's breakthrough GP2 win in Spain.

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Senna, the nephew of STR co-owner Berger's former teammate Ayrton Senna, is hotly tipped to graduate to formula one with STR next year, possibly alongside Champ Car sensation Sebastien Bourdais.

But 23-year-old Senna will only follow in his famous uncle's footsteps "in 2008 at the earliest", Gerhard Berger is quoted as saying by the newspaper Bild.