HRT- F1 confirms old car and Narain Karthikeyan
Hispania Racing Team (HRT) was supposed to test drive their new car in Valencia, Jerez and Barcelona as other teams are going to do.
But they have decided to use the old one for the test and save the new one for the Bahrain circuit. This was said by team principal, Colin Kolles, in Spain.
The boss said that the Spanish conditions will be helpful in testing the car and new Pirelli tyres. But still he will not be using the new one.
Also the HRT has not decided who the other driver is going to be apart from ‘India’s fastest man on earth’ and the first Indian driver in Formula 1, Narain Karthikeyan.
HRT’s last season drivers were Bruno Senna and Sakon Yamamoto (Sakon was called after Karun Chandhok was dropped half way through the season). Both failed to score a point.
HRT used the Cosworth machines in 2010 as the rest of the small investors did but yet was ahead of all the debutants. They are using the same machine in the 2011 season.
Narain joined Formula1 in February 2005 racing for Jordan Grand Prix. He had a poor start in Australian Grand Prix and finished 15th. In United States Grand Prix he secured his first point.
He crashed his Jordan car in the wall at the Chinese Grand Prix. In December 2005 he test drove the William’s and finished 5th.
For the 2006 season he earned a seat in Williams as a fourth driver. He had a few bookings in 2008 with Force India and Super Augri team but never even test drove for them.
Narain is enjoying his time before starting the 2011 season after he was confirmed on the drivers list by HRT. But he knows that he will have to step up when his HRT Cosworth hits the road.
He is currently in Germany where he is familiarizing himself with the team and the car. The 33 year old said that he is working on the neck and shoulder muscles as he know the stress that he has to endure in the season. He is currently in Germany working
with engineers to modify his car.
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