Hispania Racing Team ready to take the “next step” at the Turkish Grand Prix
Hispania Racing Team (HRT) boss, Colin Kolles, has recently stated that his team is hoping to take the “next step” before the beginning of the European phase of the 2011 Formula 1 season which is expected to commence this weekend in Turkey.
“I believe that the Turkish Grand Prix should see Hispania Racing take the next step”, Kolles said.
HRT was the last team to introduce its new car for the 2011 Formula 1 season and without even testing it, the team went on for the season opening race that took place in Australia.
However, the team failed to qualify inside the 107% time which meant that the team failed to qualify for the race.
Since then, the team has improved noticeably as they comfortably qualified for the Malaysian Grand Prix and later on both the team’s drivers finished the race in China.
HRT is hoping to improve its car even more at the Turkish Grand Prix as a result of which, Colin Kolles is now feeling that HRT has the potential to beat Virgin Racing Team this year.
“Istanbul Park is a track that, due to its nature, should be favourable for us, add to that the fact that we have aerodynamic and mechanical updates for this race and I think that, if the data is confirmed on track, we should be able to beat our closest
rivals”, said HRT’s boss.
Other than that, he added that the team’s aim is to close the gap with Virgin Racing Team over the weekend and hopefully fight for positions during the race with both its team’s drivers finishing the races.
“Hispania Racing has made significant progress since the start of the season, we are working very hard to improve and definitely will improve”, he said.
On the other hand, Tonio Liuzzi is also optimistic about the upcoming races and he is hoping for the best possible results. He stated that HRT is going to use this weekend as an opportunity for improving its car for the future and he believes that team will
be in a much better shape after this weekend for the upcoming European races of the 2011 Formula 1 season.
Liuzzi believes that each minute on the track is important for the team during which the team is going to verify its car completely and come up with better ideas of improving its car.
Besides that, he stated that the team has the potential to surprise the audience and if HRT succeeds with its upgrades, there is going to be a noticeable difference in the car’s performance in the upcoming races.
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