Valsecchi is driving GP2 for AirAsia... Then... who's left? Only Liuzzi?

Klien. Or possibly a driver who has a relationship with Kolles, like Albers. And there's still that rumour of Teixeria.

Your right possibly Klien, but I would of thought Hispania would still need a 2nd driver with a lot of sponsorship money and decent driver, unlike Albers

How many drivers can a team use per season, three or four? or even more? if it's just three or four, HRT got to be careful which drivers they choose...

Well it seems like they can always fall back on Yamamoto if their faster drivers don't fulfil their contractual obligations (Chandhok).

I dont think this year they will use more than the 2 race drivers in races, I think they needed 4 drivers last year, not this year, Narain has already mentioned he will be driving the whole year.

Do we think we will see the new livery in the first tests??? quite excited to see what it will be!

I hope we see the new livery, but if Daniel Simon has only been contacted recently, he might not have completed his work for them yet, and they might wait until Bahrain to unveil the whole new look for the team.

I saw somewhere on this thread, that someone has already seen the livery for this year, am I right?

Pantano - no money
Grosjean - has Renault support again, but has commited to GP2
Heidfeld - wants paying
di Grassi - unsure whether is paying or paid
Klien - no substantial money
Senna - again, no substantial money, Kolles doesn't want him
Villeneuve - had money to put whole team together, but seems to be putting that towards NASCAR
Liuzzi - may have settlement money from FI, but not enough
Piquet - doing NASCAR
Nakajima - doing F Nippon and Super GT - Toyota contracted
Bourdais - doesn't have the cash

Are available in one way or another, issue is that HRT wants Usd 8 million or there abouts, rather than having drivers who can propel them further up the grid.

Pantano
Grossjean
Heidfeld
di Grassi
Klien
Senna
Villeneuve
Liuzzi
Piquet
Nakajima
Bourdais

Are available in one way or another, issue is that HRT wants Usd 8 million or there abouts, rather than having drivers who can propel them further up the grid.

Pantano
Grossjean
Heidfeld
di Grassi
Klien
Senna
Villeneuve
Liuzzi
Piquet
Nakajima
Bourdais

The red and white and the chequered flag motif? That's probably not going to be the livery. It was just someone who saw it on an Etihad jet and tried to pass it off as being the Hispania design.

No, it's description of someone (not me), who has seen project of new livery:

http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?s=&a...t&p=4797024

http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/11846/ - just seen this link - mentions that the F111 could be in the Barcelona tests and that the F111 is being FIA crashed tested "at the moment", those with more experience in F1 how far ar Hispania down the process if there new car is being crash tested?

well it means they have the tub ready at least, and presumably a complete design for the car. As they are building the car through subcontractors, it's hard to say how quickly they'll get the rest of the car, but I imagine they're getting parts delivered daily.

I really hope Hispania don't go with the other long-time Kolles collaborator, Christjian Albers ... he had no business being in Formula 1 to begin with.

Have you seen this one?

http://www.christijanalbers.nl

as GPUpdate sponsors Hispania...

?

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/249843/...-first-f1-test/

GPUpdate is one of HRT partners, so its for sure.
At least their drivers will do some test.
And looks like they will use an iteration of this "F110B" for 2011.

If...

How many drivers can a team use per season, three or four? or even more? if it's just three or four, HRT got to be careful which drivers they choose...

Perhaps "sponsor" was the wrong choice of word, but Senna and Chandhok had GPUpdate stickers on their helmets last year, just like Albers has in the teaser photo for his relaunched website (although I don't know if GPUpdate also has similar partnerships with other teams/drivers).

Albers was absolute rubbish... even Karthikeyan would be quicker!

Id rather see them give Robert Doornbos another chance, he already did a better job then Albers with less experience and was better then DC when he drove three grandprix's for the red bull racing team.

An intriguing photo, as GPUpdate sponsors Hispania...

But GPUpdate have already been supporting Albers for many years so that's a coincidence.

That would explain it then; thanks, I didn't know that.

You could be right about that highdownforce, I fact I fear that he might be in talks with HRT, let's keep our fingers crossed that a more deserving driver as Albers (for example Klien or Liuzzi) will get it.

Where is Lopez with his Argentine government money when Kolles need them?

adamcooperf1 Adam Cooper
Had a chat with Colin Kolles. New HRT is more of a reality than you might think. Chassis has done all but one FIA crash test already

Wonder why Jose Maria Lopez hasn't been considered, the guy is loaded isn't he?

Thats good news about the crash test, possibly get to since the new car in the last spanish test?

Well it definitely means they can start to pool all their resources on getting the rest of the car built. Since they are using subcontractors for this, it's more likely than not that they'll be sticking to their original deadlines, as certain parts will only come in from the various companies at certain times.

At least they're nearly there, and got some good running on the Pirelli's with Narain today.

Im starting to get cautiously optimistic about Hispania for this season, the car looks like its nearly ready, also I noticed on Narain's overalls that TATA's logo was on there, prominent branding on the car for next year??

I wonder if they're going to benefit from the tiny Williams gearbox, or whether they'll get a 2010 model? Anyone got any info on that?

I believe Danardi, don't quote me on it though, that they will get the 2011 gearbox and hydraulics, I think Hispania will need the latest models to keep on track, one question I have though is that if the HRT and Williams partnership is a mutual one, do we think Hispania will receive updated parts/packages throughout the year from Williams?

I think Williams are offering this to Hispania as more a commercial venture than as a technology partner. They saw that Hispania were a team who needed to buy 'off-the-shelf' products, and offered them a good price for reliable technology from the renowned Williams team. I think they'll only get updates if i) Williams wants to try something out without risking their own car and/or ii) Hispania pay for it.