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Yamamoto In For Senna At Hispania

Look, I know that Bruno Senna hasn’t exactly set the world on fire since heading into F1, but driving a Hispania Racing what can you expect? I guess he has technically been a disappointment, but when your last name is Senna people just sort of expect you to be able to drive past anyone with [...]

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The 107 Percent Rule’s Impact On 2010

I don’t like the re-introduction of the 107% rule. I think it’s unfair, counterproductive and just plain mean. Still, in the interests of fairness, I’m willing to see if it would really have affected things all that much. In 2011, any car which finishes Q1 outside 107% of the fastest time will not be allowed [...]

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Chandhok Looking For Force India Drive

The season isn’t even half way through yet and already one man has begun petitioning for a better job next year: HRT’s rookie Karun Chandhok. According to Chandhok, he should get a drive with the Force India team because the resulting tie up of an Indian backed F1 team and an Indian driver next year [...]

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Yamamoto To Replace Senna At HRT?

According to rumours flying around the internet today, Bruno Senna may be on his way out of Hispania Racing in the near future. His replacement? Sakon Yamamoto. Although Bruno Senna has hardly set the world on fire since joining the F1 grid, he hasn’t exactly had the start to his career that he dreamed of [...]

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HRT Find Way To Go Even Slower

Okay kids, picture this scenario: You are the Team Principal of Hispania Racing, the slowest team on the grid by quite a long way. You have two rookie drivers with no F1 experience, a slow car and no hope of doing anything constructive this season. During the first practice session before a race, do you- [...]

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So, What Did We Learn From Thursday Practice?

Well, we learned three main things from Thursday’s practice sessions: Fernando Alonso is on fire Red Bull Racing aren’t as slow as they thought they might be Bruno Senna is a disgrace That’s about it really. It was really hard to tell anything else in terms of pace as in the first session the track [...]

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So, What Did We Learn From Friday Practice?

The biggest story coming out of today’s Practice session is simply this – Michael Schumacher is back. After spending the first four races of the season flailing around down the grid, this morning he picked up two third placed finishes. In P1, he trailed behind the pair of McLarens and in P2 he trailed behind [...]

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Senna Not Too Happy About Klien’s HRT Drive

Poor Bruno Senna is having a little bit of a sulk at having to share his toys with his new playmate, Christian Klien. Klien, who has 48 F1 races to his name along with 3 years as a test driver, was brought in to HRT to help them to develop their car a bit better. [...]

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Klien Joins Yamamoto As HRT Test Driver

Ever since Hispania Racing limped onto the grid, they have said that they want some experienced F1 drivers to help them develop their car. It’s nothing against their current duo of Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok, it’s just that neither of those men have experience outside of GP2 and so probably aren’t the best people [...]

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Hispania Blame Poor Showing On Dallara

It is hardly a small secret that HRT have had the hardest time of all the teams which made the grid this season. We all remember the brilliant shots of Karun Chandhok jumping in and out of his overalls in Bahrain as the mechanics literally built his car for him in the pits. Then, two [...]

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