Ambitious But Rubbish

Quite late (literally on the penultimate testing day of the season) and clearly short of sponsorship the new HRT 111 showed up in Barcelona today. Team boss Colin Kolles insists that this year’s car will be quicker than last year’s, which sets the bar pretty low. At least the team is hiring an experienced driver this year (Liuzzi) who’ll be able to help develop the car, but there’s always going to be the notion in the back of everyone’s head that he could be pushed aside in favor of the hapless Yamamoto if the team runs out of cash at some point in the year, which seems fairly likely. Oh well, one team has to provide all the drama…