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F1 2011 Season Preview: The Drivers and Teams

#22 Narain Karthikeyan
#23 Vitantonio Liuzzi

There’s really not much to say about Hispania right now. They’re probably looking to improve over their 13 retirements from 38 starts and best finish of 14th last season. Their 2011 car, the F111, made its debut during the lunch break during the second-last day of testing. The problem was that their car never actually reached the track because some parts were held up in customs. That begs the question of would HRT have been ready for the Bahrain Grand Prix had it not been cancelled. In other words, despite having a season under their belt, the crew at Hispania is no better off at the start of this season than last. In fact, I’d say they’re worse off at the start of this season because their rivals are all better prepared this season compared to last. HRT does have two new drivers in Karthikeyan and Liuzzi. In terms of experience and sponsorship money, it’s an improvement over 2010 but I can’t help but feel that Karthikeyan is a step down from Bruno Senna.

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