HRT is working hard to have its 2011 car ready for this week’s Barcelona test.<\/p>\n
A report in the Spanish daily Sport said the Cosworth-powered F111 will make its debut at the earliest possible moment during the final pre-season test “depending on when it is ready”.<\/p>\n
Hispania has not made any official announcements about the car’s debut, but journalist Josep Viaplana was told by a source: “The car is in the final stage of assembly.<\/p>\n
“We do not know if it will be Wednesday or Thursday, but the F111 will run in Montmelo (Barcelona),” the source added.<\/p>\n
After the technical collaboration with Toyota fell through, another setback for HRT this winter was the defection of key staff.<\/p>\n
These include engineer Xevi Pujolar who returned to Williams, and four other Spanish team members including chief mechanic Enrique Colomina who returned to work with departed team founder Adrian Campos.<\/p>\n
However, two prominent new staff members have joined, both from the Spanish Le Mans team Epsilon Euskadi; marketing boss Maria Serrat, and engineer Albert Fabrega.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, another Spanish sports daily, Marca, reports that Vitantonio Liuzzi is likely to be named as Narain Karthikeyan’s HRT teammate on either Wednesday or Thursday.<\/p>\n
The newspaper said the Liuzzi announcement is scheduled a day or two before the F111 car’s debut, which is most likely to occur on Friday or Saturday.<\/p>\n
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