Caterham could beat the entire F1 field to the starting line ahead of the 2012 season.<\/p>\n
Italy’s Autosprint said it believes the former Lotus team’s new single seater – to be called the CT01 and believed to have passed the FIA’s crash tests – could be unveiled “at the end of January”.<\/p>\n
That would be even earlier than some other teams intend to launch their cars, ahead of the start of the official test season at Jerez on 7 February.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, meanwhile, said that while the former Renault team Lotus F1 has not yet revealed a launch date, the 2012 car is “very likely” to get its track debut at Jerez.<\/p>\n
The magazine said the car, to accommodate Kimi Raikkonen’s return this year, passed the FIA’s mandatory crash tests earlier in January.<\/p>\n
Auto Motor und Sport also reports that following the departures of bosses Colin Kolles and Geoff Willis, “delays” at HRT could force the struggling Spanish team to once again start a new season with its old car.<\/p>\n
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