is Hispania done ?

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30th March 2011, 22:40
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Why did they have a quarter of the money big teams did? Because they were incompetent and could not secure the needed finances. The engineers there (I remember Gustav Brunner working there for a while), I am sure, did a good job with the money given, but the leadership failed. Therefor, it is quite accurate to say the team was incompetent.

No, it is your opinion that they were incompetent. There are others.

And does the fact of me having a quarter of the income of someone earning four times as much as me make me incompetent?
31st March 2011, 11:59
truefan72

you know I can't quite put my finger, but there is something about that HRT car that I like and feel will be more than competitive in a very short time. If they cans sort out their finances ( or bring in a new owner) I boldly predict that that particular car will be better than Virgin and nipping at the heals of Lotus by mid season, and actually fairly competitive by the end of the season. You heard it here first !
31st March 2011, 14:22
Bagwan

Sell the damn thing .

I wonder if there's any point in trying to keep the initials for continuity .

Heavy Racing Team sounds too slow .
Hip Racing Team sounds too beat .
Hearty Racing Team sounds to fat .

OK , it's gotta be Heluva Racing Team , or they change the name entirely .

They've got to get rid of the name Hispania before Spain , or be lynched on arrival .
31st March 2011, 14:33
Dave B

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Sell the damn thing .

I wonder if there's any point in trying to keep the initials for continuity .

Heavy Racing Team sounds too slow .
Hip Racing Team sounds too beat .
Hearty Racing Team sounds to fat .

OK , it's gotta be Heluva Racing Team , or they change the name entirely .

They've got to get rid of the name Hispania before Spain , or be lynched on arrival .

So if you have your way and Jacques buys it, they could call it Hasbeen Racing Team :p
31st March 2011, 14:44
Bagwan

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Originally Posted by Dave B

So if you have your way and Jacques buys it, they could call it Hasbeen Racing Team :p

Hee hee . Good one , Davy . You're on it today .

You know I wouldn't care if they called it the Holycrap Racing Team , if Jacques was involved , though .
31st March 2011, 21:46
Garry Walker

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

No, it is your opinion that they were incompetent. There are others.

And does the fact of me having a quarter of the income of someone earning four times as much as me make me incompetent?

Firstly, if you earn a quarter of someones income, you dont have to specify that the other person earns 4 times as much as you do.

When you are dealing in such a highly competetive field as F1, then yes, it does make you incompetent. Hell, if you work for a company and other people are bringing in 4 times as much money for the Company, yet doing the same job, do you think you will be there for a long time? Of course not, you just cant cut it. And you will get dumped. For a good reason too.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

you know I can't quite put my finger, but there is something about that HRT car that I like and feel will be more than competitive in a very short time. If they cans sort out their finances ( or bring in a new owner) I boldly predict that that particular car will be better than Virgin and nipping at the heals of Lotus by mid season, and actually fairly competitive by the end of the season. You heard it here first !

HRT, if they qualify for even one race this year, will never beat even the slowest of the other teams (unless some extraordinary events happen to cause it, like an engine failure for someone).
1st April 2011, 13:21
Malbec

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

HRT, if they qualify for even one race this year, will never beat even the slowest of the other teams (unless some extraordinary events happen to cause it, like an engine failure for someone).

Given that the HRT was a couple of seconds off 107% after what were really shakedown laps, its fair to say that the cars would be quicker given a few practice sessions merely through setting them up properly, quick enough to qualify.

I think the HRTs will be troubling Virgin this season unless the latter pull their fingers out and get their house in order. Of all the new teams I find Virgin the most disappointing. They have the funding and resources but are going nowhere.
1st April 2011, 14:13
AndyL

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Originally Posted by Dylan H

I think the HRTs will be troubling Virgin this season unless the latter pull their fingers out and get their house in order. Of all the new teams I find Virgin the most disappointing. They have the funding and resources but are going nowhere.

The "no wind tunnel" idea may not be working out as well as they hoped.
1st April 2011, 15:43
DexDexter

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

HRT are so rubbish, they are abusing the rubbish privilege...... ;)

They were way too close to Virgin and even Lotus in what was basically a shakedown of the car, that's not rubbish.
2nd April 2011, 06:03
truefan72

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

They were way too close to Virgin and even Lotus in what was basically a shakedown of the car, that's not rubbish.

that is what I'm saying.
If Ferrari or Mclaren, RBR or reanualt were running shakedown laps in Melbourne. I doubt they would make it out of Q1
...well Hamilton would wrestle the car to Q2, maybe

To me HRT seem to have more potential than Virgin and once they get going, they will be right there.

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