Formula 1: HRT Write Off 2012 Chances

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Published: December 22, 2011

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HRT have announced that they are likely to start the 2012 season in worse shape than they were in at the end of 2011. 

So we're looking at worse than battling, usually in vain, to avoid locking out the back row of the grid.  Ouch.

The primary reason is that the team are transferring their racing operations from Germany to Spain—part of team owner Thesan Capital's long-term project to make the team "progressively more Spanish."

This is a huge upheaval for any team, and more so for a relatively new and inexperienced constructor.  The development of the new car will be a major challenge, as will the issue of personnel.

Some employees will relocate, but many will not.  New staff will need to be recruited at the new base.  And though it has a long history in other forms of motor sport, Spain is not awash with F1-experienced engineers, technicians and mechanics.

New Team Principle Luis Pérez-Sala said:

The task ahead of us, with the design of the car and change of headquarters, is huge.  Formula 1 is very complicated and implies a lot of preparation work as it so, in this respect, HRT is a little bit behind other teams.  We will feel the effects of this transformation the team is going through and will have "pay" for it at the start of the season.  We're not going to be at the same level as when we finished this past season, where the same team had been running for two years, but we're aware of that.  We're taking a step back so that we can take two forward.  2012 will be an important year for us to settle and face a more natural and stable situation in 2013.



Sala, though new to HRT, is not new to the sport, having been a driver in the 1980s.

No, me neither.  But he did score one point from 26 race starts (6th place at the British Grand Prix of ...
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