Hispania faster than Lotus?

Bruno Senna, driver of the Hispania Racing Team, thinks that the car that he will drive will allow him to fight against the single-seaters from the Virgin Racing and Lotus Racing teams. The Brazilian draws on readings from pre-season testing in Barcelona, ​​noting that the VR-01 and T127 run only a second faster than a GP2 car.

Dallara, who developed the GP2 cars as well as that of Hispania Racing Team, made a comparison of the two models, a comparison which delighted Bruno Senna. “ According to their estimates, we should be running at least two seconds faster than a current GP2 car. », Confides the Brazilian to motorsport-magazin.com.

So, on paper, Bruno Senna thinks that the HRT single-seater has a certain potential which would allow it to run a second faster than the Lotus and Virgin single-seaters. However, the latter perhaps did not give everything to Barcelona, ​​the technical directors having preferred to work on reliability. In addition, the Brazilian driver is ultimately not very calm.

« Unfortunately, we will still have a difficult start, recognizes Ayrton Senna's nephew. For example, parts of our suspension are made of metal instead of carbon fiber, which means that the car will be 20 kg heavier than we wanted. »