Kolles: “We stopped for safety”

The HRT team took part in its first race with its new F111. Finally above the 107% mark yesterday, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan were unable to cross the finish line. But the results seen are considered encouraging by the team director.

“We stopped our two cars just for safety, underlines Colin Kolles. Narain's car had very high water temperatures so we advised him to stop. Tonio was close to the finish of the race, but he felt an unstable rear. We stopped the car twice to check the problem and found that there was damage on the rear wing and we decided to stop just for safety reasons. »

?Overall it wasn?t a bad day considering it?s our first race and our first opportunity to test the car in a racing situation. There were no major problems, so we have to try to improve for the next race in China, where we hope to finish. Our times were not bad compared to the leading peloton, this shows that we see the light at the end of the tunnel” he concluded.