March 04, 2010

F1 Pr0n Sneak Peek: Hispania Racing Team HRT

The last team to join the F1 ranks has finally dragged its car into the spotlight.  Hispania Racing Team, once known as Campos Meta, gave a more-or-less rollout for their vehicle this afternoon.  And here it is:

Um.  Well.  I have to say that I'm not exactly enamored of the color scheme but as someone once said, "paint doesn't win races."  This is currently the only picture of the chassis floating around out there, so let us try and figure out what we can from it. 

The first thing I notice is the front wing, which could charitably be called "simple."  No complex curves, no movable elements surely, just a basic downforce-producing design.  The nose, and indeed much of the rest of the car, reminds me very much of Virgin's VR-1.  Considering the Dallara influence on that chassis (Nick Wirth, Virgin's technical designer, worked with the manufacturer on their IRL cars), and that Dallara built this one, it's not surprising.

Not much else really stands out in this picture, though.  Hopefully we'll see more soon, because we sure won't be seeing much of it during the races.  With the end of the final test session in Barcelona last week, F1's testing ban is now in place... so the first time this car will turn a wheel will be in Bahrain's 1st Friday Practice session! 

More when it becomes available.

Posted by: Wonderduck at 07:01 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 Man, you're right about the color. Sheesh!

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 04, 2010 07:07 PM (+rSRq)

2 Looks like it's just been primed. Or assembled out of soapboxes...

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at March 05, 2010 04:14 AM (mRjOr)

3 Well, it certainly will blend in with the racing surface. 

Posted by: Mallory at March 05, 2010 07:10 AM (WJ2qy)

4 "Our patented stealth technology prevents detection by racing marshals, allowing us to pass during yellows and to drive too fast in the pit lane!"

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at March 05, 2010 02:08 PM (pWQz4)

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