Pero no nos engañemos, John tiene motivos para el optimismo, y más si tenemos en cuenta que en HRT van a estar enfrascados en una reestructuración, con todo lo que ello puede llevar de pérdida de tiempo en la organización y afinación de su estructura.La guerra será apasionante.Habrá que ver quien hace un mejor trabajo y logra por tanto imponerse a su rival.John cree que darán un paso adelante.Lo siguiente será comprobar hasta donde alcanza ese paso y hasta donde alcanza el dado por su competencia más directa.En todo caso, quien siempre saldrá ganado es el espectador.
De momento, os dejo con sus palabras, en el artículo de Autosport:
Virgin Racing team principal John Booth is hopeful that his outfit will finally
be able to make a move up the grid in 2012, on the back of the technical
overhaul it undertook this year.
As well as signing a partnership deal with McLaren, which includes use of the team's wind tunnel and simulator facilities, the outfit is now being guided by experienced engineer Pat Symonds.
Speaking at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday, Booth said that the involvement of Symonds and McLaren were key to allowing him to believe that the outfit could make good gains in 2012.
"Obviously our goal is to move further up the grid," he said. "We fulfilled part of our expectation this year, when we were much more reliable with the operational side of the team.That area improved a tremendous amount, and it was plain to see that we did not move up the grid as we hoped and expected. So for 2012 that is our challenge.
"The first parts of the new car are coming through. The design is headed up by Pat Symonds and other areas are in partnership with McLaren. So we are excited and hopeful we will move forward. I am very confident".Booth said the team, which famously launched with a car that had been created wholly in CFD, had already been into McLaren's wind tunnel facilities twice with its 2012 challenger.
Speaking about new recruit Charles Pic, Booth conceded that the early part of the season would be a challenge for the Frenchman because of the limited track running he will get in the build-up to the campaign.
"We are very hopeful for the future with Charles," he said. "He did a wonderful job in Abu Dhabi [at the young driver test] and we pushed him pretty hard there.We had a few problems with the car, so he had to show a lot of patience and determination - but his race simulation was fantastic and his feedback was first class.That is one day in F1 and he has a lifetime of F1 in front of him. But it will be particularly difficult for him in 2012 because there are only three tests before the season, so that is six days for Charles and six for Timo [Glock].When Charles comes to the grid, he will have had a total of seven days testing: so he has to be prepared to make the most of that running."
As well as signing a partnership deal with McLaren, which includes use of the team's wind tunnel and simulator facilities, the outfit is now being guided by experienced engineer Pat Symonds.
Speaking at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday, Booth said that the involvement of Symonds and McLaren were key to allowing him to believe that the outfit could make good gains in 2012.
"Obviously our goal is to move further up the grid," he said. "We fulfilled part of our expectation this year, when we were much more reliable with the operational side of the team.That area improved a tremendous amount, and it was plain to see that we did not move up the grid as we hoped and expected. So for 2012 that is our challenge.
"The first parts of the new car are coming through. The design is headed up by Pat Symonds and other areas are in partnership with McLaren. So we are excited and hopeful we will move forward. I am very confident".Booth said the team, which famously launched with a car that had been created wholly in CFD, had already been into McLaren's wind tunnel facilities twice with its 2012 challenger.
Speaking about new recruit Charles Pic, Booth conceded that the early part of the season would be a challenge for the Frenchman because of the limited track running he will get in the build-up to the campaign.
"We are very hopeful for the future with Charles," he said. "He did a wonderful job in Abu Dhabi [at the young driver test] and we pushed him pretty hard there.We had a few problems with the car, so he had to show a lot of patience and determination - but his race simulation was fantastic and his feedback was first class.That is one day in F1 and he has a lifetime of F1 in front of him. But it will be particularly difficult for him in 2012 because there are only three tests before the season, so that is six days for Charles and six for Timo [Glock].When Charles comes to the grid, he will have had a total of seven days testing: so he has to be prepared to make the most of that running."
3 comentarios:
hola loganf1, buen articulo. ¿tu crees que marusia se separara de hrt con eso de la ayuda de mercedes o sera al reves que a hrt supure a marusia para ir acercandanos a carteham?. yo me conformo que hrt supere a marusia y esten tan cerca de cartehan y se empiezan a poener nerviosos.
por que hrt usa el tunel de viento de mercedes en vez de el tunel de viento de epsilon, si este es el mejor de europa¿?
En primer lugar,gracias por leer el articulo y escribir aquí, un placer.
En segundo lugar, lo de superar a Virgin (Marussia) yo lo veo perfectamente factible.A Lotus quizás sea muy ambicioso,pero no hay que descartar nada de plano y más con nuevo chasis y KERS.Creo que hice un articulo poniendo las posibles opciones de HRT para pelear en parrilla.Pero también hay que tener en cuenta que el resto no se quedarán parados y que en HRT van a reestructura el equipo entero, y entrará mucha gente nueva, así que hay que verlo como preparación a 2013.
Y en tercer lugar, lo de las instalaciones de Epsilon ya lo explicó Luis Pérez Sala...son unas instalaciones buenisimas pero que nunca han construido un F1 y comparativamente son caras si valoramos otras que sí han diseñado ya monoplazas de F1 y que por tanto tienen experiencia en ello.Luis dijo que ahora mismo no estaban preparadas para diseñar un F1, que ocn tiempo sí lo estarían, pero el factor tiempo es algo que no tienen ahora disponible.
Y poco más, sólo esperar a ver cuales son los resultados de todo este tiempo de desarrollo y diseño.A ver que nos sale... ;)
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