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[nish2280]

Fantastic practice from them! They came...not last?

[Robert12010]

Fantastic practice from them! They came...not last?

virgin was last omg!

[Hammer278]

There was also a Virgin 1 second faster than the Lotus'....at home ground too. They better have had serious issues to be a SECOND slower than Virgin.

[vlad]

And yes, HRT is the only car that stalls while running over kerbs... I couldn't believe it...

[myownalias]

And yes, HRT is the only car that stalls while running over kerbs... I couldn't believe it...

We cant read much into that; I believe the same thing happened to a McLaren a few years back, probably some sort of faulty safety cut out!

[acosmichippo]

yay HRT!

[Hammer278]

HRT managed to get in on a circuit which is one of the longest in the calendar - job done.

Onwards and upwards!

[Jensonb]

Comfortably through. Nice work HRT

[vlad]

Nicelly done! I even think that Liuzzi can be better than Virgin drivers...

[Robert12010]

well this weekend, despite the problems, they still managed to qualify, thats better,what we want to see

[myownalias]

It's great that they qualified; now let's see if they can finish the race; between engine cut off switch failures and smoking HRT's; it may be tough to finish the race but it's good progress! If they could organise themselves better and find stable funding; they could possibly beat Lotus to be the first of the new teams to break into midfield obscurity.

[Jensonb]

It's great that they qualified; now let's see if they can finish the race; between engine cut off switch failures and smoking HRT's; it may be tough to finish the race but it's good progress! If they could organise themselves better and find stable funding; they could possibly beat Lotus to be the first of the new teams to break into midfield obscurity.

Don't count on it.

[myownalias]

It's great that they qualified; now let's see if they can finish the race; between engine cut off switch failures and smoking HRT's; it may be tough to finish the race but it's good progress! If they could organise themselves better and find stable funding; they could possibly beat Lotus to be the first of the new teams to break into midfield obscurity.

Don't count on it.

Despite all Lotus' ambition; they aren't much better than they were last season; HRT seems to have made the biggest improvement despite not having a budget to run a F1 team!

[Robert12010]

It's great that they qualified; now let's see if they can finish the race; between engine cut off switch failures and smoking HRT's; it may be tough to finish the race but it's good progress! If they could organise themselves better and find stable funding; they could possibly beat Lotus to be the first of the new teams to break into midfield obscurity.

Don't count on it.

Despite all Lotus' ambition; they aren't much better than they were last season; HRT seems to have made the biggest improvement despite not having a budget to run a F1 team!

well its incredible that they are still even in existance, and i think with regards to lotus, they will need to start showing their potential soon and esp when the new diffuser arrives in barcelona

[Denthúl]

It's great that they qualified; now let's see if they can finish the race; between engine cut off switch failures and smoking HRT's; it may be tough to finish the race but it's good progress! If they could organise themselves better and find stable funding; they could possibly beat Lotus to be the first of the new teams to break into midfield obscurity.

Don't count on it.

Despite all Lotus' ambition; they aren't much better than they were last season; HRT seems to have made the biggest improvement despite not having a budget to run a F1 team!

The gap between Kovalainen and the fastest Q1 time was 1.9s, which is a huge improvement from last year, where the times tended to be four, five and six seconds!