Yamamoto retains HRT seat for the forseeable future
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Sadly looks as though Karun will be out for the rest of the year. Sakon must be bringing in some serious wonga...
autosport.com said:
Yamamoto to retain Hispania seat
By Jonathan Noble Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 16:55 GMT
Sakon YamamotoColin Kolles has confirmed that Sakon Yamamoto is to remain at HRT for the foreseeable future.
Yamamoto was originally drafted in as a one-off at the British Grand Prix as replacement for Bruno Senna, but since then he has filled in for Karun Chandhok in the other seat.
And after suggestions in Belgium that Yamamoto will now see out the season, team principal Kolles has said that he sees no reason to replace the Japanese.
"I think that both drivers are doing a good job," explained Kolles. "We had the best qualifying result in Spa so far and Sakon's lap times were at the same level as Kovalainen's and Glock's in the race. I think there is no reason to make any changes so far."
Kolles said he was encouraged by the sponsor interest his team was gaining, and he is upbeat about its future.
"With more sponsors on board the situation is improving," he said. "As I mentioned before, in F1 you need a lot of support and this is what we are trying to achieve.
"Obviously this is a positive sign but we have to work hard to get as much sponsorship as possible for 2011."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86326By Jonathan Noble Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 16:55 GMT
Sakon YamamotoColin Kolles has confirmed that Sakon Yamamoto is to remain at HRT for the foreseeable future.
Yamamoto was originally drafted in as a one-off at the British Grand Prix as replacement for Bruno Senna, but since then he has filled in for Karun Chandhok in the other seat.
And after suggestions in Belgium that Yamamoto will now see out the season, team principal Kolles has said that he sees no reason to replace the Japanese.
"I think that both drivers are doing a good job," explained Kolles. "We had the best qualifying result in Spa so far and Sakon's lap times were at the same level as Kovalainen's and Glock's in the race. I think there is no reason to make any changes so far."
Kolles said he was encouraged by the sponsor interest his team was gaining, and he is upbeat about its future.
"With more sponsors on board the situation is improving," he said. "As I mentioned before, in F1 you need a lot of support and this is what we are trying to achieve.
"Obviously this is a positive sign but we have to work hard to get as much sponsorship as possible for 2011."
Richard-G said:
i know cash is key but karun has been the most consistant finisher out of the new teams, surely he is in demand?
You've answered your own question. Only if he has the backing to get in the car, which, if HRT are as cash strapped as we're led to believe (not exactly hard to presume otherwise, is it?!) then Yamamoto has more credit available to go play at being a F1 driver.Racefan_uk said:
Richard-G said:
i know cash is key but karun has been the most consistant finisher out of the new teams, surely he is in demand?
You've answered your own question. Only if he has the backing to get in the car, which, if HRT are as cash strapped as we're led to believe (not exactly hard to presume otherwise, is it?!) then Yamamoto has more credit available to go play at being a F1 driver.You heard it here first.
IforB said:
With Chandok just having driven the Red Bull machine in Korea, is there any chance of him ending up in one od the RedBull seats next year?
Did he?Even so, there is almost no chance. RBR has two very good drivers, and STR has two reasonably fast ones. The Red Bull stable is pretty... stable, at the moment.
Karun would have better luck with Force India. Personally, it would tickle me to see him replace Michael Schumacher at Mercedes GP, but that's probably unrealistic in the extreme.
Jungles said:
IforB said:
With Chandok just having driven the Red Bull machine in Korea, is there any chance of him ending up in one od the RedBull seats next year?
Did he?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula...
I hope he does drive an F1 car again. Whatever team it is.
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