HRT F111

HRT F111

The HRT F111 during free practice in Malaysia
Constructor:	HRT F1 team
Designer:	Geoff Willis
Predecessor:	HRT F110
Successor:	HRT F112
Technical specifications
Engine:	Cosworth CA2010
Tires:	Pirelli
Petrol:	BP
statistics
Driver:	22. Narain Karthikeyan 23. Vitantonio Liuzzi 22./23. Daniel Ricciardo
First start:	2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 19th - - -
World Cup points:	-
Podiums:	-
Leadership laps:	-
Status: end of season 2011

The HRT F111 was the second Formula 1 - racing cars of HRT . The car used in the 2011 season was designed by Geoff Willis and Paul White, who made extensive use of supplied components.

technology

Like last year, came eight-cylinder engine of the type CA2011 from Cosworth , the gearbox and the hydraulic were now of Williams taken. According to team director Colin Kolles , the car was "95 percent new"; the technical advisor Geoff Willis, however, spoke in April 2011 of a renewal rate of 80 percent. Regardless of this, observers were of the opinion that the HRT F111 largely corresponded to the predecessor model designed by Dallara , including in the area of ​​the monocoque . KERS was not used.

driver

At the beginning of the season, the Indian Narain Karthikeyan and the Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi formed the driver duo for the F111. After the European Grand Prix , the Australian Daniel Ricciardo took over the cockpit from Karthikeyan.

In the further course of the season Karthikeyan replaced Liuzzi once at the Indian Grand Prix .

2011 season

The season did not start well for HRT. Since the car was only completed very late, the cars were first assembled in the box before the Australian Grand Prix . So could z. B. the new nose developed for the HRT F111 cannot be used because it had not passed the necessary crash tests. The HRT F111 then appeared in Australia with the nose of the HRT F110. Improvisation also had to be made in the area of ​​the suspension. However, both drivers failed in qualifying due to the 107 percent time .

In the second race in Malaysia, both drivers qualified for the race and started from the back row. Neither of the two finished the race - Karthikeyan finished the race after 14 laps with problems with the cooling, Liuzzi gave up eight laps due to damage to the rear wing.

In the following races, the team consolidated and was occasionally able to achieve a better qualifying time with the HRT F111 than the rival team Marussia Virgin .

At the Canadian Grand Prix , Liuzzi finished 13th in a race under difficult weather conditions, which meant the best result of the entire season. Thanks to this placement, they were in eleventh place in the constructors' championship ahead of Virgin at the end of the season.

In total, the HRT F111 took part in 18 of the 19 races. None of the pilots achieved a point placement. An HRT F111 failed eight times, seven of them for technical reasons.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2011																					-	11.
N. Karthikeyan	22nd	DNQ	DNF	23	21st	21st	17th	17th	24									17th
D. Ricciardo										19th	19th	18th	DNF	NC	19th	22nd	19th		DNF	20th
V. Liuzzi	23	DNQ	DNF	22nd	22nd	DNF	16	13	23	18th	DNF	20th	19th	DNF	20th	23	21st		20th	DNF
D. Ricciardo																		18th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : HRT F111  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Motorsport aktuell, special issue "Season 2011: Everything about Formula 1", p. 24.
2. ↑ Message from March 12, 2011 on the website www.motorsport-total.com
3. ↑ Willis enthusiastic about HRT advances: News from April 25, 2011 on the website www.motorsport-total.com .
4. ↑ Message from March 25, 2011 on the website www.motorsport-total.com .
5. ^ "HRT: Without Liuzzi to India" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 9, 2013)
6. ↑ Motorsport aktuell, issue 15/2011, p. 13.