The most dramatic moment of the weekend for HRT came when they decided to replace regular driver Bruno Senna with Sakon Yamamoto.
Senna is expected to return to the car at the next race.
Karun Chandhok | Sakon Yamamoto | |
Qualifying position | 23 | 24 |
Qualifying time comparison (Q1) | 1’36.576 (-0.392) | 1’36.968 |
Race position | 19 | 20 |
Average race lap | 1’42.725 (-0.012) | 1’42.737 |
Laps | 50/52 | 50/52 |
Pit stops | 1 | 1 |
Open lap times interactive chart in new window
Karun Chandhok
Beat his new team mate but was 1.3 seconds off the next fastest car in qualifying:
The race was pretty much as we expected to be honest. We weren’t really in a position to race with others so I pushed early on to open about 15 seconds gap to Sakon.
After the pit stop, I ran over some debris which damaged the barge board and the side pod on my car costing downforce. So after the safety car it was all about just managing the damage and the gap to Sakon.
Karun Chandhok
Compare Karun Chandhok’s form against his team mate in 2010
Sakon Yamamoto
Gained pace as the weekend went on and finished six-tenths of a second behind Chandhok.
Compare Sakon Yamamoto’s form against his team mate in 2010
2010 British Grand Prix
US_Peter (@us_peter)
12th July 2010, 18:22
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned elsewhere yet by anyone, but I cracked up during FP2 on SPEED when David Hobbs called Sakon Yamamoto “Sacks o’ Money-yoto.” Coincidence? I think not. A shame we didn’t get to see how Bruno would have done this weekend.
Kie
12th July 2010, 21:47
I reckon if Klien, Sato or Ant Davidson were behind the wheel HRT would be right in the mix with Virgin and Lotus…
Klien
12th July 2010, 22:46
If I remember right when Klein drove the car he was worth about half a second at least. but someone else will have to confirm that…
The only reason he isn’t in the car has to be money, the alternative could only be stupidity.
steph
12th July 2010, 22:56
Well it was practice so there’s always a chance of different fuel loads and set up work but yes Klien was around half a second quicker
Nixon
14th July 2010, 15:01
I think that Klien really deserves to be in Formula1.
bosyber
15th July 2010, 23:36
I am sort of relieved by Yamamoto’s performance. Sure, it isn’t great, but the car has to take a lot of the blame. As I said before, either the car is so bad at Silverstone that no one can do better, or Chandok is not that good, or maybe Sakon is not that bad. Hm, I still have trouble believing the last one, but maybe he matured. Him gaining pace al through the weekend is a good sign. He can be Senna and Chandok’s white VW beatle car to take over if they falter :)