The HRT F1 team's participation in next week's final pre-season test is unclear as it emerged theat the Spanish outfit only passed the mandatory FIA crash test's yesterday, after their car the F112 failed two previous tests. The team had been scheduled to test in Barcelona during this week's outing at the Circuit Du Catalunya however those plan's were put on ice when news broke that the new car had failed initial crash tests.
The final pre-season test gets under way on Thursday in Barcelona and HRT have yet to test their new car at any of the previous two test's so it is crucial that the team get some mileage in the new car before the new season starts in Melbourne in three week's time.
I strongly believe that there should be a cut off point a date by which new cars should be completed as a number of the team's arrived at the first test session in early February with their 2011 cars.HRT are hoping to run their new car for at least two day's next week. The Marussia team are also expected to run their new car next week in Barcelona.
If HRT and Marussia opt to run their new car's it will be the first time in 2012 that all the team's will be present at a test and also the first time that all the 2012 cars will have run together. The test in Barcleona is a crucial one for the team's as it is the last opportunity that they have to rack up extra mileage on their 2012 car's and it also gives them the chance to iron out any teething problems that they have had.
In fact all the team's are expexted to bring major upgrade packages for their cars to the final pre-season test. The team's will only have a short amount of time at the conclusion of the final test on 5th March to bring the car's back to their respective factory's and prepare them for the long journey to Australia. The first lot of team equipment is expected to arrive in Albert Park very soon after the final test.
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