Interview with Hispania’s Colin Kolles

Hispania Racing was officially classified as the second best of Formula 1’s trio of new teams in the 2010 campaign although Team Principal Colin Kolles admits that ultimate results did not satisfy pre-season expectations. The Romanian shares his opinions ahead of the Christmas break.

How would you describe Hispania Racing’s first year in Formula 1?

It was a difficult year but we were the most reliable new team. I think the only reason why we didn’t finish tenth is that teams like Lotus and Virgin had more experienced drivers over the whole season. I think that in testing we showed quite a good performance in relation to the other new teams.

Hispania showed a good improvement. How can this help for 2011 and how will the experience help next year?

We improved over the season. Reliability was the first objective. We learnt a lot and hope that from now on we can concentrate more on improving the performance.

What is the actual situation of the team and what can you say about the car for the 2011 season? What is being done over the winter?

We are working to have a better package than last year. From my point of view the season was not as good as we would have liked it to be, in terms of performance, and this has to improve – obviously this depends on a lot of factors but we’re working to achieve our goals.

What do you think about Williams F1 and Cosworth being your suppliers next year?

It can’t be wrong to have a package which has already proven to be in Q3 qualifying on a regular basis.

What are your objectives for the new season?

To stabilize the team and to improve its performance.