Hispania team principal Colin Kolles says he is confident that his team will overhaul their closest competitors, Virgin and Team Lotus, at his weekend’s Turkish GP.
The Romanian believes the track characteristics will suit their F111, which will feature several aerodynamic and mechanical updates.
“I believe that the Turkish Grand Prix should see Hispania Racing take the next step,” he said with confidence. “Istanbul Park is a track that, due to its nature, should be favourable for us, add to that the fact that we have aerodynamic and mechanical updates for this race and I think that, if the data is confirmed on track, we should be able to beat our closest rivals.”
It may be difficult to beat them in qualifying he admitted, rather the aim is to overtake them during the race.
“Our aim for the weekend is to close the gap with respect to our closest competitors in qualifying and fight for positions in the race, hopefully getting both cars over the finish line.
“Hispania Racing has made significant progress since the start of the season, we are working very hard to improve and definitely will improve.”
Kolles added that he expects another close race with Red Bull out ahead, although ‘anything can happen’.
“I think that, due to the tyre situation, we should see a very close race, anything is possible. In terms of speed, Red Bull is ahead but you never know what will happen.”
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