Will Hispania be using Formtech chassis for 2011

[John S]

Ex Super Aguri tech boss, Mark Preston, stands ready to build car for HRT in Oxfordshire. Lets face it anyone should be able to do a better job than this year's Dallara stinker, and Formtech did a neat job with Super Aguri.    
 
A motor racing company based in England has emerged as a possible solution to HRT’s car predicament for 2011. With the Spanish team having split with both its 2010 and 2011 car suppliers Dallara and Toyota, Hispania is facing the prospect of trying to beat the new 107 per cent qualifying rule with the uncompetitive F110 chassis.

But according to Spanish website f1aldia.com, Formtech Composites could be the UK based company that HRT has fallen back on with less than 90 days to go until Bahrain.
HRT team owner Jose Ramon Carabante said this week that the 2011 car is being built "in Germany and in England".

Oxfordshire based Formtech is headed by Mark Preston, who after serving as Super Aguri’s technical boss acquired the assets of the failed team along with German investors.

The company supplies composites to F1 teams including Renault, Lotus and Toro Rosso, but has also built and run a F1 chassis to current specifications based on the 2006 Super Aguri.

Preston said: "Formtech ... would fit perfectly with Hispania to provide the resources they might need."

With time rapidly running out for HRT ahead of the 2011 season, the Australian added: "If we were able to launch Super Aguri in just 100 days, then almost anything is possible."

Formtech also owns the intellectual property of the defunct Arrows team and confirmed that it could "quickly design and manufacture bespoke solutions in both prototyping and short run production on site."

Nextgen-auto.com, Today.

[cosworth151]

A Super Aguri with a Cosworth engine? I might have to cheer for them! 

I hope it works out.

[Jericoke]

Certainly one good bit in the story:  less than 90 days until Bahrain!

Even if the race itself is going to be a yawn fest... 90 days until the season starts doesn't seem so long at all!

[lkjohnson1950]

There still doesn't seem to be any money there. Does Formtech work on spec?

Lonny

[Williamsfan]

Sounds like good news for HRT then, hopefully it works out.  Super Aguri were quite a nice little team so it would be good to see Formtech back out there too.