HRT: Pit stop problems delay Ricciardo
2011 Indian GP team review
Daniel Ricciardo had to make an extra pit stop after a wheel hub problem.
| Narain Karthikeyan | Daniel Ricciardo | |
| Qualifying position | 24 | 23 |
| Qualifying time comparison (Q1) | 1’30.238 (+0.022) | 1’30.216 |
| Race position | 17 | 18 |
| Laps | 57/60 | 57/60 |
| Pit stops | 2 | 3 |
HRT drivers’ lap times throughout the race (in seconds):
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | |
| Narain Karthikeyan | 107.62 | 100.101 | 97.462 | 96.529 | 96.199 | 95.684 | 96.248 | 95.542 | 95.781 | 97.091 | 95.208 | 94.979 | 95.055 | 95.092 | 94.725 | 94.916 | 94.771 | 94.886 | 94.388 | 95.538 | 94.9 | 99.041 | 116.059 | 94.049 | 95.927 | 95.043 | 94.837 | 93.859 | 93.747 | 93.12 | 93.962 | 93.141 | 94.542 | 92.923 | 92.552 | 93.01 | 92.791 | 93.439 | 93.406 | 93.175 | 93.894 | 92.292 | 92.107 | 91.988 | 96.245 | 92.912 | 94.873 | 97.471 | 94.492 | 96.345 | 115.732 | 93.434 | 95.276 | 92.822 | 94.465 | 92.886 | 93.495 | |||
| Daniel Ricciardo | 107.867 | 98.942 | 96.79 | 95.859 | 95.523 | 95.358 | 95.29 | 95.134 | 95.163 | 94.891 | 94.624 | 94.661 | 94.578 | 96.618 | 94.872 | 94.861 | 94.537 | 94.325 | 94.313 | 94.079 | 94.155 | 94.045 | 93.555 | 93.736 | 96.847 | 116.043 | 94.015 | 93.781 | 99.014 | 97.435 | 96.567 | 97.714 | 136.312 | 93.042 | 94.664 | 92.772 | 93.489 | 93.498 | 92.5 | 95.331 | 94.062 | 92.06 | 92.018 | 91.955 | 91.765 | 91.797 | 93.047 | 91.818 | 91.674 | 94.607 | 91.966 | 93.19 | 92.563 | 93.334 | 94.297 | 94.838 | 122.112 |
Narain Karthikeyan
| Start tyre | Soft |
| Pit stop 1 | Soft 24.046s |
| Pit stop 2 | Hard 23.605s |
The only Indian driver on the grid. He made a one-off return to the car at the expense of Vitantonio Liuzzi. But he took his old car number back, meaning Ricciardo drove number 23.
Karthikeyan moved ahead of his team mate at the start but hit the rear of Jarno Trulli at turn three, damaging his front wing.
He was passed by his team mate on lap two but ended the race ahead of him in 17th, half a second behind Jerome d’Ambrosio.
Karthikeyan said: “It’s an awesome feeling to have completed the first ever Indian Grand Prix and to have been competitive with our main rivals which proved a lot of points.”
Narain Karthikeyan 2011 form guide
Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo, HRT, Buddh International Circuit
| Start tyre | Soft |
| Pit stop 1 | Soft 25.074s |
| Pit stop 2 | Soft 42.529s |
| Pit stop 3 | Hard 28.474s |
Riccairdo pipped Karthikeyan by two-hundredths of a second in qualifying. He lost out to his one-off team mate at the start but re-passed him on the second lap.
He ran until lap 25 on his first set of soft tyres but a problem with the right-rear wheel hub at his first pit stop forced him to make a second visit just seven laps later. As well as the extra pit stop he was stationary for a further 20 seconds.
After a final pit stop for his mandatory change to hard tyres he finished half a minute behind his team mate: “It’s a shame because we had to do an extra pit stop and lost quite a bit of time with that,” he said.
Daniel Ricciardo 2011 form guide
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tasimana said on 31st October 2011, 19:06
The HRT is the worst car on the grid and Daniel or Tonio or anyone else aren’t going to be world beasters in it. Toro Rosso the nexr step to see him progress.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 31st October 2011, 21:24
I thought Karthikeyan’s result might be a little too good to be true. That said, it looks good on paper and to be out of the car for so long and fair up slightly better than previous attempts is still alright.
Doance (@doance) said on 1st November 2011, 3:01
Remember how bad HRT were in Australia? They only had their car ready a week before. Then they couldn’t run it on Friday. So they only had a few laps in P3 before qualifying, where they were obviously going to fail badly.
They’re doing better now I guess.
wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 1st November 2011, 3:11
Karthikeyan should be proud & happy of what he has achieved in this race.
charan said on 1st November 2011, 5:42
here is a good comparision
DR-92.95
NK-92.99
almost as fast as RD.
LawFish (@lawfish) said on 1st November 2011, 14:53
Take a look at the lap time consistency for both HRT drivers, especially toward the end of the race.
Downunderdog (@downunderdog) said on 2nd November 2011, 10:31
I’ve tried to figure that out, but with the colours used it’s hard to work out who’s time is who’s.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 2nd November 2011, 10:35
@downunderdog If you hover over a data point it shows you whose it is. You can also turn off the line you’re not looking at.
Downunderdog (@downunderdog) said on 2nd November 2011, 17:55
Thanks, got it.