Toyota aborts HRT collaboration

Kimi sums it up pretty much.

I really hope HRT get their act together in getting money going, but this seems a major blow as thats pretty much their car for next season up in smoke so they will have to develop a new car or modify this seasons which is kind of a bad move given how slow it is. Seems like this could be the start of the end for HRT then :(

HISPANIA "SURPRISED" BY TOYOTA ACTIONS

HRT has expressed its surprise at Toyota's announcement that it has ended a planned technical collaboration with the Spanish team.

With HRT believed to have been on the verge of a deal that would have seen it develop a version of Toyota's planned 2010 car for its own challenger for next season, a statement on Monday said the deal was off.

Toyota cited that HRT had not met its contractual payment deadlines, and the announcement has seen doubt emerge about how the Spanish team will get a car ready for next season.

The outfit has so far remained silent about the implications of the Toyota announcement, but a short statement said: "Hispania Racing is very surprised about Toyota's press statement released this afternoon and this matter will be a subject of further clarification."

HRT began this season with a Dallara-built chassis but it terminated its relationship with the Italian racing car manufacturer early in the campaign.

SOURCE: Autosport

Hah hah this just gets better and better. It sounds like Hispania need to read their email every now and again. This really does sound like the end of this team if they have not got anybody available to design and build a chasis that is competative, test the chasis and modify it where they need to, oh and on a budget of aproximetly 0 pounds now and 0 in the future.

This is sad news really as I really wanted HRT to make another year but if they are allready having problems getting the car even designed never mind actually built and up to spec then they are going to be pretty much not making the grid thus no sponsorship or decent drivers will touch the team so they are stuck in a loosing situation it seems.

Although we will probably never know, I mean was the Toyota ever put on track testing or is it word of mouth?

Although we will probably never know, I mean was the Toyota ever put on track testing or is it word of mouth?Garfield360UK

Simulation running put it equal to, or better than, the Red Bull package.