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Hispania Racing Team driver Tonio Liuzzi has said that he is going to stay at the team for another year but nothing has been confirmed by the team yet.
Liuzzi claims that his decision will be confirmed after a couple of races and that he still has a lot of options open for the next year.
“For sure there have been a few talks but it is a bit too early to say anything at the moment. People have come to chat with me, but everything is good with HRT and they are happy with me, so at the moment I would say everything is normal.
The team took a lot of time to sign Tonio Liuzzi and since he is driving alongside Daniel Ricciardo and Narain Karthikeyan, it seems that the team needs an experienced driver like him as a result of which, keeping him would not be a surprise.
The Italian driver used to drive for Force India but since Paul di Resta joined the team, he had to leave and now he is hoping of helping HRT improve their performance in the initial stages.
However, the 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix was quite disappointing for Liuzzi as he struggled throughout the race weekend due to some technical issues. However, he is still hoping for some improvement and added that he still believes in the team’s capabilities.
“Over one lap I think our pace is improving and if everything holds together we can beat the Virgins or be really close to them in qualifying,” said Liuzzi.
HRT have not been able to perform up to the mark since their debut back in 2010 as they have been struggling to cope up with their rivals Team Lotus and Virgin Racing Team.
VRT and Team Lotus are pretty much on an even keel but HRT are way behind in terms of pace and they would need to improve their car massively in order to cope up with them.
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