Technical Director Jacky Eeckelaert has now left HRT, the Spanish team confirmed to GPUpdate.net as reports began to circulate on Monday morning. The Belgian was originally planned to replace Geoff Willis, although his contract has not been renewed.
“Jacky is no longer working for HRT,” a team spokesperson explained to GPUpdate.net. “His contract finished by the end of January and, following all the restructuring that the team has been going through over the past months, it was decided not to renew it.
“The (new) car is already in the last stages - crash tests and homologation - and it's being supervised by the current Chief Designer Jean-Claude Martens, who has been with the team since September. It is the same situation with Simon Shinkins (Head of Production), who has been replaced by Dave Campbell.”
HRT will be testing in Jerez this week this with its 2011 car. The team – whose two drivers are Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan – intends to roll out its latest contender for the second test in Barcelona, which begins on Thursday 1 March.
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