Yamamoto set to keep HRT seat

Date published : 03 Sep 2010 - 12:25:40

Sakon Yamamoto looks set to retain his Hispania race seat for the foreseeable future, after team principal Colin Kolles said he saw no reason to make any changes to the Spanish squad's driver line-up.Yamamoto had his first outing with the team standing in for Bruno Senna at Silverstone, and has since taken over Karun Chandhok's car.Chandhok had originally been expected to return to his race seat after the summer break, but in a Q&A issued by Hispania, Kolles said he had been impressed by Yamamoto's progress and was content with the current pairing.I think that both drivers are doing a good job, he said.We had the best qualifying result in Spa so far and Sakon's lap times were at the same level as [Heikki] Kovalainen's and [Timo] Glock's in the race.I think there is no reason to make any changes so far.Kolles added that Hispania's staff were doing a fantastic job given the team's late gestation and lack of pre-season testing.He said he was encouraged the team had managed to secure some new sponsors of late, but admitted it continues to face financial challenges.Obviously this is a positive sign but we have to work hard to get as much sponsorship as possible for 2011, he said.With more sponsors on board the situation is improving.In F1 you need a lot of support and this is what we are trying to achieve.