HRT has made a real improvement after their slow start. The team is now comfortably within the 107% margin every race. For the next race HRT's Vitantonio Liuzzi thinks that, considering Spain is their home Grand Prix, they have a great chance to show everybody what they can do: "The Spanish Grand Prix is the best opportunity to show the world and the fans that Hispania Racing is putting a lot of effort into the team, now and for the future, and is on the right path for success. Barcelona is also an important race because we're at a stage in the Championship where you start to see the real pace of all the teams as pretty much everyone has some upgrades and you can judge better everyone's pace."

Although the team hasn't made a huge impact so far Liuzzi is hopeful they can impress at Barcelona: "If we're able to get all the updates we were planning then I think we'll make a big step forward and might even impress quite a few people. Everything is going in the right direction, if we keep progressing and working as the team has until now then I’m sure we’ll have a bright future."

"It's great to race in a home grand prix because the support from the crowd gives you a real boost," says Liuzzi. "It's a great feeling to see people who appreciate your job. I also have good memories from this circuit from when I won in F3000 in the year 2004. The Circuit de Catalunya is a great facility. DRS has changed the face of racing with overtaking being much easier now so we’ll probably see an exciting race this year."

Last year both HRT cars had to retire because of an accident and a suspension failure. Liuzzi, who drove for Force India, also had to stop his car but was classified as 15th.