Hispania have become the final Formula 1 team to unveil their 2011 car, on the penultimate day of pre-season testing.
The team, who were new to the sport in 2010 and were the slowest on the grid, hope to take a step forward.
The new car has been designed by a team led by Geoff Willis, a highly experienced F1 engineer formerly with Williams, Honda and Red Bull.
Team boss Colin Kolles said the car was unable to test on Friday because some parts were held up at customs.
That means the car will have only a day's testing before the start of the season in Australia on 27 March.
Driver Vitantonio Liuzzi, who joins as team-mate to Indian Narain Karthikeyan after being dropped by Force India, said: "What makes us think that we are in good shape is that also last year, with critical conditions, the team was really reliable and the car was really reliable. And it was just a problem of speed.
"On the downforce side we are already much better than last year so we just have to hope that in terms of reliability we can copy the performance of last year.
"So, I have to say that I was surprised because there were some good people in the team who understand a lot about F1 - technicians, and engineers. It makes things more promising.
"We just need to work twice as hard at the beginning because for sure we have to understand the car quicker (than others).
Karthikeyan added: "Obviously we are going to get very limited time in the car. We are under no illusion that Australia will definitely be tough... the reliability is going to be the biggest question mark for now."
from bbc sport
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