Times are difficult at HRT, but Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa only has good words for his teammate Narain Karthikeyan.
In Australia, both de la Rosa and Karthikeyan failed to comply with the 107% rule, meaning the were excluded from the race. In Valencia, where they stood within 103.4% of the pole, the team had its best qualifying result.
De la Rosa and Karthikeyan both share set-ups, which has prompted the former McLaren driver to rank his current teammate among the "most sincere ones".
"My relationship with Narain is very good," the 41-year-old admits in a team press realse. "There's a lot of sincerity and we both want what’s best for the team."
Having also driven for the likes of Arrows, Jaguar and Sauber, accumulating 93 race starts, de la Rosa is in a good spot to assess the Indian.
"We fight hard on the track but in an honest way and, out of the teammates I’ve had, he’s one of the most sincere ones.
"One of the characteristics of Narain and the engineers is that there is total transparency and no bad intentions, we’re aware that we’re last and if one of us finds something that can improve the car he shares it with the other because the objective is to progress. We’re team players."
In Australia, both de la Rosa and Karthikeyan failed to comply with the 107% rule, meaning the were excluded from the race. In Valencia, where they stood within 103.4% of the pole, the team had its best qualifying result.
De la Rosa and Karthikeyan both share set-ups, which has prompted the former McLaren driver to rank his current teammate among the "most sincere ones".
"My relationship with Narain is very good," the 41-year-old admits in a team press realse. "There's a lot of sincerity and we both want what’s best for the team."
Having also driven for the likes of Arrows, Jaguar and Sauber, accumulating 93 race starts, de la Rosa is in a good spot to assess the Indian.
"We fight hard on the track but in an honest way and, out of the teammates I’ve had, he’s one of the most sincere ones.
"One of the characteristics of Narain and the engineers is that there is total transparency and no bad intentions, we’re aware that we’re last and if one of us finds something that can improve the car he shares it with the other because the objective is to progress. We’re team players."