From GMM
The next private test for 2011 F1 tyre supplier Pirelli will also be in Bahrain.
With the 2009 Toyota and delayed for a day by a sandstorm, test drivers Romain Grosjean and Pedro de la Rosa recently tested at the Sakhir track over five days.
"There's still some work to do, but we can head into 2011 with confidence," said the marque's racing boss Paul Hembery.
The German-language Speed Week reports that after doing 3000 kilometres in Bahrain before Christmas, Pirelli will be back at the desert island on January 9 and 10 before immediately moving to Abu Dhabi for three more test days.
The F1 teams will then do their first group test of 2011 on Pirelli tyres at Valencia from 1 February.
Meanwhile, HRT, who will be running this first group session, confirmed that its 2011 car will not be present for the start of the official pre-season test period.
El Mundo Deportivo newspaper reports that the single seater in action will be HRT's Dallara-built 2010 car.
The report said the main reason HRT will not have its 2011 car at Cheste is because the team wants to evaluate a range of potential race drivers for next season.
HRT recently split with its 2011 car supplier Toyota, with Carabante revealing that a Cosworth-powered chassis is being designed by Geoff Willis "partly in Germany and partly in England and it will be ready".
The next private test for 2011 F1 tyre supplier Pirelli will also be in Bahrain.
With the 2009 Toyota and delayed for a day by a sandstorm, test drivers Romain Grosjean and Pedro de la Rosa recently tested at the Sakhir track over five days.
"There's still some work to do, but we can head into 2011 with confidence," said the marque's racing boss Paul Hembery.
The German-language Speed Week reports that after doing 3000 kilometres in Bahrain before Christmas, Pirelli will be back at the desert island on January 9 and 10 before immediately moving to Abu Dhabi for three more test days.
The F1 teams will then do their first group test of 2011 on Pirelli tyres at Valencia from 1 February.
Meanwhile, HRT, who will be running this first group session, confirmed that its 2011 car will not be present for the start of the official pre-season test period.
El Mundo Deportivo newspaper reports that the single seater in action will be HRT's Dallara-built 2010 car.
The report said the main reason HRT will not have its 2011 car at Cheste is because the team wants to evaluate a range of potential race drivers for next season.
HRT recently split with its 2011 car supplier Toyota, with Carabante revealing that a Cosworth-powered chassis is being designed by Geoff Willis "partly in Germany and partly in England and it will be ready".