Ive done the math, and personally to think now there should be a rule where teams have to complete 4 days testing before they can compete in the championship. This way it stops situations like this. Id also make it that teams have to have at least 2 chassis fully shaken down as well. Id also like to see the teams that get put out in Q1 have to wait for the Q3 pole time to see if they can get in as well.
The math ive done is that PdlR is 10.004% off pole and Narain Karthikeyan is 10.179% off pole. When the top 20 are within 4.8% of each other id say the teams from the top to Caterham have all made progress, however Marussia have made some progress, but are in a simmilar posistion to Hispania.
The F112 is a car still in the rough, there is problems with it. It is still an unfinished launch spec, it also has mechanichal issues as well. Once it has got theese sorted i think the car wont be so bad, however i feel they are lacking direction. This is looking to be a hard year, a year that i think that will see Hispania struggle with the 107% thru the year.
Untill they get a experienced TD and a decent anough design team in place i think they will constantly struggle. I just dont understand why they went to Madrid and didnt do to the old Epsilon facility that has the space and facility they need to develop the car in house, with their own CFD and Tunnel team.
However they have improved to last year as here is last years times and % to Pole, however have looked to be in slight decline to the 2010 car, and that did not change all that year, just 2 small updates were dont to that car, the wing mirrors and the paint scheme.
F111 in 2011:
Vitantonio Liuzzi - 92.978 seconds = 11.312%
Narain Karthikeyan - 94.293 seconds = 12.887%
F112 in 2012:
Pedro de la Rosa - 93.495 seconds = 10.004%
Narain Karthikeyan - 93.643 seconds = 10.179%
F110 in 2010:
Bruno Senna - 90.526 seconds = 7.873%
Karun Chandhok - 90.613 seconds = 7.977%
All arround Albert Park.
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Just didn't bother to do so, so I've written 'around 15' 
HRT are nowhere near as bad.
Indeed, must dig that out and have another read. Poor ol'Perry. To have the worst team in history screw you over as your only break in F1 must be galling. He deserved better.
