Narain Karthikeyan is tipped to return to the cockpit of the HRT car this weekend at the Nurburgring.
Despite his sponsor Tata’s ongoing backing of the small Spanish team, Indian Karthikeyan was sidelined earlier this month to make way for Daniel Ricciardo’s Silverstone debut.

HRT has confirmed that the Red Bull-sponsored Australian will once again be racing alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi this weekend in Germany.

But according to the auto.cz website, 34-year-old Karthikeyan – who was at Silverstone to entertain HRT’s VIP guests – will be driving Italian Liuzzi’s car during initial Friday practice at the Nurburgring.

“The Tata Group is very supportive of what I do and that’s all that matters,” Karthikeyan told Reuters last week following criticism by Force India chief Vijay Mallya.

A spokeswoman for HRT told us early on Wednesday: “Narain will continue playing his key role in the team and get in the car when he is required.

“This will be decided in the coming days,” she added.

Team founder Frank Williams and Patrick Head associate themselves with the Austrians took Toto Wolff another partner on board, the former CEO Adam Parr was charged in July with the Presidency of the Formula 1 teams. The generational change at the former World Champion team is thus on track. After difficult times economically, and sporty, it is now to go back uphill.

A key role is played by Parr. The 45-year-old is in the team since 2006 and is now the successor of the now already 68-year-old Frank Williams. Here, Parr has had to painstakingly hineinarbeiten in the Formula 1 world. The Briton had to do until not too long ago with the PS-circus nothing.

“In every single second I think of Williams,” Parr said in an interview with ‘Motorsport-Total.com’. The new Williams-chairman has captured not only within a very short time the Rennbazillus, but in the big business formula one found new challenges elsewhere, it does not exist in this form. “Williams is my life, I love it. I have in my life have made a lot of different things, but now I could not think of anything else.”

The path of the man from Great Britain in the great Formula 1 world is mapped out over many years is anything but. Adam Parr on 26 Born May 1965 in London. “A very special date,” he laughs. “Back then there was the important fight of Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, who was terminated after just two minutes. My father has watched the fight live at night for two on television.”

The family holds no ready Motorsport genes for the pupil. On the contrary: In the youth Parr is in the course of the separation of their parents rather little disoriented. Young Adam is growing up with his mother and stepfather, is adopted by him and gets the surname Parr. With his “new family”, he moves to Northamtonshire goes in Brackley – where the present-Mercedes Formula 1 factory – is in school.

Parr changes later on the legendary Eton College. “This was a great time, and I also have an interesting year at that time caught,” he says. “Boris Johnson was there with me, who is mayor of London today. Abhisit Vejjajiva was in my class who has managed to become Prime Minister in Thailand. And the current British Prime Minister David Cameron was also there. What a year …”

In June 2009, the next change followed in the Unternehmsstruktur. An Austrian went to the big stage. “Was added as Toto Wolff, we had to restructure something.” The passionate “Petrol Head” from Austria is third partner with Frank Williams and Patrick Head. “Frank has the majority and he has everything under control. Patrick and Toto have compared rather smaller holdings, but even as a minority owner of course they have certain rights.”

The Board will be filled in July 2010 new. From now Parr leads the race team – at least nominally. He bears the responsibility as Chairman mixes, but by no one in all areas of daily operations. “My job was from the beginning rather the financial, legal and the political side of the business. We have the new division of responsibilities clearly communicated because it is in my view, very important that people know who they are dealing with us have. ”

“There must be outward always clear who has what skills. When quick decisions are required, then you know to whom you have contact,” said the businessman. “When I spoke with Frank very beginning, I asked him, ‘Frank, you’ve worked with huge companies such as Canon or Renault. Where these companies the biggest difference to your team?” He then said: ‘Obviously: the decision-making. The are outlined more clearly in such companies. ”

At that time the Williams decision paths were difficult to follow. This should change quickly under the leadership of Parr. “If you have even a comparatively small Formula 1 team such a confused decision-making authority, then that is bad. It is bad if people know how Jean Todt or the media does not know who has what to say.” Therefore quickly clear boundaries were installed.
On the level of world champions

“Frank is certain things I’ll never learn. This is true for Patrick or Michael for Sam as well. Everyone has his Department, who is with us now defined very clearly,” says Parr, the new division at Williams. “I had to provide as chairman that the company is pursuing the right strategy. I have to implement this strategy alone, but because all are involved. But I must ensure that all necessary means for implementation are available. We need the right people the right tools. “

Toro Rosso on Thursday announced it will keep the same driver lineup in 2011.

2010 is Swiss 21-year-old Sebastien Buemi’s second full season in formula one, while Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari made his debut with the Faenza based team last July.

“I believe our drivers will be well prepared for 2011, which is why they are both confirmed for next year,” team boss Franz Tost said.

“It is also logical, because one key role of Scuderia Toro Rosso is to bring on young drivers from the Red Bull young driver programme and at the ages of 21 and 20 respectively, both Seb and Jaime certainly still meet the right criteria,” he added.