PTC Minardi-Ilmor GPWS

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(I have continued the team and renamed it due to the inactivity of the previous owner) PTC Minardi, with the help of new backer HTC, enter the second season of GPWS. The cash was much needed, as the team were struggling for finances and sponsors before HTC came along to buy out the remaining PTC shares. The name still remains PTC Minardi due to a 1 year title sponsorship deal signed by PTC near the end of 2010, when Minardi took full control of the Public Telefonic Company team. Former Ocean Racing tester Karun Chandhok was confirmed near the end of the 2010 season as a race driver for the team, with Paul Tracy only racing at the GP of Australia due to contract commitments. Sometime 2010 racer Nicolas Prost is only confirmed for the following 5 races. The large test/reserve lineup consists of Sam Bird, Nicolas Prost, Esteban Guerrieri, Roldán Rodríguez and Ricardo Risatti. The team use slightly modified Newportman NM-M101 chassis, rebadged as M-HTC1's. The cars are powered by Ilmor badged customer Mercedes V10 engines. Sponsors of the team include Foster's, PTC India, Jaypee Group, JK Tyre (the teams tyre company), Ubisoft and Motegi Racing. #Car #F1 #Formula #Formula_1 #GP #GPworld_series #GPWS #Grand_Prix #Indy #IndyCar #One #race #racing #World_series