HRT also did no testing prior to the 1st round of 2010 & were still building the cars through Friday with Bruno Senna only getting a few laps in towards the end of FP2. Karun Chandhok's car wasn't ready until qualifying & he did his 1st laps in the car during Q1 & did a really respectable job given those circumstances.
2011 was similar in that they were still building the cars through the Friday of the 1st race weekend. 2012 however was better as while they didn't take part in any of the testing, They did have the cars ready for a shakedown at Barcelona a few days after the final test had ended & did make it to Melbourne with 2 cars that were ready to run in FP1.
2011 was similar in that they were still building the cars through the Friday of the 1st race weekend. 2012 however was better as while they didn't take part in any of the testing, They did have the cars ready for a shakedown at Barcelona a few days after the final test had ended & did make it to Melbourne with 2 cars that were ready to run in FP1.




Probably more about the Forti-Fords that I remember Damon Hill describing as "they're called Forti as that's how many times you pass them".
