De Silvestro to stay on with HVM
Simona de Silvestro will remain with HVM Racing for the 2011 IndyCar Series season after her highly promising rookie campaign with Keith Wiggins' squad
The highlights of the 22-year-old Swiss driver's debut season were top 10 runs at Edmonton - where she qualified seventh but was punted out in the race - and Lexington, where she finished eighth. HVM tended to struggle for speed on the ovals, though, and de Silvestro lost out to Alex Lloyd in the rookie of the year contest.
"We had a lot of ups and downs, but there were a lot of really good ups I believe," de Silvestro said. "We were running up front with the big guys at a couple of races, and going into the season I didn't expect that at all because we might be the smallest team out there."
Team boss Keith Wiggins said de Silvestro's performances had brightened an extremely tough season for his squad, a multiple winner in Champ Car, and he was determined to come back stronger in 2011.
"When we started this season we could not have anticipated the challenges we would face, both financially and on track, with incidents and equipment damage," he said. "However, we could not also have anticipated the development of Simona in such a short period. The team and driver showed what is possible.
"Now it is time to put 2010 behind us and do the job properly in 2011. This team knows how to win and we are focused on getting the right package together to move forward."
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