HRT

Hispania

FIA Entry: HRT F1 Team
Car 22: Narain Karthikeyan
Car 23: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Engin:e Cosworth V8
Team Principal: Colin Kolles
Technical Director: Geoff Willis
Race Engineer Car 22: Angel Baena
Race Engineer Car 23 Richard Connell

Stats as of end 2010

First Entered 2010
Races Entered 19
Race Wins 0
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
Driver World Championships 0
Constructor World Championships 0

Campos Racing

Having run cars in lower formulae former F1 driver Adrian Campos secured one of the 3 places for new teams in F1 for 2010. He commissioned Dallara to build a chassis and signed a deal to use Cosworth engines and Xtrac gearboxes. They also announced that Bruno Senna, nephew of Ayrton, would drive for them.

Struggling for funds, especially to pay for the Dallara Chassis, Campos was bought out by major shareholder in Campos Racing Jose Ramon Carabante and the team renamed Hispania Racing Team

HRT

The team’s financial problems meant they were unable to take part in any pre-season testing and arrived at the first race with Karun Chandhok partnering Senna in completely untried cars. Unsurprisingly both cars were somewhat off the pace and retired early on. By Malaysia reliability had improved, if not speed, and both cars finished.

Continuing financial problems meant both Senna and Chandhok were substituted for Sakon Yamamoto, at various races and at the end of the season Christian Klien was drafted in to try and move the team further up the grid. Despite their poor pace the team finished 11th out of 12 in the Constructors Championship on count back of minor placing’s.

2011

Financial problems continue to dog the team into 2011 and they again missed pre-season testing as the new F111 car wasn’t built in time. Jordan driver from 2005 Narain Karthikeyan is partnered by Force India refugee Vitantonio Liuzzi and the team continue with Cosworth engines.

 

[Brogan]

A change of line up at HRT next season?

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/ma-signs-for-hrt/

 

[RasputinLives]

I kinda saw that one coming. A lot of chinese sponsorship to sweep up for a little team.

 

[gethinceri]

He's done nothing so far, can't see him dazzling many other teams so well done HRT for attracting the money and hard luck for having to put up with another mediocre driver as the reciprocal.

 

[Brogan]

He can't be any worse than Karthikeyan, can he?

Anyway, HRT have denied this report, although that doesn't mean much these days.
So who knows?

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Yes. He can be worse than Karthikeyan.

 

[Jos the Boss]

He looked painfully slow in the Practice sessions, but I hope that's just practice

 

[teabagyokel]

He can't be any worse than Karthikeyan, can he?

Yuji Ide.

 

[RasputinLives]

Yamamoto?

 

[downforce]

Just out of interest roughly how much do HRT drivers pay in sponsorship?

 

[Slyboogy]

A fiver.

 

[downforce]

Just had a look at this ma quing huas motorsport career, all I can see is the chinease touring car championship must be very easy to win, I might have a go myself

 

[Josh]

HRT is apparently put up for sale

 

[Greenlantern101]

My prediction ITS COMING TRUE.

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/2012-predictions.4432/#post-102381

Now all I need is for a rich Russian to buy it.

 

[RasputinLives]

My prediction ITS COMING TRUE.

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/2012-predictions.4432/#post-102381

Well.....I guess 3 out of 16 ain't bad

Well it was noted that the company who bought HRT specialise in buying companies, increasing their value and then selling them on for a profit. How can HRTs value have increased I hear you ask? Well they now have their own base and complete set up to sell along with the team. Smart business obviously decided they couldn't push them up the grid so better increase the value elsewhere!

I'm expecting a shady Chinese buy-out my self with a possibley amphebian DNA fueled super-car to follow.

 

[Greenlantern101]

RasputinLives time for a few more yet

A Chinese F1 team.... can't see it. Don't know why just seems unlikely.

 

[FB]

MG F1?

 

[RasputinLives]

Daewoo?

 

[Bill Boddy]

Robin Reliant? Team Principal Del Boy?

 

[The Pits]

Apologies for getting all gethinceri on you Bill Boddy but the name of the company is Reliant, and the car was the Robin, therefore the car is actually a Reliant Robin. Specifically in only fools and horses, the car was a Reliant Regal van.

I do however feel that the company would make a good fit in F1 with HRT.

 

[Brogan]

Totally off topic but in keeping with the previous posts, when I was 17, my boss gave me a lift in his rather decrepit Reliant Robin.
When I was getting out, a very strong wind caught the door and ripped it clean off the car

As far as disappointing teams go though, I would say Caterham are at least on par with HRT, if not worse.
Every other race we seem to hear how Caterham are going to make that big breakthrough, but never do.

A topic for another thread perhaps.