HRT F1

HRT F1 (previously Campos Meta F1 and Hispania Racing Team) were a Formula One team which competed from 2010 to 2012. In these three seasons, the team entered 58 Grands Prix, failing to qualify for two. They scored no points, finishing in the bottom two consistently in the Constructors' World Championship. They currently hold the record for the most Grand Prix starts (56) without scoring a point.

History[]

2010[]

The team first entered the sport in 2010; along with Lotus Racing, Virgin Racing, and USF1. They were originally entered as Campos Meta, owned by Adrián Campos; however, due to financial difficulties, Campos had sold the team to Colin Kolles, and the team was renamed Hispania Racing Team. For the 2010 season, the team signed Bruno Senna (nephew of three time champion Ayrton Senna), and Indian Karun Chandhok. However, after the British Grand Prix, Chandhok was replaced by Sakon Yamamoto, and then by Christian Klien for Singapore, Brazil, and Abu Dhabi.

Despite being the slowest of the new teams, the were slightly more reliable, and managed to finish higher than Virgin, due to more 14th place finishes.

2011[]

For the 2011 season, the team had a complete different lineup, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan.

2012[]

In 2012 the team retained Narain Karthikeyan, and signed Pedro de la Rosa.

Throughout the season, the team was in doubt over finances. Ahead of the 2013 season, HRT F1 were omitted from the provisional entry list as the team were looking for a buyer in time for the new season. In December 2012, having failed to find a buyer, it was announced that the team had gone into liquidation.

Key Personnel[]

Team Owner[]

Jose Ramon Carabante (2010–2012)

Team Principals[]

Colin Kolles (2010–2011)
Luis Perez-Sala (2012)

Technical Director[]

Luca Pignacca (2010–2012)

Career History[]

Year	Car	Engine	Tyres	No.	Drivers	Rnds	WCC Results	Test Drivers	Report
2010	F110	Cosworth	B	20 20/21 20 21	Karun Chandhok Sakon Yamamoto Christian Klien Bruno Senna	1–10 10–14, 16–17 15, 18–19 1–9, 11–19	11th (0 pts)	Christian Klien Sakon Yamamoto Karun Chandhok Pastor Maldonado Davide Valsecchi Josef Kral	Report
2011	F111	Cosworth	P	22 22/23 23	Narain Karthikeyan Daniel Ricciardo Vitantonio Luizzi	1–8, 17 9–19 1–16, 18–19	11th (0 pts)	Narain Karthikeyan Jan Charouz Dani Clos Nathanaël Berton	Report
2012	F112	Cosworth	P	22 23	Pedro de la Rosa Narain Karthikeyan	All All	12th (0 pts)	Dani Clos Vitantonio Luizzi Ma Qing Hua	Report

HRT Grand Prix Driver Count[]

Name	Duration	Grand Prix Starts
Narain Karthikeyan	2011-2012	27
Pedro de la Rosa	2012	19
Bruno Senna	2010	18
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2011	17
Daniel Ricciardo	2011	11
Karun Chandhok	2010	10
Sakon Yamamoto	2010	7
Christian Klien	2010	3

Complete Formula One results[]

Main article: HRT F1/Results

Notes[]

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Teams and Drivers

2010 Teams and Drivers
Teams	McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Ferrari • Williams • Renault • Force India • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • BMW Sauber • Virgin
Engines	Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Button • 2 Hamilton • 3 Schumacher • 4 Rosberg • 5 Vettel • 6 Webber • 7 Massa • 8 Alonso • 9 Barrichello • 10 Hülkenberg • 11 Kubica • 12 Petrov • 14 Sutil • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Buemi • 17 Alguersuari • 18 Trulli • 19 Kovalainen • 20 Chandhok • 20/21 Yamamoto • 20 Klien • 21 Senna • 22 De la Rosa • 22 Heidfeld • 23 Kobayashi • 24 Glock • 25 Di Grassi
Other Drivers	Paffett • Hartley • Ricciardo • Coulthard • Fisichella • Badoer • Gené • Bottas • Tung • D'Ambrosio • Charouz • Di Resta • Fauzy • Soucek • Razia

2011 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin
Engines	Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio
Other Drivers	Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs

2012 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia
Engines	Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic
Other Drivers	Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota

V T E	HRT F1
Notable Drivers Chandhok · Karthikeyan · De la Rosa · Ricciardo · Senna
Personnel Adrián Campos · José Ramón Carabante · Luis Pérez-Sala · Colin Kolles
Cars F110 · F111 · F112

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