HRT Formula 1 Team
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| Full name | HRT Formula 1 Team (2011–2012) Hispania Racing F1 Team (2010–2011) Campos Meta 1 (2009) |
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| Base | Madrid, Spain |
| Founder(s) |
Adrián Campos José Ramón Carabante |
| Noted staff |
Colin Kolles Geoff Willis Luis Pérez-Sala Daniele Audetto Toni Cuquerella |
| Noted drivers |
 Christian Klien Bruno Senna Narain Karthikeyan Daniel Ricciardo Vitantonio Liuzzi Pedro de la Rosa Sakon Yamamoto
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 58 (56 starts) |
| Engines | Cosworth |
| Constructors' Championships |
0 |
| Drivers' Championships |
0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix |
HRT Formula 1 Team, formerly known as Campos Meta 1 and Hispania Racing, was a Spanish Formula One team founded by former driver Adrián Campos. It was sold to José Ramón Carabante before its debut in 2010, and then to investment group Thesan Capital in July 2011. It was the first Spanish team to race in Formula One; a previous effort known as "Bravo F1" failed to enter the sport in 1993.
In November 2012, HRT's owners announced that they were looking to sell the team. When they were unable to find a buyer before the deadline of 30 November, the team was subsequently omitted from the 2013 entry list.
The team began as a collaboration between Adrián Campos of Campos Racing and Enrique Rodríguez of Meta Image, under the name of Campos Meta. Campos Racing currently runs a team in the European F3 Open Championship and used to run the GP2 Series team known as Addax Team. Campos was running the Formula One operation in conjunction with Meta Image, a Madrid-based sports agency, who managed one of Campos' F3 Open drivers at the time, Bruno Méndez. Campos and Rodríguez began looking at the possibility of creating Spain's first Formula One team in February 2009. In March, the team gained shareholders such as Spanish businessman José Ramón Carabante and basketball players Pau Gasol and Jorge Garbajosa.
The team's headquarters were originally located at Meta Images's offices in Madrid, housing marketing and administration, while its technical centre is located at Campos Racing's headquarters in Alzira, Valencia. In October 2009 the team completed a deal with the local government of the Region of Murcia to build new facilities for the team at the Parque Tecnológico Fuente Álamo science park. Italian constructor Dallara built the 2010 cars in Parma, which used Cosworth engines.
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