Hispania Racing F1 Team

History in F1

The Hispania Racing Team, formerly known as HRT-Cosworth, is Spain’s F1 team and is debuted in the 2010 season. The team began its role in F1 as Team Campos Meta, a collaboration between retired F1-driver, Adrian Campos and Enrique Rodriguez of Meta Image. Although the team went through some financial difficulties, it now has secure backing through Jose Ramon Carabante, a Spanish businessman. The team will retain Bruno Senna as its test and reserve driver for the 2011 F1 Season. This team still has a lot to prove this season, with no F1 points or wins to date.

Information

The team had great difficulty in the 2010 Season, with both drivers retiring from three races and one driver retiring from seven races. That is a lot of unfinished races in a season. Mechanical difficulties seemed to plague the team in 2010 and hopefully they will be able to overcome this in 2011. For 2011, the team has changed both its drivers, letting Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna go. By hiring two more experienced drivers, hopefully they will have a better track record for 2011.

Technical Details & Statistics

Last season Hispania Racing was using the F110 chassis, which was developed especially for them by Italian chassis maker, Dallara. Since then, the team has split from Dallara, but will be using the F111 chassis and the Cosworth CA2011 engine this season.

Base: Madrid (Spain)
Team Principal: Colin Kollles
Main drivers: Narain Karthikeyan & Vitantonio Liuzzi (Karun Chandhok & Bruno Senna
Engine: Cosworth CA2011
Chassis: F111
Debut F1 Season: 2010
World Championship Titles: 0
Highest race finish: 14 (x1)
Pole Position: 0
Fastest lap times: 0

Drivers

Driver 1: Narain Kathikeyan

Indian Narain Kathikeyan replaces fellow countryman Karun Chandhok for the 2011 F1 Season. His F1 experience dates back to 2005, when Kathikeyan drove for Jordan and in 2006-2007 as a test driver for Williams. Since then, Kathikeyan has been in NASCAR. His best career finish was 4th in the US Grand Prix in 2005, earning him his five career F1 points. It will be interesting to see how NASCAR racing will help or impede Kathikeyan in F1.

Driver Statistics:

Nationality: India
Date of Birth: 14 January 1977
World Championship Titles: 0
Number of Grand Prix won: 0
Pole Positions: 0
Career Points: 5
Podiums: 0

Driver 2: Vitantonio Liuzzi

Vitantonio Liuzzi’s first F1 Grand Prix race was the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix and he had driven for teams Red Bull Racing, Torro Rosso and since 2009 for Force India. In 2011, Liuzzi switches to Hispania Racing, perhaps a shot for the team to get a more experienced driver. For the 2010 F1 Season, Liuzzi scored 21 points, putting him in 15th place. It will be interesting to see what he can do for Hispania Racing.

Driver Statistics:

Nationality: Italy
Date of Birth: 6 August 1981
World Championship Titles: 0
Number of Grand Prix won: 0
Pole Positions: 0
Career Points: 26
Podiums: 0