Spanish Formula 1 team HRT have announced they are considering a future name change, as the team continues to evolve after successfully moving into their new headquarters in Madrid. This would be the teams third name change, after making their debut back in 2010.
Initially, once the team announced plans to enter Formula 1 in late 2009, they were known as Campos Meta. This name was a combination of the teams initial founding members Adrían Campos of Campos Racing and Enrique Rodríguez of Meta Image, a Madrid-based sports agency.
However, as financial troubles gripped the team prior to their debut, majority shareholder José Ramón Carabante took full control of the team and rebranded them as the Hispania Racing Team (HRT). In 2011, Luis Perez-Sala joined the team and eventually replaced Colin Kolles as team principal at HRT. Around that time, the Spanish outfit dropped the Hispania Racing Team title, and are now known only as the HRT F1 Team. Although this could change once again in the future, as the team continue their reconstruction.
"We are thinking about that [name change]," said Luis Perez-Sala in an interview with AutoSport. "But no decision has been taken about changing the name. Now, we are HRT. In the future we will see. There is no plan at the moment but it is true that we are thinking about it."
HRT are set to make Spanish F1 history this weekend, as they run an all-Spanish line-up on Friday morning’s practice session in a Spanish car at the Spanish Grand Prix. This will see reserve driver Dani Clos team-up with fellow countryman and F1 veteran Pedro de la Rosa.
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