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Campos Meta 1 is a Spanish Formula One team granted entry to the 2010 Formula One season, founded by former driver Adrián Campos.
History
Formation
Campos Meta began as a collaboration between Adrián Campos of Campos Racing and Enrique Rodríguez of Meta Image. Campos Racing currently runs a team in the European F3 Open Championship and used to run the GP2 Series team now known as Addax Team. Campos was running the Formula One operation in conjunction with Meta Image, a Madrid-based sports agency,[1] 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.[2] In March, the team gained shareholders such as Spanish businessman José Ramón Carabante and basketball players Pau Gasol and Jorge Garbajosa.[2]
Campos Meta's headquarters are in Madrid, housing marketing and administration, and its technical centre is located at Campos Racing's current headquarters in Valencia. Italian constructor Dallara will build the cars, which will use Cosworth engines.[3]
On June 12, Campos Meta were named by the FIA as one of three new teams granted entry to the 2010 season, along with US F1 Team and Manor Grand Prix.
On the weekend of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Campos confirmed that Bruno Senna, the nephew of former world champion Ayrton Senna, would be one of their racing drivers for 2010.[4]
Financial struggles
On 22 December 2009, Bernie Ecclestone voiced concerns about the team's ability to be on the grid for the first race of the 2010 F1 season.[5] In January 2010, A1 Grand Prix principal Tony Teixeira was one of several potential investors linked to the team in an effort to open up a revenue stream in the build-up to the 2010 testing season.[6] Teixeira, who had previously been rumoured as a potential buyer of Honda at the end of 2008 has stated his intentions to make Campos the Formula One "arm" of the struggling A1 Grand Prix series.[7] On January 27, the team admitted that they may not be able to participate in the 2010 winter testing season at all and that their second driver may not be announced until the eve of their first race.[8] Despite this admission, Teixeira claimed the team was aiming to make the second test session and believed that they would "definitely" make the third session at Jerez.[7] However, it was reported in early February that Teixeira's proposed buy-out of the team was being met with resistance from the established teams.[9]
On 5 February 2010, Campos boss Adrián Campos told BBC Sport that the team were struggling to find funding. It was paying the €7 million to Dallara stating that "sometime we have the money sometime we don't". He confirmed that the funding should be finalised and within place the following week. He also denied the fact that F1-hopefuls Stefan GP had taken the Campos' car stating that "we've got a contract and as long as we're paying the contract is valid".[10] Later in February, speculation began to spread as to whether Campos would actually make the 2010 field, and the team admitted budgetary problems.[11]
A secured future
On February 19, it was announced that majority shareholder José Ramón Carabante had taken over full control of the team from Adrián Campos, who was also replaced as team principal by Colin Kolles.[12] Kolles confirmed that, if possible, the team would be re-named ahead of their first race.[13] Campos has yet to be reassigned a position in the new-look team.
References
- ^ "Analysis: New F1 teams in detail". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ a b "Team History" (PDF). camposmeta.com. Campos Meta. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-06-12). "Fifteen teams lodged F1 entries". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-10-31). "Campos honoured to give Senna F1 slot". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ "Ecclestone has doubts over US F1 and Campos". ESPN F1. ESPN EMEA Ltd. 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ "Teixeira linked with Campos role". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
{{cite news}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ a b Beer, Matt (2010-01-28). "Teixeira wants A1GP link for Campos". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ English, Steven (2010-01-27). "Campos could miss all testing". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ Allen, James (2010-02-02). "Stefan GP breathing down Campos' neck". James Allen on F1. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (2010-02-05). "Adrian Campos 'working hard' to secure F1 team's future". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ Bouman, Berthold (2010-02-17). "Campos-Meta silence continues". Motorsport.com. GMM. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2010-02-19). "Carabante takes over Campos team". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (2010-02-19). "Collin Kolles takes charge at Campos: "we will have two cars at Bahrain"". Adam Cooper's F1 Blog. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
