The HRT GrandPrix team has been put up for sale the outfit's owners Thesan Capital the company confirmed today. Thesan bought the team from Jose Ramon Carabante in July of last year. Since the buy out the team have moved to a new factory in Madrid.
The team entered Formula One in 2010, along with Caterham F1 (Then Team Lotus) and Virgin Racing (Now Marussia F1). Hopefully a buyer can be found for the team because it is terrible in my opinion that the team has struggled since they entered the sport in 2010.
Here is an interesting thought, I noticed that Prodrive boss Dave Richards was in Abu Dhabi at the weekend for the GrandPrix. It is thought that Richards may be interested in purchasing Cosworth who supply engine's to Marussia and HRT and who were put up for sale. Could we see Prodrive put in a bid for the HRT team?
I think it would be fantastic to see David Richards back in Formula One. Prodrive had put in a bid for a place on the F1 grid in 2010 however they lost out to HRT in the bidding process. So we shall see what happens in the next couple of week's.
It is being reported that if a buyer is not found by December 2nd the team will be dissolved, however this has not been confirmed. So as I say it is going to be an extremely interesting few weeks.
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