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F1: HRT to move to a new base in Spain

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Khatir Soltani
The small HRT Formula 1 Team will move its permanent headquarters to the facilities of the Complejo Deportivo Madrid Caja Mágica.

HRT F1 Team will be specifically situated in the Indoor Sur and Indoor Central buildings, occupying a total surface of 11,000m2.

For the past three months, the team has focused on three fronts: the new car, the renewed operational and technical team and a permanent headquarters which, besides from uniting the whole team in a workspace with F1 standards, will contribute an added value to the team.

HRT F1
La Caja Mágica. (Photo: HRT F1 Team)


Remodeling and adaptation of the space will begin immediately and it is calculated that in under a month the first workers will be able to move in. The technical and operational sectors of the team won’t do so until Formula 1 returns to Europe but the headquarters is expected to be fully operational for May.

Meanwhile, German publication Die Welt claims Thesan Capital, the Madrid-based investment company that bought HRT from Jose Ramon Carabante last year, is already on the lookout for a new buyer.

Die Welt claims that the latest owner Thesan's desire to sell follows the departure of team boss Colin Kolles, who left with almost every one of the team's 120 employees back to his Greding based company.

Kolles also took all of HRT's technical equipment back to Greding, Germany, leaving the team on a desperate struggle to be ready for the forthcoming season.

But Die Welt claims the team may soon be sold to Mexican Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world who already backs Sauber through driver Sergio Pérez.


Khatir Soltani
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