Campos Racing

For the Formula One team created from Campos Racing, see Hispania Racing.
Spain Campos Racing
Founded 1997
Base Valencia, Spain
Team principal(s) Adrián Campos
Founder(s) Adrián Campos
Current series World Touring Car Championship
GP2 Series
GP3 Series
Euroformula Open Championship
Former series Auto GP
World Series by Nissan
FIA Formula E Championship[lower-alpha 1]
Current drivers New Zealand Mitch Evans
Indonesia Sean Gelael
Spain Álex Palou
Netherlands Steijn Schothorst
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko
France John Filippi
Website http://www.camposracing.com
Teams'
Championships

1998 Open Fortuna by Nissan
1999 Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan
1999 Open Telefónica by Nissan
2008 GP2 Series
2008 Spanish Formula Three

2009 European F3 Open
Drivers'
Championships

1998 Open Fortuna by Nissan (Gené)
1999 Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan (Alonso)
1999 Open Telefónica by Nissan (García)
2008 Spanish Formula Three (Sánchez)
2009 European F3 Open Championship (Méndez)

2014–15 Formula E (Piquet, Jr.)[lower-alpha 1]

Campos Racing is a Spanish motor racing team, run by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos. The team has been successful in Formula Three and the GP2 Series.

History

After retiring from racing, Campos formed his own team at the end of 1997, under the name Campos Motorsport. In 1998 the team began by competing in the new Open Fortuna by Nissan, with Marc Gené and Antonio García as drivers. Gené won the championship and García finished fifth, with Campos taking the teams title. Gené stepped up to Formula One in 1999, and his place in the team was taken by karting driver Fernando Alonso. Alonso went on to win the Euro Open Movistar by Nissan as it was renamed, with García finishing fifth again and Campos retaining the teams title. With Alonso moving onto International Formula 3000, García led the team in 2000, winning the championship and also helping Campos to win a third consecutive teams title. The series became the World Series by Nissan in 2002.

In 2004 the team switched its focus to the Spanish Formula Three Championship, running two teams with four drivers. In 2005, the team's name was changed to Campos Racing and they set up a team in the new GP2 Series, as well as running a team in Spanish Formula 3 as well as its Copa de España F300 class, which it won with Arturo Llobell in 2005 and Germán Sánchez in 2006.

Vitaly Petrov driving for Campos Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

Under the name of Campos Grand Prix, the team finished third in the GP2 drivers and teams championships, with Giorgio Pantano and Vitaly Petrov as drivers. In 2008, they won the teams championship and finished third in the drivers championship with Lucas di Grassi. They won their first overall Spanish F3 crown in 2008 with Germán Sánchez, and retained that title (now known as the European F3 Open) in 2009 with Bruno Méndez.

After the 2008 season, Campos passed control of his GP2 team to Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who renamed it Addax Team. In 2009, Campos was awarded a Formula One entry for his team to race in the 2010 season, originally under the Campos Grand Prix name, but the name was soon changed to Campos Meta. After financial struggles, the team was bought out in February 2010 by majority shareholder José Ramón Carabante, who renamed it Hispania Racing.

Campos will return to GP2 in 2014 replacing the Addax Team on the grid, with drivers Arthur Pic and Kimiya Sato. Alexander Rossi replaced Sato at the Hockenheimring due to Sato competing in an Auto GP race.[1] Pic will be retained for the 2015 season with Rio Haryanto joining the team. As of 2015, Campos will also partake the GP3 Series in place of Hilmer Motorsport.

Results

GP2 Series

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C.
2005 Dallara-Mecachrome Argentina Juan Cruz Álvarez 23 0 0 0 4.5 18th 12th
Spain Sergio Hernández 23 0 0 0 3 20th
2006 Dallara-Mecachrome Spain Adrián Vallés 21 0 0 1 7 18th 12th
Spain Félix Porteiro 21 0 0 0 5 22nd
2007 Dallara-Mecachrome Russia Vitaly Petrov 21 1 0 0 21 13th 3rd
Italy Giorgio Pantano 21 2 1 1 59 3rd
2008 Dallara-Mecachrome Russia Vitaly Petrov 20 1 0 1 39 7th 1st
United Kingdom Ben Hanley 6 0 0 0 1 24th
Brazil Lucas di Grassi 14 3 0 2 63 3rd
20092013: "Campos" did not compete.
2014 Dallara-Mecachrome France Arthur Pic 22 1 0 0 124 7th 6th
Japan Kimiya Sato 20 0 0 0 2 27th
United States Alexander Rossi 12 0 0 0 12 21st
2015 Dallara-Mecachrome France Arthur Pic 21 0 0 0 60 11th 4th
Indonesia Rio Haryanto 21 3 0 1 138 4th
2016 Dallara-Mecachrome New Zealand Mitch Evans
Indonesia Sean Gelael

* Season still in progress.

GP3 Series

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C.
2015 Dallara-Renault Spain Álex Palou 22 1 0 1 51 10th 7th
Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani 22 0 0 0 0 24th
Venezuela Samin Gómez 6 0 0 0 0 30th
Austria Christopher Höher 2 0 0 0 0 31st
France Brandon Maïsano 2 0 0 0 0 25th
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko 6 0 0 0 0 29th
2016 Dallara-Mecachrome Spain Álex Palou
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko
Netherlands Steijn Schothorst

Timeline

Current series
Euroformula Open Championship 2012–2015
World Touring Car Championship 2012-2015
GP2 Series 2014–2015
GP3 Series 2015
TCR International Series 2015
Former series
World Series by Nissan 1998-2003
Spanish Formula Three Championship 2004-2009
GP2 Asia Series 2008
Superstars Series 2011
Auto GP 2011-2012
Formula E[lower-alpha 1] 2014–2015

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Operation Team at NEXTEV TCR team

References

  1. Cooper, Adam (16 July 2014). "AMERICA’S F1 HOPE ROSSI PARTS WAYS WITH CATERHAM". Foxsports.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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