F1’s HRT Pondering Name Change

May 8, 2012

Formula One team, HRT, are considering a name change in the future acccording to team principal Luis Perez Sala.

Originanlly named the Hispania Racing Team when it first came into Formula 1 as part of its mid-2011 reconstitution, it has continued with the HRT chassis name.

But this could be dropped in the long-term as part of the team’s ongoing changes.

“We are thinking about that,” Perez Sala told 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.”