HRT F1 : Who works in the team ?

Team registered name : “HRT”, HISPANIA RACING F1 TEAM
Team Official Name (2010) : HISPANIA RACING F1 TEAM
Team base : Murcia (Spain)

Team Owner and Chairman : Jose Ramon Carabante
Team Principal and Managing director : Dr. Colin Kolles

Head of Operations : Boris Bermes
Technical Director : Luca Pignacca

Chief of racing and testing trackside : Antonio Cuquerella
Technical Coordinator : Jacky Eeckelaert
Car Designer : Luca Pignacca
Research and Development : Dallara
Track Aero : Dallara
Team Manager : Boris Bermes

Chief Mechanic : Marko van Dommele
Race Engineer (Car N°20) : Richard Connell
Engine Engineer (Car N°20) : Julien Moncet
N°1 Mechanic (Car N°20) : René Schiener
Race Engineer (Car N° 21) : Francisco Javier Pujolar
Engine Engineer (Car N°21) : TBA
N°1 Mechanic (Car N° 21 ) : Sören Morgenstern

Team Press Officer : Heike Feldkamp

José Ramón Carabante

57 years old, married, one son. Studied Law and Economics at the University of Navarra.

For the past 25 years he has developed and started up a large number of businesses in the Real Estate, Services, Distribution, Health and Media sectors.

President of Grupo 2002 and Grupo Hispania, with activities in the fields of real estate, financial investment, services, operation of tourism and golf complexes, shopping centers, offices, etc… with presence in Spain, México, USA and Brazil.

He has been an active Executive Board member in quoted companies such as Reyal Urbis, National Geographic Retail, Corporación Financiera Issos, Althia (Biomedicine), GETM TV, etc…

Colin Kolles

Dr Colin Kolles (born 13.12.1967 in Timisoara - Romania) was the Managing Director and Team Principal of the Force India F1 Team. He is from Ingolstadt, Germany, and a German national.

Kolles entered racing by running Kolles Racing and TME racing, two teams in the Formula Three Euroseries. He was appointed as Managing Director and Team Principal
of the F1 team (then known as Jordan) by its new owner, Alex Shnaider, in 2004.

Kolles was Managing Director and Team Principal of team Midland F1 before the 2006 season began. Following the team’s takeover by Spyker and then Force India, Dr Colin Kolles remained as managing director and Team Principal until 2009.

Kolles has since formed his own LMP1 team to compete in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2009 Le Mans Series season, where he fielded a pair of ex-works Audi R10s TDI running Michael Krumm, Charles Zwolsman, ex-single seater drivers Andrew Meyrick and Christian Bakkerud, and ex-Formula One drivers Christijan Albers, Narain Karthikeyan and Swiss driver Giorgio Mondini. Andre Lotterer also participated in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. Kolles also ran a team in the 2009 DTM, with Christian Bakkerud, Johannes Seidlitz and Tomas Kostka Audi A4s DTM.