Adrián Campos

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Template:Infobox Le Mans driver Adrián Campos Suñer (17 June 1960 – 27 January 2021) was a Spanish Formula One driver. He participated in 21 Grands Prix, debuting on 12 April 1987, without scoring a championship point. He later moved into team management, with more success. He was the founder of the Campos Meta Formula One team (later known as HRT), which competed in Formula One from 2010 to 2012. He founded Campos Racing in 1998.

Racing career

Early years

Campos' first success was in radio-controlled car racing, winning the Spanish Championship in 1980. He switched to car racing a year later, and competed in Formula Three from 1983 to 1985, finishing 3rd in the 1985 German Championship. He raced in Formula 3000 in the 1986 season, with modest success.

Formula One

Having done some testing for Tyrrell in 1986, Campos raced in the Template:F1 and Template:F1 F1 seasons for the Minardi team, alongside first Alessandro Nannini and then compatriot Luis Pérez-Sala. He only completed two of the 21 races he entered, although more of these were due to mechanical failures than driver errors. However, these retirements caused him to lose his motivation and in 1988, he was replaced by Pierluigi Martini after failing to qualify in three consecutive races.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After Formula One

Campos competed in Spanish Touring Cars, winning the championship in 1994. 1997 would be the last year Campos would spend as a professional driver. After some races in sports prototypes such as the Ferrari 333 SP, he would go on to form his own team as an owner.

Team management

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} After leaving Formula One, Campos was successfully involved in team management. He founded Adrian Campos Motorsport (later renamed Campos Racing) in 1998, with Marc Gené winning the 1998 Euro Open by Nissan championship in the championship's first year before immediately reaching Formula One. He also managed Fernando Alonso in his early years.

Campos Racing entered the GP2 series when it was launched for 2005. Two fifth places were the best results that year. The team opened 2006 with a podium at Valencia for Adrian Valles, but neither he nor fellow Spaniard Félix Porteiro scored another podium all year (Portiero was second on the road at Silverstone, but a steering rack irregularity caused him to be disqualified).

The signing of veteran Giorgio Pantano for 2007 led the team forward, with Pantano scoring two victories and 3rd overall, and teammate Vitaly Petrov winning at the season finale at Valencia. For 2008 Petrov remained, with Ben Hanley replaced in the second car by Lucas di Grassi after three rounds. Di Grassi immediately recaptured his 2007 form, with three second places in his first four starts, and subsequent wins at the Hungaroring and the new Valencia Street Circuit - which represented a double for the team, as Petrov won race one, having scored just one other podium all year. The Campos team won the 2008 Teams' Championship. In October 2008, Campos announced that he planned to step down from running the GP2 team and to sell his stake in it, but would still remain involved in F3 and a new project that was unspecified.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The GP2 team was taken over by Alejandro Agag and renamed Barwa Addax.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Formula One

Campos had been linked to a move into Formula One, and he considered buying the assets of the defunct Super Aguri team.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In May 2009, Campos Grand Prix lodged an entry for the 2010 Formula One season,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which was one of four to be accepted.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The entry was successful along with Lotus F1, Manor GP & US F1. The team, which was soon renamed to Campos Meta, confirmed on 30 October 2009 that Bruno Senna, who is Ayrton Senna's nephew, would be one of their drivers on the grid in 2010.

In February 2010, with the Campos team struggling financially, a rescue deal was completed whereby shareholder José Ramón Carabante took over full control of the team. As part of the restructuring, Campos was replaced as team principal by Colin Kolles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The team was renamed Hispania Racing (or HRT F1), with Campos taking the role of executive vice-president.

Personal life

His maternal grandfather Luis Suñer was a noted industrialist in Spain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His father founded the Avidesa frozen food company. He has a son whose name is also Adrián Campos Jr.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Campos died on 27 January 2021, aged 60, due to an aortic dissection.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

Campos' home circuit of Circuit Ricardo Tormo has named its final turn after Campos.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1985	Barron Racing	Tyrrell 012	Cosworth	SIL	THR	EST	NÜR Template:Small	VLL	PAU	SPA	DIJ	PER	ÖST	ZAN	DON	NC	0
1986	Peter Gethin Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	SIL Template:Small	VLL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	ÖST	BIR				NC	0
	Lola Motorsport	Lola T86/50	Cosworth										BUG Template:Small	JAR Template:Small
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Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
Template:F1	Minardi Team	Minardi M187	MM V6 (t/c)	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	DET Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	NC	0
Template:F1	Lois Minardi Team	Minardi M188	Cosworth V8	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	NC	0
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Pilot Racing	Template:Flagicon Michel Ferté Template:Flagicon Charlie Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP	18	DNF	DNF
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External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects
• Campos Meta site
• Template:Official website