HRT: The Best Worst Team in F1 History

[@_GuestFive]

HRT, Caterham and Manor were sold a lie. It’s no surprise they struggled. The fact that both Caterham and Manor lasted as long as they did is kinda remarkable.

[@McDonnellDouglasMD--]

I completely agree it’s a miracle that HRT manor and Lotus/Caterham Lasted as long as they did Nope, to mention Bernie Eccleston said in 2010, three new teens are the biggest disgrace F1 in history Or something along those lines, and after I heard that it’s like excuse me what You literally sold all three of them on a lie Promising a budget cap that you know damn well the other teams wouldn’t agree to of $40 million and expecting them to be competitive with $40-$15 million. Yeah right Only reason why that didn’t go through because Ferrari I know for a fact has veto powers where they can literally deny any change to the rules that they don’t like And the other teams on the grid, including Toyota BMW, Sauber Renault and three other teams all voted against it. I think Toyota shouldn’t have been allowed to veto against that considering they left in the end But it’s amazing how competitive they were against themselves manor Was very very close to surviving 2016 And unlike haas manor Tried everything to improve they just didn’t have the money Just imagine if manor HRT or Caterham Actually had a lot of funding in the end would they have survived longer if people decided to take a chance on a back market team back in 2010 to 2016 I’ve got into the sport in 2018, because of the F1 masters game I’ve never ever heard of HRT, Lotus/caterham or Virgin Maruia/manor Until 2021 or was it 2022 But after hearing their backstory since I have a 2021 or 2022, I love all three of them

[@SilverScarletSpider]

What was the lie that was sold? Was it equally “kinda remarkable” that HRT lasted as long as they did too?

[@McDonnellDouglasMD--]

The lie that they were sold was back in 2009. There was a proposed cost cap due to the financial crisis brought on by the Lehman Brothers, so the FIA And I believe Bernie Eccleston, I’m most likely wrong Came up with the proposed idea of the cost cap being $40 million Toyota Williams, BMW Sauber Toro Rosso Sahara, Force India McLaren brawn Ferrari Renault redbull Flat out, rejected that idea which then started an internal war due to other reasons as well which spiralled out of control and by the end of the season. Toyota already said they’re leaving Renault sold the team, so they were leaving the sport but still going to supply engines So you had the three new teams, HRT Marusha Lotus/Caterham Joining the team and already signed up for a false lie of $40 million, assuming that they were going to be at least extremely competitive and very decent Instead, the other team still had around budgets of $100 million to a whopping $500 million. I think maybe one team might’ve been operating at $80 million. I could be Wrong, though, most likely am So they joined the team HRT had $15 million. I don’t know about virgin Marisha or Caterham how much money they had, but I would guess hypothetically Marusha would be around $40-$20 million. Caterham $60-$30 million maybe less. So hence why they all struggled. It was a miracle that any of the teams lasted more than three seasons. It was a miracle that any of them were able to last into the V6 turbo Hybrid era It was an extremely miracle situation That manor Was able to stay in the sport seven season

[@_GuestFive]

@@SilverScarletSpider The 40 Million cost cap that was planed for 2010.

[@EmilAhvenainen]

@@basedgodstrugglin Can you elaborate your point. I have no clue what you are trying to say.

[@mindujiman]

Fun fact: Hispania was the first team to do a pit stop after the refueling got banned. Nowdays you can see 2 seconds pit stops. They took about 10. Worst than most of the pit stops with refueling.

[@nicmagtaan1132]

They took about 10? What do u mean, THEY ARE BETTER THAN KICK SAUBER

[@pedrohenriquecarneiro3386]

For what I remember, their two biggest crimes were: One: Lack of downforce; and two: The cost cap not being implemented

[@TheWelshmann]

I’m 19 and got into F1 at the back end of 2007. I remember Lewis and Button winning their titles respectively, but then a few of my first vivid memories of F1 was when Truli went over the back of Chandhok and seeing a Senna back on the grid. From then on, I was a HRT fan and always used to pick them and the cucumber in the F1 games as well as support them in the races. Nice to see Karun and Daniel are still in the sport and have had decent careers for themselves as well as Campos in F2, so the legend lives on!

[@user-qh9to4fy9b]

I also started watching F1 at the age of 2 👌❤️

[@don_chanGD]

LMAO your ass did not remember button winning in your mother's womb, its fine to say your a newer fan and find it cool you dont need to pull this out of your ass

[@willtalley4753]

I got into F1 through my dad since he began watching in the late 80’s. When I was a baby, he would sit me it my high chair while he’d watch the races in the mornings (most races take place around 8-10AM where I’m from). I didn’t start being able to recall F1 memories till I was around 3/4. My first vivid memory would be Felipe Massa’s accident in the Hungarian GP in 2009. It’s crazy how much a role F1/racing plays in who I am, I pretty much eat sleep and breathe it lmao.

[@TheWelshmann]

@@willtalley4753 it is isn’t it? That and football for me, haha. Yes, I vaguely remember that as well. First sort of “bad” crash I remember, that and Perez in Monaco in 2011/2012. Was a scary one!

[@camostrike4395]

This is gonna make u feel old but I’m 17 years old and started watching f1 the first race I could which was the 2007 Australian Grand Prix

[@Ryzard]

Hearing "he beat the virgins" makes total sense in context, but always hit me like a punch in the gut every time it came up lmao

[@andrewbowen4544]

There's a great story Karun Chandhok told on The Races Bring Back V10s about how he was looking in a draw for a tool and found the stickers for the side of the 2010 HRT and one of them was Jacques Villenuve

[@RacingAtHome]

Fair enough of them. Villeneuve is still doing full-time racing.

[@VirmanaMarketing]

What?

[@UA-dr6nd]

@@VirmanaMarketing Jacques never raced for HRT, he never even raced in F1 after 2006

[@Ramtamtama]

@@UA-dr6nd sounds like he was in serious contention for a seat. I'm guessing he probably wanted too much money and would bring no sponsors, so the deal stalled after a very short time

[@gel_oh]

I appreciate these videos that show love to those three 2010 expansion teams. They're always depicted in a negative light (and understandably so), but not many people understood how endearing it was to root for them Seeing my old favorite team (Caterham) finish 13th or make Q2 was enough to brighten the whole race weekend for me lol. Caterham's KZbin channel also made the team feel very lovable and indie

[@markomm9312]

Babe wake up, peter brook made another HRT video

[@polygonvvitch]

My favorite F1 team, Hormone Replacement Tharpy.

[@NeoKad99]

I scrolled looking for this joke, thank you

[@1greenMitsi]

Holden Racing Team

[@McDonnellDouglasMD--]

Hispanic racing team

[@KyraKrassenburg]

@@NeoKad99 samee lol

[@Nox_Desiree]

I knew this joke would pop up somewhere 💀

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

To be fair to HRT, Lotus/Caterham and Virgin/Marussia/Manor - they were closer to the back of the midfield than the nohopers of the late 80s to mid 90s ever were. It's a tribute to their tenacity

[@javiergarrido6088]

This comment is underrated.

[@sclash2000]

Similarly, looking at these teams makes me appreciate that current F1 backmarkers are much more competitive, even Sauber can be in contention for points (sometimes)😂

[@AndresDCK]

I remember so well HRT, I'm Spaniard. I loved the team, the ambient of the team was almost as a family. The curious thing are the magazines that HRT had, 2 actually

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

The team published two magzines?

[@AndresDCK]

​@@extragoogleaccount6061yes, it's called "One Magazine" and there are 2 volumes. They are on Google in PDF if you want to have it a look

[@AndresDCK]

​@@extragoogleaccount6061yes, it's called "One Magazine" and there are 2 volumes

[@NicolasChiribelo]

@@extragoogleaccount6061 I'm told they even hired Spain's most renowned chef at the time (no idea who they were, I'm no specialist of the matter 😄) for their catering services. Seems like the final owners put too much effort into making their team seem likeable to the Spanish fans, and little on actual upgrades that mattered.

[@PHeartbeatGame]

There's a lot of stuff from HRT that's wild and is still under NDA, you will be amazed at the shit they couldn't say.

[@TimmyTickle]

When does the NDA expire?

[@PHeartbeatGame]

@@TimmyTickle I think it should be soon, maybe next year or in two years? Someone should ask albert fabrega since he once said it but I forgot.

[@spacedisco612]

I loved the gunmetal HRT livery, the stripes remind me of something out of the 80s or early 90s. I miss when the three minnows had their own race going on, just added another element. Plus they provided seats for anonymous drivers like Charles Pic or Jérôme d'Ambrosio and gave random drivers like Klein, Yamamoto and Karthikeyan drives too!

[@IwasInverted]

I just had your channel with this video recommended to me. All I can say is the level of detail and concise information are outstanding. Thank you so much for posting this, I’m subscribing to your channel. Amazing work!!!

[@whatdoiknowsmith]

Just wanted to thank you for all the effort that goes into your vids. . As a huge participant in many forms of motor sport in Australia, i enjoy knowing the heritage of teams. lord knows why, i just like the history of teams.

[@ok-___okokokokoko7661]

as a spaniard, i loved HRT and i woudl love to see another Spanish team again on the grid on the future, but with more financial backing.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Fuck it, Seat GP.

[@JoshCell_Gameplays]

I think that remember HRT as one of the worst teams of F1 is a little bit unfair. They were far better than the likes o Andrea Moda or Life an other teams like those from late 80'/early 90', far more professional. They started with troubles when F1 broke their cost cap deal, and they started in an era that reliability was starting to be top notch, so they couldn't take profit of that either to end in better positions. But at least they qualified in almost every GP, they bring some fight to the backmarker group, and make it work somehow with a very small crew and budget. Was sub-optimal, but I think it could have been much worst seeing other teams from the past.

[@LathropLdST]

REALLY. Read the title again. The BEST WORST.

[@JoshCell_Gameplays]

@@LathropLdST I read it the first time, but I'm not speaking about the video, but the global perception people had about the team.

[@duckheadgaming]

I was a huge fan of the 3 new Teams in 2010. I got into F1 in 2009 and played F1 2006 for the PS2 a lot, and that season also had 3 new teams come in which you had to start your career mode with. Never cared how slow they where, I was always happy to support them when they got close to the points. The music you chose for this video is great btw! Makes me fell all nostalgig for some reason haha

[@seanpie5481]

Thanks for the video. That’s quite a piece of work and an amazing and thoughtful insight into one of the teams at the back. Impressive. ❤

[@Vno27]

Great video, I can’t imagine the amount of grinding it took to make this. Liked and subscribed

[@________._________33]

Man knowing HRT story I think back to how different their fortunes would've been if they hadn't split with dallara in 2010, could we have seen them be the top dog in the battle of the new teams once those proposed 2010 major upgrades came in from dallara. And could they sustainability stay in front of the other two with dallara's help? In an alternate universe it's HRT that stayed in the sport till 2016 and not Virgin/marussia/manor.

[@marctownsend5711]

Nailed it, easily my favourite of your videos.

[@ian4serena]

now F1 wont allow more than 10 teams in F1 and yet it can handle 13 teams.

[@johnvandeventer8668]

I always liked the look of the car 2012 when I was a kid

[@the-blue-barron2791]

Best F1 channel on KZbin.

[@Realtime1501]

HRT is what Hesketh would be without the coolness and competent people

[@DDDquick]

Or Andrea Moda without the coolness, Missing preseason testing and the first race every season they competed is pretty incompetent in modern F1.

[@LathropLdST]

​@@DDDquick if Gene could, he sure would 😂

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@DDDquickIn the 70’s F1, it was a boringly usual sunday

[@javiergarrido6088]

You're wrong becuase that team always have competent people like Colin Kolles, Toni Cuquerella, Luis Perez Sala and others with previous experience en F1. The main problem with this team was the LACK OF MONEY.

[@Guimaster127]

The team had more than competent people. The problem was the lack of funding

[@atreides241]

Hi. I don’t know from which source you get that ending info about Josef Král’s contract but I saw an interview with him (in Czech) and he claimed something different. I try tu summarised it (source EisKing #19, 1:03:30): Basically he had contract offer from HRT and was given 3 days to signing and to bring 5 000 000 € advance. He had partners, sponsors and money so it was only on terms on contract. They were according to him like from the dream. But he had also some behind the scenes info that HRT is in its end and situation is really bad. He had bad feeling about it. So he refused and 14 day later HRT went bankrupt. FUN facts about Král and how his journey continued. From 2013 he became a TV commentator and expert for Czech and Slovak TV broadcast of F1. Later in 2016 he returned to racing in the GT series Endurence Cup for Scuderia Praha. Later in 2018 he with his fellow F1 commentator Štěvo Eisele started KZbin show EisKing (Král means King in english) centered around F1, its current topics and later discusion after race debriefings. EisKing later began had its own roadshown, where they managed to have guests like David Coultard or Mika Hakkinen (both shows are on KZbin, Hakkinen's even with english subtitles). And from 2024 they both are together with Pavel Fabry main commentators for F1 TV broadcast in the Czechia and Slovakia.

[@iannorton4463]

I absolutely love your style. Documentary esk and much more detail 👌. I really enjoy this. I know how much work you put into this. I will be making a concerted effort for a channel this year. Maybe our paths will cross. But no matter what please keep it up. ✌️👍🇬🇧

[@khairulridhuan8945]

still remember watching 2010 season, so interesting and fun. alot of things happening

[@AlexStarRider]

great video i can see you going places

[@Antonypancake]

Great video Peter. I noticed that you had the championship standings mid season show up at some points in the video. How did you get that data, did you calculate it by yourself? I want to make a chart showing Hamilton's championship position for every race he has done, but when he is outside of the top 5 I have found that data is hard to find if you don't calculate it yourself, which I have been too lazy to do.

[@PeterBrookF1]

RaceFans has that data, but when they haven't scored any points it's easy enough as you just need their best finish!

[@Antonypancake]

@@PeterBrookF1 Thank you!

[@alessandrobarcio7614]

I like HRT, and despite the fact that was One of worst team in F1 history, i'm Always be huge fan not Just for HRT, but also for Caterham and Marussia. Because i like 3 new teams of 2010s.

[@marktucker208]

Love the small teams like this.

[@ewetoo]

They were such an unlucky team and it just shows that how cruel luck is when you don't have the resources.

[@mrblimbo1359]

Happy you changed the background music, the one you had in the older video kinda annoyed me, keep makin great stuff tho :p

[@SebrystianVettel]

never clicked so fast on a Peter Brook video before

[@starnesspitlane3084]

Same 😅

[@chrisbekarian-pf9fk]

Same

[@abelardions7600]

HRT's first season lineup should've been Klien as n°1 driver and Senna as the 2nd driver all season long. Results could and would've been better than with both Chandhok and Yamamoto.

[@sirspoonyr]

HRT is always, somewhat unfairly, I think, labeled the worst F1 team in history. However, despite definitely being the worst of the 2010s and possibly, depending on what you’re looking for, of the 21st century, but at least it was making it to the venues at all. It’s nowhere near the political shambles of Andrea Moda, or the sheer lack of pace that Life demonstrated. I’d argue that it’s even better than teams like Monteverdi (Rebranding of the Onyx team which moved to Switzerland from the UK base overnight, miffing most of the staff, and fired many personnel behind their backs, to be replaced by people with much less experience, coming to a head in one infamous incident where the team managed to install JJ Lehto’s driveshaft backwards. HRT at worst would only be around lower top 10 if you were to go over the worst F1 teams of all time.

[@tun04]

Their 2011 car was so beautiful.

[@Codi95]

I find it cool that you made this video after you said on discord how unreserach was another HRT video

[@duckheadgaming]

1:34:53 This is the Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 2011 Wheel Addon for SimRacing wheels. What the hell is it doing on a HRT LMAO

[@AstronomyGal420]

I need some HRT ong

[@Nox_Desiree]

Fr fr

[@ic3man]

Quin Ha actually signed to replace Karthikeyan for 2013 but since they folded we’d have to wait 9 more years for a Chinese F1 driver of Zhou Guanyu

[@lwolter30]

I actually really liked HRT and i think the 2010 Livery is really Awesome

[@birandkoray]

see an optician

[@lwolter30]

@@birandkoray or maybe you need to accept that people have different opinions and likings you muppet

[@lwolter30]

@@birandkoray or just accept other options

[@ripperevo2011rrchamp]

15:52-15:55 Bruno was lucky it was only his mirror.

[@dorkynerd3957]

Well done Peter !!

[@ChequeTwice]

It’s a shame really. They just got their new factory, upgrades were coming. They were getting stable. If only they got bought.

[@britishladproductions5920]

Are you going to do a series out of this? If so, episode two should be caterum

[@GoogleGebruiker]

What's the background instrumental? It's not the one listed under the video

[@asphalt_480]

So this is the hrt series but all vids in one?

[@PeterBrookF1]

Yes, but condensed down

[@thewidow7864]

Yamimoto, an embarrasing Spanish parody of Japanese, it is a bad pun that means "my motorbike already" (Ya - mi - moto)

[@everythingman987]

at least HRT's 2011 car was one of the best looking that season for sure.

[@woutmelis8828]

38:14 isn’t this supposed to be lowest finish?

[@taziefahmed9750]

jst saying F1 fia screwed Hrt Manor and caterham with a promise of $50M budget cap which was rubbished away before the start of the season which left these 3 teams as the joke of f1,

[@F_r_a_n_y]

How did Pedro's ass break the carbon seat 0.0

[@barm_1995]

How did Klien get his license back so quickly?

[@marcellakilgarriff]

Once you've raced in F1 you have a super licence forever (unless the FIA revoke it) so he probably just had to renew it.

[@barm_1995]

​@@marcellakilgarriffThank you very much for the answer. Enjoy your day =}

[@dipcone1929]

he passed the virgins

[@KimiFan2002]

Never knew the parabolica was in hockenheim😂😂

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Die Parabolika ist doch die bekannteste Kurve Hockenheimrings!

[@321alex123]

Verstappin is getting hated for speaking straight to the point with the truth and winnnning 2021 and domunating. People who say its the car need to think again. A car is as good as the second driver.

[@larryfung]

Life F1: hold my bear

[@samuelivascu7633]

Imagine if Campos bought out Super Aguri

[@Monumentos71]

I just want to make my own version of this but F1 Virgin, but my writing skills are lacking.

[@Chris-sm2uj]

You should still make it

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Practice mskes perfect

[@m-arky66]

Not off to a good start when you name the team HRT, surely someone made the connection before arriving at that point 🤣

[@ballsinspector]

?

[@FrcNeru]

that stuff was not in the public conscious in 2010

[@isthatrubble]

I assume the medical treatment has a different acronym in spanish

[@sirafoxtron1701]

1:34:25 did i heard ChatGPT driver?

[@LietueantGreek]

Lol it does sound like this

[@HappyVibes535]

​@@LietueantGreekWait, is the whole narration ai generated? 😂

[@Circ00mspice]

LMAO TEAM HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY THAT NAME AGED GRACEFULLY

[@charlesdarwin7253]

Enter your comment here (This is a cool spot!)

[@keineahnungbananaaa7801]

I liked HRT

[@TheLibermania]

Lola Mastercard would like to know about your location.

[@makoboy230]

Peter the video is here

[@madlopt]

That's terrible how you made it, these details about every fart could fit into 30 minutes... I've stopped in the middle to read wiki. And the best worst team is Minardi.

[@ryno4859]

I have autism and i think you make awesome videos but that barely audible background music if you can call it that which then randomly switches to a very high pitched noise makes me almost have a heart attack, honestly, it is very off putting because i otherwise thoroughly enjoy your content but those horrible noises 😢

[@onnayoung7699]

Every trans-girls favourite team lol

[@marrybichaelmore3372]

That’s transphobic and racist you nazi bigot

[@NeoKad99]

I picked them as my starting team in F1 2011 because of this~

[@SN13K3R]

Unpopular opinion: I dig the 2011 livery

[@Nox_Desiree]

If HRT survived till present day you can guarantee which F1 Team trans f1 fans would put in their bios.

[@MooncricketsInc]

*Every freaks that cut their dick off and join the 42% club favorite team

[@ColapsMental]

Best of the worst should be Minardi

[@sswishbone]

Marussia and Rial scored points, HRT did not. Your title is a clickbait lie

[@birandkoray]

sorry , but making a video about HRT is waste of time Its contribution to F1 was nothing

[@Salod7806]

thats what makes it interesting f1 isnt only about the top team

[@jamesormondroyd1009]

I like the underdog teams, I personally liked the caterham/lotus more in that era and always had a soft spot for minardi historically

[@birandkoray]

@@jamesormondroyd1009 undersh*t

[@birandkoray]

@@Salod7806 where's the interesting point for hrt ?

[@Salod7806]

@@birandkoray the struggle they had to just try and go from race to race,