Teo Martin confirms Spanish media reports that he has purchased many of the assets of the HRT team - although he also reveals that Pirelli has bought one of the 2011 cars
Thursday FIA press conference from Austin, Texas with Pedro de la Rosa, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen
Pedro de la Rosa: We have to understand why this [brake] failure occurred and fix it because Abu Dhabi [next weekend] is another challenging circuit for the brakes
HRT's Pedro de la Rosa avoided the worst of the fall out from the first corner accident at Spa, while his team mate Narain Karthikeyan fell foul of a loose wheel.
HRT has confirmed that it will be testing 24 year-old Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua next week at Silverstone, following this weekend's British Grand Prix.
Pedro de la Rosa's number one mechanic Craig Stubley cast a shadow over an otherwise promising day for HRT after being involved in a pit-lane accident.
Thursday FIA press conference from Spain with Kamui Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg, Pedro de la Rosa, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel.