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HRT sale rumours circulate

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HRT could be up for sale again less than a year after being bought by Madrid-based investment company Thesan Capital.

A report in Die Welt claims the owners are looking to offload the team which is about to start its third season on the grid. The reason for their decision is, the newspaper said, down to the departure of team boss Colin Kolles, who left with almost every one of the team's 120 employees back to his Greding-based company.

Kolles also took all of HRT's technical equipment back to Germany, leaving the team on a desperate struggle to be ready for the forthcoming season.

However, HRT announced on Wednesday it is establishing a permanent base at the Spanish tennis open headquarters Caja Magica in Madrid.

But Die Welt claims the team may soon be sold to Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world who already backs Sauber through Sergio Perez and his Mexican companies.

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