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Motorsports: Team owner and former F1 driver Adrian Campos dies at 60

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<p>Spanish motor racing team boss and former Minardi Formula One driver Adrian Campos, who helped compatriot and double world champion Fernando Alonso reach the top, has died aged 60.</p><p>Campos Racing, who have teams in the Formula Two and Three support series, said in a statement on Thursday that their founder had passed away from &quot;sudden coronary disease&quot;.</p><p>&quot;His heart stopped beating, but his memory will be the engine that will keep us all fighting to continue his legacy,&quot; they added on Twitter.</p><p>Campos started 17 grands prix in 1987-88 without scoring a point.</p><p>He then focused on running teams in the junior series, working with future F1 drivers Marc Gene and Alonso early in their careers.</p><p>Britain&#x27;s Jack Aitken, the Williams reserve who made his grand prix debut in Bahrain as a stand-in last year, raced for the Campos F2 team in 2020.</p><p>In 2009 Campos had a bid to enter a Campos Meta team in Formula One accepted but financial problems saw it change ownership and compete as Hispania, later HRT F1. The team folded at the end of 2012.<strong> (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, Editing by William Maclean)</strong></p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TKu9UD49Ce4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Spanish motor racing team boss and former Minardi Formula One driver Adrian Campos, who helped compatriot and double world champion Fernando Alonso reach the top, has died aged 60.</p>

Spanish motor racing team boss and former Minardi Formula One driver Adrian Campos, who helped compatriot and double world champion Fernando Alonso reach the top, has died aged 60.