Daniel Campos-Hull (born 3 August 1989 in

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) is a Spanish race car driver. His father is Spanish and his mother English.

Career

Campos-Hull began his career in

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motor racing in 2006, racing mostly in the German Formula BMW and

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championships coming 18th and 23rd respectively. The Spaniard also had two starts in the Formula Renault Eurocup at the second meeting of the season at the

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. For 2007, Campos-Hull entered his second season of German Formula BMW. The young Spaniard impressed, taking four podiums in the first six races before winning both races at the fourth meeting at the

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. Campos-Hull finished second in that year's championship to

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. The Spaniard moved up a class for 2008 after being hired by HBR Motorsport to drive one of their

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cars in the

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alongside Lebanese driver

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. He failed to score a point in his rookie season. In 2009 he moved to Italian Formula 3 and drove for Prema Powerteam (Dallara-FPT). He finished 5th overall with 148 points after an amazing season in which he challenged the leader Zampieri until the last week-end of race. At started the last event in Monza as second overall but an accident caused by his team-mate Castellacci at the first corner forced him to retire after a few hundred meters. He then started last in the following day's race but he's been able to recover up to third. This effort was anyway not enough to end the championship among top-3.

Motor racing results

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † As Campos-Hull was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Formula 3 Euro Series

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos-Hull, Daniel 1989 births Living people Racing drivers from Barcelona Formula BMW ADAC drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula 3 Euro Series drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Spanish people of English descent Prema Powerteam drivers Eifelland Racing drivers Italian Formula Renault 1.6 drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Spanish racing drivers Catalan racing drivers