Prodrive in F1

Prodrive, run by former Benetton and BAR team boss David Richards, will join the current 11 teams as a new entry in the 2008 Formula One championship.

Out of 22 teams that had applied for the 12 slots in 2008, the 11 existing teams' application was accepted, and the new team to join them would be Prodrive.

Prodrive have been doing well in the other formulae and in other forms of motorsports and it would be interesting to see if they can step up to the world of F1. They should however be helped by the cost-cutting measures Mosley plans to introduce in the sport by 2008 - which was also the prime reason why 22 candidates had applied to be a part of the sport.

The most famous rejection was that of Paul Stoddart - who wanted to bring Minardi back to F1 in 2008. His application was rejected, and so we will continue to be deprived of the Bernie - Stoddart battles !!