Prodrive has a rich and illustrious history in motorsport. The British company's Subaru Imprezas were successful in the 1990s and early 2000s, and helped make Colin McRae and Richard Burns World Rally champions.
Earlier this year Prodrive announced that it had joined forces with the Kingdom of Bahrain to develop a new car to contest the 2021 Dakar Rally.
Autosport's colleagues at Motorsport.com Spain recently caught up with Prodrive founder and chairman David Richards to find out more about the project and the challenges ahead. Here is what he said.