From the Pulpit
With the FIA confirming the identity of the 12 teams chosen to participate in the 2008 championship, the question remains: were there really ten other teams left out, or was the list of 22 applicants a 'duffer'? F1 Racing editor in chief Matt Bishop offers his viewpoint
So... Formula One's latest worst-kept secret has at last been announced: David Richards' Prodrive company has been chosen ahead of ten other applications to enter the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.
But what does that really mean? For, although Richards is an ambitious and successful man, and Prodrive is a successful and ambitious company, the three pillars upon which a new F1 team must be built are, as yet, apparently missing: a factory (although we've all seen Prodrive's plans for its Warwick site, and very nice they are, too), engines (although there's been talk of Cosworth) and sponsorship (no real rumours yet).
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