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With Prodrive confirmed to enter Formula One in 2008, the grid seems to be closed for any additional team that may be looking at joining the pinnacle of motor racing. But there's still one spot left for the 2007 season, and what if a new team submitted an entry before next week's deadline? F1 Racing's Matt Bishop looks at the possibilities of having 26 cars in the near future
For the past few seasons, Formula One has been governed by a double trilogy, if I can put it that way: three great teams, three great drivers. And it has been even more symmetrical than that, in fact, because those three great teams have each enjoyed the services of one of those three great drivers: Kimi Raikkonen at McLaren, Fernando Alonso at Renault, and Michael Schumacher at Ferrari.
In 2006, victory-wise, Kimi and McLaren took a rain-check (but, operating separately now, each will drop by the winners' circle to claim on that rain-check in 2007, you may be well sure of that). So 2006 was all about Renault versus Ferrari, and Fernando versus Michael - and, neck and neck all the way, those two great teams and those two great drivers gave us a wonderfully dramatic season, one of the most nail-biting for years.
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