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Prodrive F1 project in doubt

10th October 2007

According to the autosport.com website plans by the Banbury, UK based automotive and motorsport development company Prodrive to enter Formula One in 2008 have been thrown into doubt by the news that its negotiations with McLaren over the supply of cars have broken down.

In April 2006 Prodrive’s bid to be the 12th team in the Formula One World Championship was selected by the FIA in preference to a number of others. Prodrive proposed to run its team using chassis and engines supplied by an existing Formula One team but protests from existing F1 teams, which have previously been required to design and build their own cars, have led to a delay in such an approach being approved for 2008.

An FIA International Court of Appeal in London is due to give its ruling on the matter on October 24.

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