Prodrive F1

Prodrive F1 is the Formula 1 project of Prodrive Ltd.. It was scheduled to attend the twelfth team at the 2008 Formula 1 season. However, this first point failed due to the controversy of the then current Formula 1 teams who could not agree on a new Concorde Agreement, the use of " customer cars " (not developed by the team itself, but purchased vehicles ) are allowed.

For the season 2010, Prodrive F1 again applied for a place in Formula 1, but was not considered by the FIA.

Team boss would be the owner of Prodrive Ltd.. David Richards, a former team principal of the BAR Honda team have been. Prodrive Ltd.. has been active since the 1980s in motorsport. In the World Rally Championship, the Prodrive team to a partner of Subaru three drivers and win the Constructors' Championship.

History

The Prodrive F1 team was on 28 April 2006 the contract as the twelfth team and thus sat by, among others, against the proposals of Paul Stoddart, Eddie Jordan and Jean Alesi. FIA president Max Mosley explained the decision with the money and security planning for the Prodrive team. She was leading the way, so Mosley. This event was also confirmed that in the future may continue to compete for safety reasons only twelve teams.

Team Principal David Richards pursued the goal to be competitive with a budget of only $ 100 million. Rumors brought Prodrive with McLaren -Mercedes as engines and chassis supplier in connection - whose team boss Ron Dennis had confirmed plans for cooperation. Aston Martin has also been mentioned as a possible partner, as Prodrive Aston Martin DBR9 is already building for the FIA ​​GT Championship and David Richards is co-owner of the sports car manufacturer.

However, the entry of Prodrive into F1 failed in November 2007 in a lawsuit challenging the registration of the team. The proposal was then Richards to enter with Prodrive to the middle of the 2008 season, was rejected by the FIA. Richards still maintained his Formula 1 plans. Following the withdrawal of Honda from Formula 1 in late 2008 Richards had discussions about a purchase of the Honda Racing F1 Team. The numerous profound rule changes for the 2009 season, according to Richards attended but for the unsafe conditions, so he refrained from an entry.

For 2010, Prodrive had rewritten for Formula 1, and thus began a second attempt. On the entry list on 12 June 2009, published by the FIA Prodrive was not considered. Only three of the 15 applications of potential new teams were successful.