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As we expected, Prodrive have been given the 12th F1 slot it was announced on Friday.

The Warwickshire based team will enter the championship in the 2008 season, the other 11 teams are the ones from the current F1 lineup.

Prodrive better get a move on and build the new F1 facility then, we do not want them based out of the Banbury WRC garages, as they are not doing very well in WRC this year.

Richards has said "We have won World Rally Championships, British Touring Car titles and the GT1 class at Le Mans, and have been saying for some time that we would also like to be in Formula 1 with our own Prodrive team.æ We are now one step closer. We are confident that the new regulations will not only allow Prodrive to be competitive on an affordable budget, but will also make Formula 1 more exciting and, ultimately, even more entertaining for spectators and TV audiences around the world. "

"An entry is just the beginning," Richards said "We now have less than two years to build a team and put two competitive cars on the starting grid for the first race of the 2008 championship.The task is enormous and the expertise and experience of the established teams (is) well recognised. However, Prodrive has more than 20 years of motorsport experience and all of us relish a challenge."