Aug.19 (GMM) David Richards has allayed fears that his Prodrive formula one team might be stillborn.
The lack of news about F1's official twelfth and final team, and the fact that expected team announcements in July did not materialise, led to speculation that the outfit would not be ready to debut next year.
But motorline.cc quoted world Rally supremo Richards, referring to the F1 rumours, as saying: "Absolutely not. We will be there next year."
The Briton added that more information would be forthcoming "very soon", even though several weeks have passed since McLaren-Mercedes' end-of-July deadline for a full 2008 car-engine customer deal to be finalised, elapsed.
Richards also would not be drawn on possible drivers for 2008, including rumours that Williams' Alex Wurz - who raced for Benetton in the Richards era in the late 90s - has already been in talks.
"I know him very, very well," Richards said of the experienced Austrian, "but I have spoken with him as a friend; not about contractual matters."
Written: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:05:47
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