New team gearing up for 2008 race debutDavid Richards intends to give his Prodrive team a late start despite the more than thirteen months until its 2008 debut.
It has emerged that not only will the first of the Warwickshire-based team's cars not hit a winter test
track until December this year, the new F1 factory is unlikely to be ready before the mid-point of the '08 season.
Richards is still in negotiations with possible 'partner' teams for the Prodrive foray, after he revealed that he is looking to buy a complete rolling chassis as well as an engine.
The 54-year-old Briton said recently that he hoped to unveil the identity of the partner, which is strongly rumoured to be McLaren Mercedes, within the next three months.
"And following that, and during that period even, we will start to announce some key appointments," he added.
Source GMM
