Subaru's pull out of WRC might mean a buyer for Honda F1

[SampaGuy]

Dec.17 (GMM) In a twist of fate, Subaru's withdrawal from the world rally championship could pave the way for David Richards to re-enter formula one. The Japanese carmaker had collaborated with Richards' Prodrive motor racing company. And with Richards already eyeing the purchase of Honda's F1 team, he told the British newspaper The Sun that this week's developments "clears the decks and gives me a bit of spare time to think about it". "The new structure for F1 from 2010 onwards, with new regulations coming and very significant cost cutting programmes, certainly make it more appealing and far more suitable for a company such as ours," he added. "What's on the table today makes it far more feasible." Richards, who formerly ran the Benetton and BAR teams, almost brought Prodrive into F1 this year but baulked at the 'customer car' situation.

Interesting... David Richards has a lot of F1 experience too so its not like he doesnt know what he is getting into. I didn't even know that Subaru didn't build their WRC cars.

[AnthonyF]

^Me either. Weird.

-Ant.

[SampaGuy]

Its pretty lame actually

[dazn]

why would subaru build it when prodrive could do a much better job?

it would be really cool if Prodrive bought up Honda. It would almost be like they never left,lol. I wonder how good Hondas 09chassis is, they have been working on it long enough. also wonder if the drivers, ross brawn and nick fry are staying.

[DUBSf22c]

Its pretty lame actually

you got to understand. In a sense ..

Prodrive is to Subaru
as
Mugen is to Honda