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[Hank 29]

This explains the whole problem, and interviews David Richards on why Prodrive has pulled out:

[texasmr2]

Wow great read thank's.

[deMuRe]

Yeah it was a very good read, I've sided with Williams on this one...

[texasmr2]

Yeah it was a very good read, I've sided with Williams on this one...

I also side with William's now that we know all the fact's. I especially like the part where Colin Kolles say's "It’s called a Constructors championship. It’s not a Makes championship, a Teams championship, or a Customer championship". That's what you call 'hitting the nail on the head'.

[Martin]

Yes Thanks Hank, and I go with Williams also. I like McL but I dont like them trying to get 4 cars on the grid instead of 2, and I agree that Prodrive, as a team, should have commitment to its own R&D etc. This does not compare to RB / TR or SA / H arrangements.
David Richards would be an asset to F1 but not as a McL team 2 operator.
Why is Max saying its OK?

[texasmr2]

Why is Max saying its OK?

I say it's proof of his deminishing cerebral cortex .

[7UpJordan]

Kolles is totally right, we can't just kill the concept behind what makes F1 so great, teams making their own chassis. I think Pro-drive thought they'd be able to use a customer chassis seeing how Red Bull have technically 4 cars, but that's because both teams are owned by Red Bull and Adrian Newey designs the cars for Red Bull's teams and then develops the one used by the RBR team, and Torro Rosso develop their cars on their own.