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[EwanM]

How will the FIA determine which teams they will grant entry to?

[Gilles 27]

the FIA will probably just pick the ones they like the best on a purely personal and subjective level

[headless]

Wurz will be looked at in favour by Bernie I would say.

[madbrad]

If this team does come to be, I guarantee it'll be the Wurtz team on the grid.

[myownalias]

More teams on the grid would be great but 26 cars is the maximum amount but teams that have infrastructure and racing pedigree already should get preference. Whether that will be the case is anyone's guess? Here's a question; theoretically, would one of the new teams been given a place should lets say Toyota pull out at the end of the season already having signed up for 2010, or would Toyota's space be left empty?

[darwin dali]

More teams on the grid would be great but 26 cars is the maximum amount but teams that have infrastructure and racing pedigree already should get preference. Whether that will be the case is anyone's guess? Here's a question; theoretically, would one of the new teams been given a place should lets say Toyota pull out at the end of the season already having signed up for 2010, or would Toyota's space be left empty?

Doubt it'd stay empty with that many new teams applying.

[headless]

It would be better filled.

[cap-dude]

It's interesting. All these teams have been planning a venture into F1 for a while, just waiting for the right moment, and now all of a sudden. Bang, everyone wants to sign up.

As we all know by now, USF1 are guaranteed a grid slot next year. So the remaing two slots, it's really between Lola, Prodrive and Superfund.

[headless]

I dont think there will be a FULL grid next year.
You always hear talk of people trying to get in. But dont.

[EwanM]

Depends on how the financial outlook of F1 is for next year. Alot of the new teams were wishing for the budget cap.

[Tony_sa]

Depends on how the financial outlook of F1 is for next year. Alot of the new teams were wishing for the budget cap.

Now you know where mm got the idea from in the first place. he answering the knock on his door.

[Gaz]

I dont think there will be a FULL grid next year.
You always hear talk of people trying to get in. But dont.

Yeh but they have actualy submitted entries.

[headless]

Fair does, Prodrive did that a couple of year back, no?
They didn't get on.

[Gaz]

Fair does, Prodrive did that a couple of year back, no?
They didn't get on.

yeh but the customer car deal with Mclaren fell though.

They were going to be a Mclaren "b" team same engine same chasis and PDR and Parfett would drive with them if i remember

Basicly it would of been the 2008 Mclaren with a different livery

Following a legal challenge by Williams to Prodrive's proposed use of a customer car David Richards announced on 23 November 2007 that Prodrive would not be entering Formula One for the 2008 season. Richards made it clear that it was still the intention of Prodrive to enter Formula One. However, following further clarifications of the rules surrounding the use of customer cars, and the resulting ban on the use of customer chassis from the beginning of the 2009 F1 season, the pursuit of an entry via the customer car route has been abandoned. Richards has previously stated that entry as an independent constructor would be prohibitively expensive.

But they were banned, would of been cool could of had a 1-2,3,4 for Mclaren lol

[cap-dude]

Exactly, Prodrive were given the go ahead. They were never denied access to joining F1. The only reason they didn't run a car was because after the customer car thing fell through, and there simply wasn't enough time to build a car, nevermind a competitive car.