David Lapworth has hinted that both Prodrive and Marcus Gronholm could reappear in the World Rally Championship in the 'not too distant future' after an encouraging run on the Rally Portugal.
Marcus Gronholm was disappointed to see his hopes of a fairytale podium finish on his return to the World Rally Championship come to an abrupt halt when he rolled into retirement on the first stage of the day.
Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello may have sensationally locked out the front row of the starting grid for this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne and Richard Branson's Virgin Group may have come on-board as a significant sponsor, but the honeymoon could already be ove
Amidst all the media hype surrounding the rising from the ashes of what was Honda of Brawn GP, little is still known about the fate of Nick Fry - the man who for much of the sale process was believed to be at the forefront of the management buy-out.
Whilst re-iterating that it would not be 'financially viable' for Prodrive to enter Formula 1 in 2009 by taking over the defunct Honda operation, David Richards is adamant that 'one day' he will be back in the top flight - when the conditions are right.
The blame for the withdrawal of both Subaru and Suzuki from the World Rally Championship at the end of last year can be laid squarely at the feet of organisers the FIA, argues David Richards.
Prodrive is the latest motorsport company to announce redundancies, it has been revealed - as the company reels from Subaru's withdrawal from the World Rally Championship and as many as 600 job losses at Aston Martin.
Whilst David Richards' independent Prodrive operation appears to have dropped out of the running and rumours surrounding TELMEX telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim proved to be entirely unfounded, Crash.net understands that there is another bidder who is extremely serious about the purch
David Richards has admitted that everybody was taken by surprise when Subaru announced it was pulling out of the World Rally Championship last month - but he also revealed he is hopeful the manufacturer may one day return.
Guy Wilks has been forced to evaluate his options for the 2009 season after seeing his chance to join Subaru's World Rally Championship team come to a premature end.
Subaru's unexpected decision to withdraw from the World Rally Championship could be the catalyst for the man behind its success to return to Formula One by buying up the Honda team which took a similar decision two weeks ago.
Only a day after Suzuki revealed it would pull out of the World Rally Championship, Subaru has announced that it will follow suit and quit the sport ahead of the 2009 season.
David Richards has said that he 'disagrees' with those who claim Honda's moribund Formula 1 team is 'an attractive proposition', as it has emerged that he is the favourite to purchase and take over the squad ahead of the 2009 season.
A world record 1000 Subaru Imprezas are expected to descend on Prodrive's Banbury headquarters at the end of next month, as the marque community gathers to pay a fitting tribute to the late Colin McRae.
Subaru team boss David Richards is looking forward to the inaugural World Rally Championship event in Jordan next weekend and has predicted that it will be a real success.
David Brabham has joined his fellow Prodrive driver Darren Turner in praising the new Aston Martin DBR9 Le Mans racer that is set to debut in GT racing in 2005.