FORMULA ONE - F1: David Richards Turning Focus to Honda Bid

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F1: David Richards Turning Focus to Honda Bid

"The new structure for F1 from 2010 onwards make it more appealing for a company such as ours," Prodrive boss says.

SPEED Staff / GMM | Posted December 17, 2008 Banbury, UK

Richards: hopeful but still uncertain. (LAT photo)

In a twist of fate, Subaru's withdrawal from the World Rally Championship could pave the way for David Richards to re-enter Formula 1.

The Japanese carmaker has long collaborated with Richards' Prodrive racing business. 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 programs, 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 was prevented from competing when customer cars were taken off the table.

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