Prost goes into receivership

[thb]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/motorsport/formula_one/newsid_1670000/1670018.stm

[Fatboy]

It's a shame, but inevitable in todays big money F1 that smaller teams cannot possibly compete (just watch what happens if all tobacco adverts are banned - even the big boys will have spot of bother)...

[thb]

Am I right in thinking that they were the only team that had their engineering base outside the UK?

As I understand it, F1 teams do well in the M4/M40 triangle because they are supported by a network of specialists which no other country has.

[Nick M (nmilton)]

Ferrari and Minardi are both based in Italy.....

[thb]

I thought the Ferraris were actually constructed somewhere south of the M4

[zertec]

An opportunity for TVR F1 ?
Well they can't be any worse than Prost.

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[andymadmak]

Might they be selling the company cars off cheap.........?

[Sparks]

Unfortunately, (I am not a Prost fan), he is going to struggle on. Quite how he can do that with $19million debt and no major sponsor intrigues me.

I think VAG (Audi) will probably buy the team up eventually.

Sparks