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Alfa Romeo officially develped Prodrive-prepped Brera S
2008-05-21 08:30:00 As we reported earlier, Alfa Romeo handed over its Brera to Prodrive, which has extensively honed the hot hatch into what’s being called the Brera S. Prodrive fit the new Brera S with Eibach coil springs and Bilstein dampers, and then conducted extensive testing to find the right balance of spring and damper rates for ...
Prodrive
2008-05-10 00:00:00 By Ryan Douthit Subiesport Magazine One of the perks of my job is that I get a chance to go to some very cool places and, in turn, drive some amazing cars. Last fall I crossed the Atlantic to visit...
By: CarDomain Blog
Sayonara Super Aguri? Where will new F1 teams come from ?
2008-05-07 07:59:00 Almost exactly 2 years ago it looked like we will have full grid of 12 teams and 24 cars from 2008 season. On April 28, 2006 Prodrive were given the F1 entry. Max Mosley commented that “Prodrive have the best combination of financial backing, technical capability and motorsport experience.” Almost exactly a year later, May 13, ...
By: F1 Wolf
Prodrive Alfa Brera S
2008-05-07 00:36:00 Taken from Prodrive Alfa Brera S on ZerCustoms It's official. The Alfa Romeo Prodrive collaboration has been announced today with the result being the handling improvement of the Alfa Brera coupe for the UK market. The result will be called i>Alfa Brera S i>. The production of the Alfa Brera S will be limited to 5... Complete text here: Prodrive Alfa Brera S More Alfa Romeo news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
Prodrive PP150 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Controller
2008-04-03 14:55:00 Taken from Prodrive PP150 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Controller on ZerCustoms Prodrive announced the development of a new hydrogen fuel cell controller as part of a program part funded by the Technology Strategy Board. The Prodrive PP150 hydrogen fuel cell controller is used to control a 50 kW fuel cell system developed by Intelligent Energy and ... Complete text here: Prodrive PP150 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Controller Photo gallery here: Prodrive PP150 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Controller Photos More Miscellaneous news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
Toro Rosso for sale - The end of B-teams in Formula ?
2008-03-18 16:33:00 Only about a week ago an annoucement finally came from Super Aguri. The unofficial Honda B-team has been acquired by the Magma group. No details have been made public yet but the news emerged that major staff reshuffle and change of the name for the team is planned shortly. Today Dietrich Mateschitz confirmed what newspapers have ...
By: F1 Wolf
Prodrive develops Active Toe Control
2008-03-14 05:59:00 Prodrive is a relative unknown outside the world of motorsport, however it has had a strong influence behind the scenes, developing technologies used by some of the world’s best handling cars. Closer to home, Prodrive manufacture up to 3,000 vehicles a year in Australia through a joint venture with Ford Performance Vehicles. Read more… ...
Prodrive developing Active Toe Control
2008-03-14 00:14:00 Prodrive developing Active Toe Control Prodrive — a Motorsport and vehicle technology specialist — has announced that it is developing a new "vehicle dynamics system that actively adjusts toe angle to improve vehicle handling." The system — dubbed Active Toe Control — works with front-wheel drive vehicles that use a twist beam rear axle. The system can adjust a vehicle's rear toe — meaning the angles of the rear tires — for better handling in certain driving situations. For example, toe-out is better suited for low speed handling while toe-in is better for high speeds and emergency maneuvers. Prodrive's system would be able to adjust on the fly to changing driving conditions. A typical vehicle equipped with a twist beam rear axle has a static toe position and can't adjust to varying conditions. While the system might sound complicated, Prodrive is actually promoting its Active Toe Control system as a cost effective alt...
Prodrive Active Toe Control
2008-03-13 12:43:00 Taken from Prodrive Active Toe Control on ZerCustoms Prodrive announced that it developing a new dynamics system that actively adjusts the toe angle of a vehicle - the Prodrive Active Toe Control. Usually in a car there is a compromise between good handling at lower speeds and stability at higher speeds. The Prodrive Acti... Complete text here: Prodrive Active Toe Control Photo gallery here: Prodrive Active Toe Control Photos More Miscellaneous news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
Is F1 going to lose a team in 2008 ?
2008-01-29 11:04:00 With Prodrive expected to enter the F1 from coming season, it looked that finally F1 can have a full grid of 12 teams and 24 cars. The last time F1 was close to having 12 teams was in 2002, the year when Toyota entered. However Prost went out of business during the winter and Arrows ...
By: F1 Wolf
No F1 for Prodrive
2008-01-18 10:07:00 Speaking at the Autosport show, Prodrive boss David Richards shared with us what we’ve once again been suspecting all along: New Concorde agreement equals no customer cars which equals no Prodrive entry. Why? Because that’s always been the basis of Prodrive’s entry and well the current teams want to get paid in 2008 so they ...
Prodrive is out, will anybody else get in or out ?
2008-01-13 13:16:00 Friday, April 28, 2006 - FIA president Max Mosley: “Prodrive have the best combination of financial backing, technical capability and motorsport experience. The team are well known to the FIA through their participation in the World Rally Championship and Richards has experience as a Formula One team principal.” Fast forward to January 10, 2008 - Dave Richards: “F1’s ...
By: F1 Wolf
F1: Richards confirms Prodrive are out
2008-01-11 15:36:00 Prodrive boss David Richards has confirmed that his company is unlikely to be participating in Formula One racing in the foreseeable future. Speaking at the Autosport International Show, he said that the new Concorde Agreement which will govern the next few years of the sport, has effectively ruled out customer teams.
By: Brits on Pole
Si affievoliscono le speranze per Prodrive
2008-01-10 19:22:00 La firma del nuovo patto della concordia non permetterà alla Prodrive di prendere parte al campionato di F1 nell’immediato futuro. Questa in sintesi la convinzione del boss David Richards. (more…) Condividi
Paffett Still Hopes For Prodrive Revival
2008-01-08 18:16:00 Gary Paffett, McLaren test driver and former DTM World champion has admitted that he hopes the Prodrive F1 Team can get back on track and he believes that he still warrants a seat. Prodrive had to pull out of the 2008 season as they had issues surrounding the use of a customer McLaren car. Paffett, along with ...
F1: David Richards on Prodrive?s future in the series
2007-11-29 23:51:00 A fascinating Q&A with David Richards on Autosport.com reveals a whole new perspective on the customer car issue, the future of F1's Concorde agreement and the commercial viability of today's racing teams. In it he says that he's still hopeful that Prodrive will be able to compete as a F1 team - but the conditions will have to be right for the project to have long-term commercial viability, rather than being done on an ad-hoc basis.
By: Brits on Pole
Prodrive afuera de F1
2007-11-28 02:12:00 La presión ejercida por varios equipos contra la FIA ha hecho retroceder la entrada de Prodrive al gran circo. No cayó bien la pretensión de David Richards (director de Prodrive) de ser equipo cliente de McLaren recibiendo asistencia y tecnologÃa. No […] Ver nota completa en MotorFull Innet Tags: presión, ejercida, varios, equipos, contra, hecho, retroceder, entrada, Prodrive, gran, circo., cayó, bien, pretensión, David, Richards, (director, Prodrive), equipo, cliente, McLaren, recibiendo, asistencia, tecnologÃa., mismo, enfrentar, equipo, McLaren, tener, enfrentar, dos. Comparte, […]
By: Bits de autos
Prodrive afuera de F1
2007-11-27 14:09:00 La presión ejercida por varios equipos contra la FIA ha hecho retroceder la entrada de Prodrive al gran circo. No cayó bien la pretensión de David Richards (director de Prodrive) de ser equipo cliente de McLaren recibiendo asistencia y tecnología. No […] Ver nota completa en MotorFull Innet Tags: presión, ejercida, varios, equipos, contra, hecho, retroceder, entrada, ...
By: Bits de autos
Customer Cars or Engine Freeze ?
2007-11-27 11:51:00 From time to time FIA comes with some super smart cost saving idea. One that they planned to sneak into the new Concorde Agreement were the customer cars. FIA sold this idea as a sure thing. It attracted 11 new Formula 1 wannabies. FIA selected Prodrive as the 12th Formula 1 team to join the ...
By: F1 Wolf
More Renault Scenarios and Other Team News and Rumours
2007-11-26 08:00:00 With not much happening on the transfer market and no testing till next week it was team news and team rumours that made the headlines towards the end of last week and over the weekend. The Alonso “no news” seems to be confirming my theory that nothing will happen until the Renault spy case is dealt ...
By: F1 Wolf
F1: No 2008 entry for Prodrive
2007-11-25 21:43:00 Prodrive, the company headed by former BAR principal David Richards, has confirmed that it will not be entering the 2008 Formula One championship as it had planned. The ongoing dispute over ‘customer cars’, including a legal challenge from Williams, and the lack of a new Concorde Agreement for next year means that Prodrive has put its plans on hold. “Prodrive ...
Diancam Williams, Prodrive Batal Tampil 2008
2007-11-24 03:10:00 David Richards, bos Prodrive Warwick - Mewacanakan ikut serta dalam season F1 2008, Prodrive kini malah menyatakan tidak akan ambil bagian. Ancaman Williams menjadi alasan utama pengunduran diri itu.
Prodrive Officially Admit They Won?t Be In 2008 Season
2007-11-23 20:21:00 Prodrive F1 Team have officially announced that they will not be partaking in the 2008 Formula One Season. The British based outfit were hoping to use a ‘customer car’ mainly provided by McLaren so too cut their own overheads and be a competitive team. However, with the new concorde agreement still unsettled, Prodrive felt they could not ...
Prodrive won?t do Formula 1
2007-11-23 19:50:00 The plan had put Prodrive into Formula 1, but the plan has run into a roadblock: a lawsuit. Prodrive and its managing director, David Richards, has now cancelled plans to move up to Formula 1, taking advantage of rules changes designed to make entry into Formula 1 easier and cheaper for independent teams. The problem seems to be that the people at the FIA simply weren’t thinking when they dreamed up the plan. The plan would have allowed private entrants to run customer versions of complete cars. But it seems that no one consulted the current entrants. Williams has threatened legal action if Prodrive is allowed to run customer McLaren-Mercedes next season, as it had planned. And, Formula One czar Bernie Ecclestone has implied that the entire idea was ill-conceived. Prodrive issued a statement explaining its decision: “Prodrive has always been committed to competing in Formula 1 with what has become known as a ‘c...
Prodrive rule out 2008 F1 Entry
2007-11-23 11:09:00 Prodrive announced, officially, that it will not compete in the 2008 F1 season. Prodrive was hoping to get a chassis supplied by McLaren for the 2008 F1 season. A dispute over the legality of customer cars put this plan on hold as well as Pordrive's entry in the ...
By: ZerCustoms
No Prodrive Team On 2008 Formula 1 Grid
2007-11-23 04:00:00 What many, me included, have suspected for long time has been confirmed. Prodrive will not make it to the grid for 2008 season. The customer car row, the delays in agreeing on the new Concorde agreement are obvious reasons. This is what Dave Richards had to say to German Auto Moto und Sport magazine: “There was ...
By: F1 Wolf
F1: Prodrive?s debut looks increasingly unlikely
2007-11-08 19:51:00 The possibility of F1 having a full grid of 12 teams next year is looking increasingly unlikely as the odds of Prodrive making it to Melbourne in March recede into the distance.
By: Brits on Pole
Customer Cars, Prodrive, Super Aguri, Toro Rosso And Ralf
2007-11-08 06:50:00 So after wenting my disapointment with the latest issue of the F1 racing magazine I actually flipped the pages and read some stuff. There is an article on the customer cars issue and it is quite surprising that not much of what is said in there surfaced on the web so far. So what is it ...
By: F1 Wolf
2008 Driver Rumours - Part 11 - More Speculations
2007-10-27 15:25:00 The 2007 season is over, at least the on track action, and after some short relatively quiet period, the rumour mill is picking up the speed again. As it has been the case since pretty much the Hungarian GP, Fernando Alonso is in center of everything. The Ferrari connection is pretty much over for ...
By: F1 Wolf
Season 2008
2007-10-22 16:09:00 Let’s leave the 2007 season behind us, let’s rather look forward at what may be the highlights of the 2008 season. First lets speak about the new team next year. After a battle for the last team place on the grid, Pro Drive won, and the rumor has been that they will run McLaren cars, ...
By: F1-Blog
So What Now For Prodrive ?
2007-10-11 12:17:00 April 28, 2006 - David Richards’ Prodrive team was granted entry to the 2008 Formula One World Championship. In total 22 applications were submitted that time - 11 from that time existing F1 teams, 11 new ones. All existing teams were granted entry to the 2008 F1 Championship. So basically 11 F1 wannabies were bidding ...
By: F1 Wolf
Prodrive May Not Be Ready For 2008
2007-10-10 20:41:00 Prodrive have said today in a statament to the contrary of the stories announced yesterday that the deal between them and mclaren has collapsed, announcing links were still strong; but their entry may not be ready in time. The story centres heavily around the Concorde Agreement which would have allowed customer cars in F1, something Prodrive’s ...
Prodrive/McLaren Deal Collapses Amid Rule Breaking Fears
2007-10-09 21:08:00 The Prodrive/McLaren customer car deal appears to have falled through, sources within McLaren are informing the autom otive presses. For he 2008 season, new team Prodrive based in Brackley, were going to use a “Customer” car of McLaren, so as the development costs of an F1 car would not be too much for the privateer team. This ...
Prodrive Must Go To Court With FIA Over Customer Cars For 08
2007-10-05 18:16:00 Prodrive F1 Team, the completly new team run by David Richards from Brackley, England, is set to go to a hearing with the FIA questioning the legality of their first car for 2008. Prodrive are said to be using a “customer car”, one designed by another team and sold to Prodrive to cut down on their ...
Prodrive CEO survives helicopter crash
2007-09-18 06:04:00 Richards was returning home from the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps late on Sunday afternoon when his helicopter suffered a mechanical problem and crashed into a field near the historic North Weald Airfield in Essex in south-east England.The helicopter was piloted by Richards (strange, no?). Both him and his wife walked away from the crash and were at the scene for shock.Even strange is that earlier that day Richards had lead the chorus of praise for McRae. He said about Mcrae: "The most competitive person I ever met. He believed he could do anything."
How the Prodrive F1 team could work
2007-08-16 00:59:00 There are reports that the Prodrive is close to making an announcement about its Formula 1 plans after months when there was little sign of activity. There is little doubt that Prodrive has a deal in place with McLaren if money can be found. This will be for cars and engines.
Prodrive F1 Plans Slowly Progressing; Announcement Likely Soon
2007-08-14 19:01:00 Prodrive F1 plans for 2008 are progressing nicely but slowly according to a source within the team. Prodrive’s boss David Richards was definitive that he was going to make a major announcement at the British GP in July but that has gone by the by and no more news has been announced. McLaren, who are the ones ...
Prodrive joins Disenco Energy to bring “micro combined heat and power
2007-04-23 15:56:00 Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in In case you were wondering, yes, you did read that headline right. Britain’s Prodrive, designer of some of the coolest vehicles across the pond, is working on a new type of home heater, which also collects some power for the home which can also be sold back to the grid. Why? According ...
Prodrive?s new frontier
2007-03-30 05:25:00 Prodrive has joined the space industry, having manufactured a number of lightweight panels for the recently launched Cibola Flight Experiment satellite, which was one of six deployed in space recently a the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Aston Martin: A Perfect Fit For Prodrive?
2007-03-15 02:21:00 Aston Martin Returns to British ownership, at least partly. We look at some of the implications of this deal.
By: Beyond The KM
OFFICIAL: Aston Martin sold to consortium led by Prodrive boss David Richar
2007-03-12 14:21:00 Aston Martin has been sold to a consortium led by the founder of Prodrive, David Richards, ending almost twenty years of ownership by Ford. Other key investors in the group include investment banker John Sinders and Kuwaiti investment groups Adeem Investment and Investment Dar.[Source: Motor Authority]Continued- ArticleDavid Richards is the boss of Prodrive, the company responsible for Aston Martin’s racing program and several performance packages for the V8 Vantage roadster. With the backing of the new investment group and Dr Ulrich Bez remaining as the CEO, Aston Martin is poised to expand its model lines and become a major player in the luxury-performance segment.http://www.motorauthori-ty.com/news/industry/official-a-ston-martin-sold-to-consortium--led-by-prodrive-boss-david-rich-ards/
By: TheCarBlogger
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