The 12 teams that will fill the grid for the 2008 F1 season and onwards was announced today, and it held no real suprises. There was only one spot up for grabs and that has been filled by David Richards' ProDrive outfit. This means disappointment for the likes of Paul Stoddart and Eddie Jordan. They had been hoping to return to Formula 1 with their own outfits, but that door now seems to have been closed.

David Richards has been boss at Benetton and more recently BAR-Honda so his experience and expertise is not an issue, and his company ProDrive have been at the pinnacle of motorsport in numerous guises. Most notably ProDrive masterminded Subaru's World Rally Championship successes in recent years, and also prepared class winning Ferrari 550 Maranello Le Mans cars.

2008 Entrants:

RENAULT
Based: Enstone, Great Britain and Viry-Chatillion, France.
First F1 start: 1977.
Wins to date: 55 (27 as Benetton).
Titles to date: 5 (Three as Benetton).

McLAREN
Based: Woking, Great Britain.
First F1 start: 1966.
Wins to date: 148.
Titles to date: 19.

FERRARIBased: Maranello, Italy.
First F1 start: 1950.
Wins to date: 184.
Titles to date: 28.

TOYOTA
Based: Cologne, Germany.
First F1 start: 2002.
Wins to date: 0.
Titles to date: 0.

WILLIAMS
Based: Grove, Great Britain.
First F1 start: 1973.
Wins to date: 113.
Titles to date: 16.

HONDA
Based: Brackley, Great Britain.
First F1 start: 1964.
Wins to date: 2.
Titles to date: 0.

RED BULL RACING
Based: Milton Keynes, Great Britain.
First F1 start: 1997 (as Stewart).
Wins to date: 1 (as Stewart).
Titles to date: 0.

BMW-SAUBER
Based: Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany.
First F1 start: 1993 (as Sauber).
Wins to date: 0.
Titles to date: 0.

MIDLAND
Based: Silverstone, Great Britain.
First F1 start: 1991 (as Jordan).
Wins to date: 4 (all as Jordan).
Titles to date: 0.

SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO
Based: Faenza, Italy.
First F1 start: 1985 (as Minardi).
Wins to date: 0.
Titles to date: 0.

SUPER AGURI
Based: Leafield, Great Britain.
First F1 start: 2006.
Wins to date: 0.
Titles to date: 0.

PRODRIVE
Based: Banbury, Great Britain.
First F1 start: n/a.
Wins to date: n/a.
Titles to date: n/a.