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Serbian team 'on stand-by' for 2010 slot

Sunday 29th November 2009

The race for a slot on next year's starting grid is heating with Serbian team Stefan Grand Prix saying they are ready to enter Formula One.

Toyota's decision to quit Formula One means the 2010 entry list is yet to confirmed by the FIA. Several teams, including Stefan GP and the Sauber team, have been linked with Toyota's slot on the grid.

Stefan GP's chief Zoran Stefanovich says although they have "some sort of agreement" with Toyota, they don't have their entry for next year's Championship.

"There is no entry for them [Toyota]," Stefanovich told Autosport. "We are in the process of evaluating our own plans for next year. We did some sort of agreement with them [Toyota], to take over the F1 project, but I cannot discuss the details at present."

Stefanovich is confident his team have what it takes to make the grid next year, saying they are "on stand by".

"We have a complete facility and we have what is required to start testing immediately," he added. "There is no question about this.

"There is no reason not to believe that we can do it - and in fact the situation seems to be quite the opposite. F1 will be glad to have a team from this area of the world, as currently its only representation is with the Hungarian Grand Prix. We are on stand-by."

Your Comments

brazza

"I presume they mean to rent Toyotas factory, personel and 2010 car to race, or has Serbia suddenly built an F1 factory we or the FIA do not know about?

If the FIA are doing due diligence for each new team where is their report on this one?"

Brent

"Yes, I would agree Yugoslavia was not part of the USSR, my mistake. It was certainly a communist, eastern bloc country and Tito a puppet of the USSR."

Lsquared

"Um, Brent is right. Serbia was part of Yugoslavia. I don't know if you'd call it part of the USSR - I wouldn't - but it was one of the Communist bloc countries (remember Tito, anyone?)

For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia

I'd much rather see Sauber back again than another new team ..."