Jake | Friday 12th June 2009 | Formula 1

As I posted on Twitter this morning, the FIA has issued the entry list for the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship.

Williams and Force India are both on the list, having lodged unconditional entries. Williams is “pleased”.

Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso all have unconditional entries, despite having entered only conditionally with the rest of FOTA. All three teams are less than chuffed about this. But the FIA has entered them, because they have previously committed to Formula 1 until 2012.

The other FOTA teams – McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota and Brawn GP – all have conditional entries. They have until the end of Friday 19th June 2009 to lift the conditions.

Three new teams are included on the entry list, but that number will expand if those conditions are not lifted.

Team US F1 was practically guaranteed to be on the entry list, and is. Campos Grand Prix, run by Campos Meta, was another of the pre-announcement favourites, and it’s there too.

The surprise is Manor F1 Team, run by Manor Grand Prix Racing. This is where Wirth Research – having been mentioned in the Ferrari / FIA legal case – comes in, designing the Manor car.

No Prodrive is a bit of a shock, given that the team was successful last time the FIA opened the doors to a new team a couple of years ago. But, like several of the other so far unsuccessful teams, Prodrive is waiting to see what happens, and whether there will yet be more room for new teams.

That’s as brief as I can manage, anyway. There’s masses more on autosport.com and the like, if you’ve got countless hours to spare.

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