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Originally Posted by Sodemo

However, back to my original point. Prodrive were awarded a slot on the grid, so therefore the FIA must have deemed them a "fit and worthy" candidate for F1, so when they re-applied in 2009 and they were turned down, that effectively meant that USF1, Campos and Manor were all better options than a team that had already been granted an entry 2 years earlier...

Conversely, they were awarded an entry and didn't follow through, so it could be argued that that was a good reason why they were not "fit and worthy"