PROST

Stoddart, who rescued Minardi in January last year when they were on the brink of collapse, has said he is unwilling to bale the team out indefinitely and has already budgeted for the missing Prost millions.

Three time F1 world champion, Senna, who was killed in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 aged 34, famously overlooked Prost and said Fullerton, who didn't make the leap from karting to F1 due to safety fears, was the driver he most enjoyed duelling with.

"This fight is a little bit like the one I had with Ayrton, especially in 1988," admitted Prost.

Prost told BBC One's Inside Sport programme last night.

Phoenix, which had technical support from Arrows chief Tom Walkinshaw's TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) company, arrived in Malaysia three days ago with two 2001-specification Prost chassis looking to compete in Sunday's race.

Herbert, an F1 pundit for Britain's Sky Sports Television, told Gulf News in an exclusive interview on Saturday: "Is this up there with Prost and Senna?

Not that there would have been much space for them if Phoenix had been allowed into the circuit with the garages that were occupied by Prost last year having now been taken over by newcomers Toyota Racing.

The Phoenix Group, which recently bought some of the assets of the defunct Prost team, have turned up in Kuala Lumpur for the second round of the championship, but whether they will line-up in Friday's free practice is open to question.

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