partnership with the Kingdom of Bahrain which saw the creation of a new team to compete at the Dakar rally, Bahrain Raid Xtreme. Prodrive developed an all new car, the Prodrive Hunter, which debuted on the Dakar in 2021, finishing 5th, the highest placing for any team on its debut. The team returned to the Dakar in 2022, with Hunter now running on Prodrive EcoPower, a sustainable fuel made by Coryton Advanced fuels from agricultural waste. It was the first car to win a stage of the Dakar running on a sustainable fuel. The team's drivers, nine-time World Rally champion, Sebastien Loeb, and Orlando Terranova, finished 2nd and fourth respectively. The team now competes in the new FIA World Rally-Raid Championship. X44 Extreme E In 2021 Sir Lewis Hamilton chose Prodrive to run his new team X44 in the new Extreme E electric racing series. In the inaugural season the team finished second and is now competing in the 2022 championship. Formula One In 1997, when Flavio Briatore was fired as Director of the Benetton team, Richards replaced him. However, his tenure only lasted one year, as he could not agree a long term strategy with the team-owning Benetton family. When the BAR team was restructuring after the departure of Craig Pollock in 2001, the owners BAT (British American Tobacco) brought in Prodrive to run the team with Richards as its Team Principal. Under his direction there was an immediate improvement in performance, ultimately leading to the team taking second place in the 2004 F1 Constructors' Championship. Richards also brought Jenson Button to the team and made him lead driver providing the majority of their championship points in 2004. This success led to BAT selling a 45% share of the team to Honda in late 2004. With Prodrive having completed its management contract with BAT, Richards stood down as Team Principal and Prodrive's then managing director Nick Fry assumed this role. His Prodrive company entered a bid to enter a Formula One team for the 2008 season and on 28 April 2006, Prodrive were officially granted entry when the FIA announced the list of entrants to the 2008 Formula One World Championship. However, on 22 November 2007, he was forced to announce that Prodrive F1 would not be competing in the 2008 Formula One World Championship after a lack of clarity over the legality of 'customer cars' and the threat