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Formula One's new teams for 2010

Formula One's governing body published its entry list for the 2010 season on Friday with three new teams confirmed.

Following are details of the newcomers:

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CAMPOS META

Team principal: Adrian Campos

Spanish former Formula One driver Campos, who started 17 races for Minardi without scoring a point in 1987/88, launched his team in 1998, competing in the GP2 support series and European Formula Three. They are the current GP2 champions.

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Their headquarters are in Madrid with a technical facility in Valencia, near the Ricardo Tormo circuit used by Formula One teams for testing during the winter.

They will use Cosworth engines and have technical partnerships with Italian chassis-maker Dallara and transmission specialists Xtrac.

MANOR GRAND PRIX

Team principal: John Booth

British-based Manor have been involved in racing since 1990, competing in the junior Formula Renault and Formula Three Euroseries.

They have two sites in Britain, one in Sheffield and the other in Bicester.

Their cars are designed by Wirth Research Limited (WRL), a company founded by former Simtek owner and team boss Nick Wirth, whose cars won the 2004 and 2005 lndy Racing League championships in America.

Wirth, a former March aerodynamicist and Benetton chief designer, is technical director.

McLaren's current world champion Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen both drove for Manor in their formative years, as did Poland's Robert Kubica and Japan's Kazuki Nakajima.

Manor will use Cosworth engines.

TEAM US F1

Team Principal: Ken Anderson

The team is a new operation but those behind it have years of racing experience. They also say they have considerable investment lined up.

Anderson has designed and built multiple Indy 500 and IndyCar Series-winning race cars and was technical director for the now-defunct Ligier and Onyx Formula One teams.

Peter Windsor, the other team director, is a former Williams team manager who has worked more recently as a journalist and consultant.