with a new car....with last year's Ferrari engines. Will Stevens signed as driver. Manor signs Stevens, plans to race in Australia | F1 news | Motorsport.com It must be true because I read it on the internet. I'm still rooting for the underdogs, but it's going to be tough to be within the 107% I think, even if they manage to get to Australia.
I wonder who their second driver might be They are probably not worried about 107 % at this stage since it appears merely presenting a car for scrutineering counts as attendance (as opposed to one of the three permissible missed races)
Trucks have been spotted over the last week or so...Best to them but with an out of date engine and so for not a single meter driven with the car, its going to get tough for them to stay within 107%.
Yup. But now they have an outdated engine, albeit a new car that hasn't been tested. Up against highly improved new cars with new engines, all vastly improved . I wish them the best but unless they get a serious cash injection, I don't see them lasting the entire season.
well, quite a large sum of money is on the table for them if they can make the appearance into 2015, so it's only logical that they do all they can to try to get some of that and help ease their finances. If they can't make it happen, then they don't get the millions they earned from the 2014 constructors. Creditors want their money so I'm sure they're doing all they can to keep the boat afloat long enough to get their checks.
Marussia still on board as sponsors or they haven't gotten the approval to change team name back to Manor? Hope they can make it to Melbourne as participants rather than spectators!
As motorsport.com mentioned, Caterham assets go up for auction. No return.... Caterham assets go up for auction | F1 news | Motorsport.com
I have mixed feelings about this. It's good for the guys who are now able to continue working in F1. But, this team is just grid filler. There is no way that one of last years backmarker will not qualify in the last 2 grid spots every race (if they can find a second driver and make the 107% cut-off). So it's a bit sad for F1 that they are excited to see one of last years weakest teams able to advance to 2015 in a car that was awful in 2014.
Marussia no longer sponsor the team and there would be no issue with dropping it from the team name if they wanted to. However, the Marussia part of the team name is still incorporated to help guarantee that the team can at least get a share of the prize money that was due them from last season if they cannot get all of it. See here for more details: Is Marussia actually entitled to 2014 prize money? - Pitpass.com
Here's an article fromJanuary 24, 2015 No Marussia bail out Despite rumors of Haas Formula 1 looking to save the Marsussia teams, Steiner says, “there’s no involvement from Haas.” “We will be buying the building, we might buy some testing equipment they got there but nothing of substance. "We didn’t buy the sign or any of the IP (Intellectual property) rights. That was also a rumor in the press, that we bought the IP rights of their 2015 car. That’s not right. We’re developing our own car.” Guenther Steiner reveals Haas F1's next move | F1 news | Motorsport.com
Manor in race against time to start F1 season in Melbourne | F1 news | Motorsport.com This article calls the team Manor Marussia, and says that they have scheduled their car chassis crash test for March 5th, with March 6th the deadline to ship cars to Australia. Good luck!
Marussia (or whatever it's called) is backed by Stephen Fitzpatrick of Ovo Energy, a private UK utility company. Ovo Energy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hope that guy has a lot of money. I wish him the best of luck.
Bernie was said to be speeding up some payments to Lotus, Sauber, and Force India, but no mention of Manor getting prize money from last year. As just a fan looking in, it amazes me that they don't hand out prize money say the day after the last race of the season, but what do I know about big money and finances?
well I guess the price money is an incentive to come back the following year with full commitment. Some shady characters used to ru(i)n F1 teams and the last thing you'd want to see is some team artificially folding for a small number of people benefitting with the big bucks.
SuperSport.com Mobi They passed the test and will be in Australia. So who has a superlicence and is free that weekend?
Hey, he's already familiar with last year's Ferrari engines, maybe they'll be using one of his anyway!
