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[Rad-oh-yeah?]

How Manor can survive
February 17, 2015 by Joe Saward

 

 

Despite the best efforts of Force India, the Manor F1 team is still hoping to be in action in 2015, although the team obviously cannot now use modified 2014 cars. This is a setback, but in reality the 2015 car was always going to be something of a carry over from last year’s MR03, with changes made to tidy up problem areas and to meet the new rules. The team is believed to have retained the design data for the car, despite some of its computers having been sold at auction and it always had access to the original Dinnington facility, so losing Banbury was not as big a setback as one imagine. The Ferrari-powered MNR1 has to go through all the manufacturing and crash-testing phases and that is not going to be easy in the time available, even if there is money in place. The team can increase its staff fairly rapidly, but it will need to pay over the odds to get suppliers back on side and willing to do the work in a hurry. Many suppliers were not paid last year and are going to be asking for cash up front and all of them are likely to favour the big teams over the smaller operations, an inevitable problem, which is one of the things that has been holding Force India back in recent weeks.

The team has the right to miss three races in a season without losing its benefits and so the focus is getting the cars to Shanghai on April 12. The choice of race is rather dictated by the logistics as the freight from Shanghai would go directly to Bahrain, which the first race that the team MUST attend. The team can go on building its cars in China if that is required and it may also be possible to stretch that a little further as the definition of the word “participate” in the secret bilateral agreements that currently govern the sport, allows a certain of leeway. In order to be deemed to have participated in an event a team must make the cars available for scrutineering and make “all reasonable endeavours” to ensure that they are ready to race. If completed cars are presented, but for example cannot race because they still have to pass crash tests the team would have a decent argument for “reasonable endeavours”. If scrutineering is deemed to be participation, the team will be fine as this would win it another three weeks and the racing could begin in Spain on May 10. It is unlikely after such a start that Manor would challenge for points but reliability is key in a place like Monaco and so nothing is impossible. In any case the team will remain in the top 10 teams in 2015 and 2016 because of the way the prize funds work. Haas F1 will turn up in 2016 and so there is a danger that Manor might lose its benefits in 2017 or 2018 but new teams don’t tend to just wander in and be competitive straight away so the Manor business plan is strong enough. By then, the investors hope, F1 will have changed enough to give the teams value and more chances for success. Lunatic spending cannot go on forever…

[Wingman]

Manor intend to race in Melbourne with Stevens

[Rad-oh-yeah?]

F1's governing body has joined McLaren and Ferrari in actively supporting the former Marussia team's quest to return to the sport this year.

 

Although owed millions by the struggling backmarker, Ferrari has agreed to keep supplying its 2014-spec turbo V6 engine to the team reborn as 'Manor' for 2015.

 

McLaren, a separate technology partner, is also owed millions, but the Woking team told us it is also allowing the team to "continue to benefit from affordable support".

 

And now, it emerges that the FIA is also playing a role in helping Manor as the team scrambles to prepare a 2015-compliant car.

 

Normally, a mere two weeks before scrutineering is set to take place at the championship season opener, an official and binding entry list would have long been published.

 

But according to the blog of German insider Ralf Bach, the FIA is delaying the finalisation of the 2015 list to give Manor crucial extra time.

 

By next Friday - the air freight deadline for Melbourne - not only does Manor need to complete its 2015 car and pass the crash tests, it also needs to convince the governing body that it has the financial means to return to the grid.

 

"We are trying to help," an FIA spokesman told Bach's f1-insider.com, "but at the same time they need to demonstrate that the project is financially and legally sound.

 

"Above all, they must prove that the new car corresponds to the 2015 regulations, which is not easy.

 

"We are holding the entry list open for as long as we can, in order to give them at least the possibility to convince the FIA of their project," he added.

[Hertzog]

To mi i McLaren podrzavamo da bi se imali sa kim boriti za pozicije

[Rad-oh-yeah?]

Vi ste dobri, jebiga, klacete se sa RBR, Vilijamsom i Lotusom za drugo-trece mesto. Nama je Marusija poslednja nada da ne ponesemo fenjer!

[Rad-oh-yeah?]

Manor has been given a place on a ten-team entry list for this year’s championship by the FIA.

 

The updated entry list, issued today, includes Manor Grand Prix Racing Ltd which has taken over the entry previously used by Marussia. They will use Ferrari engines. The FIA also confirmed Will Stevens will be one half of their driver line-up, as the team announced earlier this week.

 

Their entry is listed as being subject to “full compliance with the 2015 technical regulations”. Stevens, who raced in the final round of 2014, must obtain a super licence.

 

Marussia was one of two teams which went into administration at the end of last season. The second, Caterham, has been dropped off the entry list.

[Rad-oh-yeah?]

Bravo ljudi!

 

Manor has confirmed it will participate in the Australian Grand Prix next week after coming out of administration.

 

The team, formerly known as Marussia, has secured new investment from Stephen Fitzpatrick, owner of energy company Ovo. Justin King, the former CEO of Sainsbury’s will serve as interim chairman.

 

Former Marussia CEO Graeme Lowdon will continue as Manor’s president and sporting director and John Booth remains as team principal.

 

“I want to thank all of the teams, the FIA, Formula One Management, our suppliers and staff and of course all of the fans for the support we’ve received over the past six months,” said Lowdon.

 

“It has been a challenging period for all of us but we’ve come through it and now we just want to go racing again.”

 

“With formidable new business leadership in Stephen Fitzpatrick and the board presence of Justin King we are now in a great place ahead of the new season. This is a fantastic and very rewarding moment for all those involved with the team.”

 

Fitzpatrick described himself as having “a lifelong passion for Formula One” and said the team want to “restore Manor to the very best of racing in the future”.

 

The team plans to introduce a new design for the 2015 season later in the season, and will begin the year using an older chassis updated to meet the current technical regulations.

 

The team has already announced Will Stevens is to drive one of its cars. The occupant of the other seat is yet to be confirmed.

[alberto.ascari]

Izvrsno!

Ciju licencu imaju, britansku? Pretpostavljam, da vise nije ruska.

Edited by alberto.ascari, 04 March 2015 - 21:34.

[Rad-oh-yeah?]

Verovatno britanska, pretpostavljam, nisam nigde procitao.

[4_Webber]

Priznaj da se Manoru radujes najvise zbog toga da bi u Melburnu bilo i gorih od nas

[leone]

Ovi ko Feniks iz pepela se digose, svaka cast.

[lemiwili]

Bravo

[Rad-oh-yeah?]

Priznaj da se Manoru radujes najvise zbog toga da bi u Melburnu bilo i gorih od nas

 

 

Ma zezam se, stvarno mi je drago zbog njih, napravili su veliki napredak od osnivanja do sada, i to sve na cisti entuzijazam.

 

A i zbog Bjankija.

[4_Webber]

Ma naravno, zezam se i ja (cak se i potajno nadam cudu ala Red Bul prosle godine za Meklaren u Melburnu ), i meni je drago zbog Manora, a i zbog Formule, 20 automobila na gridu je minimum minimuma.

[Hertzog]

Ko ce voziti kod njih, Alonso je slobodan, pa neka razmisle