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Marussia F1

Marussia
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Full name Marussia F1 Team
(2012–2014)
Manor Marussia F1 Team (2015)
Base Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
(2012–2014, 2015)
Dinnington, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
(2015)
Noted staff John Booth
Graeme Lowdon
John McQuilliam
Marc Hynes
Pat Symonds
Bob Bell
Nikolai Fomenko
Andrey Cheglakov
Andy Webb
Noted drivers Germany Timo Glock
France Charles Pic
France Jules Bianchi
United Kingdom Max Chilton
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Spain Roberto Merhi
United States Alexander Rossi
Previous name Marussia Virgin Racing
Next name Manor Racing
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 2012 Australian Grand Prix
Races entered 74 (73 starts)
Engines Cosworth, Ferrari
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories 0
Points 2
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
Final entry 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The Marussia F1 Team (subsequently Manor Marussia F1 Team) was an Anglo-Russian Formula One racing team and constructor which was based in Banbury, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. The team was operated by Manor Motorsport (formerly Marussia Manor Racing), which was previously a subsidiary of Marussia Motors, a now defunct sports car manufacturer which was based in Moscow. The team originally started racing in 2010 under the "Virgin Racing" name; the following year Virgin adopted Marussia as a title sponsor becoming "Marussia Virgin Racing" until being fully rebranded as the "Marussia F1 Team" for 2012.

The Marussia team scored its first championship points at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix, where its leading driver, Jules Bianchi, finished ninth, and in doing so Marussia became the first Russian licensed constructor to score world championship points.

Following a serious crash and injuries sustained by Bianchi at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the team raced for the first time with a single car at the inaugural 2014 Russian Grand Prix. On 26 October 2014, news reports emerged that the Marussia team would not participate at the 2014 United States Grand Prix due to financial reasons and that, on 7 October 2014, the team filed a notice in the London High Court intending to go into administration. The appointed administrator released an official statement on 27 October 2014 and the team was still included in FIA's provisional entry list for the 2015 Formula One season but as the "Manor F1 Team". On 7 November 2014, however, the administrator announced that the team had ceased trading.


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