Marussia: We will give it our best shot
After a positive start for the Marussia F1 Team in Thursday’s Free Practice sessions, optimism turned to disappointment today when Jules Bianchi was unable to take part in qualifying for his home Grand Prix in Monaco. Team-mate Max Chilton ended Q1 in 20th position after a challenging opening session on the intermediate tyre on a [...]
Marussia: We can be happy with the initial pace of the car
The Marussia F1 Team enjoyed a relatively smooth opening day of practice in Monte Carlo today in preparation for Sunday’s 71st Grand Prix de Monaco. The two free practice sessions served to highlight up and down the field just how unforgiving the tight and twisting streets of the Principality are, with no margin for error. [...]
Bianchi: It is very important for Marussia to end up in tenth
Impressive rookie Jules Bianchi believes it is possible Marussia is on the verge of breaking into Formula 1′s midfield. Since the team debuted as Virgin in 2010, the red and black cars have always occupied the last rows of the grid, and Bernie Ecclestone even wanted Marussia to merge with fellow backmarker Caterham ahead of [...]
Monaco Grand Prix: Marussia preview Monte Carlo
The Marussia F1 Team is gearing up for one of the highlights of the Formula 1 season – the Monaco Grand Prix – next weekend (23-26 May), where Jules Bianchi will also celebrate his home race. Jules was born in Nice, France, just a little further along the coast from the principality and still maintains [...]
Spanish Grand Prix: Marussia preview Barcelona
We’re back on the road again this weekend as the first trucks leave our Banbury headquarters for the start of the European season, which begins next week with the Spanish Grand Prix. The Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona is very familiar territory for all of the teams – a real home from home – since [...]
Marussia hurting due to loss of Formula 1 income
F1 veteran Pat Symonds has admitted Marussia’s loss of Concorde Agreement revenue is really hurting the small team. Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone announced recently that, from now on, only the top ten finishers in the constructors’ world championship will share the sport’s commercial income. Previously, under a scheme devised by former FIA president Max [...]
Marussia set for Ferrari engine power in 2014
Back markers Marussia looks set to use customer Ferrari engines starting with advent of the turbo era in 2014. With the team’s current supplier Cosworth unlikely to build a new power unit for next year’s radical V6 rules, Marussia’s choice appeared to have boiled down to Mercedes or Ferrari. “We’ll talk with both,” chief executive [...]
Razia seeks sponsors for possible Force India role
Luiz Razia is targeting a return to Formula 1 by the end of 2013 with Force India, the only obstacle in his way is sufficient backing. The Brazilian came tantalisingly close to making his Grand Prix debut this year, signing with Marussia but then losing the drive when his sponsors failed to pay. Now, the [...]
Only top ten teams to be paid confirms Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has made clear that Formula One will pay prize money to only the top 10 teams from the end of this season. Since 2010, payments have been made to the 11th and 12th-placed teams to help three newcomers on reduced budgets who came in after the abrupt departure of major manufacturers Honda, Toyota [...]