zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
Dead: Manor's Sad Broke Backmarker F1 Team
Dead: Manor's Sad Broke Backmarker F1 Team-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:26

In news that probably surprises no one, the Manor Formula One team will be shutting down. Funding theyto raise to participate in the 2017 season never materialized, per . Workers have been sent home and the team will cease operations by the end of the week.

The company that runs Manor Racing’s team operations, Just Racing Services Limited, had already been put into administration, with the business being handled by administrators at FRP Advisory. Progress had stalled on finding a new buyer for the team, so the decision was made to cease trading Just Racing Services and shut it all down.

There was enough to pay all 212 staff members’ salaries through January 31, but not enough to keep the team running, according to a statement by FRP Advisory published on .

This leaves only ten teams on the Formula One grid for 2017. Manor finished eleventh in the 2016 F1 constructors’ championship, meaning that they received no prize money. The $13.5 million loss from finishing eleventh instead of tenth was enough that the team was forced to find new investment (which they didn’t) or close (which just happened).

The team, then known as Marussia, was saved from closing in 2015 after entering administration then. It was reborn as the Manor team, and while it never quite took off, we’ll miss this team anyway. The only American driver to compete in F1 in recent years,, got a chance to race with Manor before going on to win last year’s Indianapolis 500.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Monster Is Really Making A Bang In NASCAR
Monster Is Really Making A Bang In NASCAR
Tires have been particularly tricky in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway this time around, and one of the recent victims was the Monster Energy car of Kurt Busch. If Monster hasn’t made a figurative bang so far, well, it has now—literally. This was the...
Oct 23, 2026
This Wet NASCAR Road Course Battle Will Completely Melt Your Brain
This Wet NASCAR Road Course Battle Will Completely Melt Your Brain
NASCAR is the butt of many jokes over the fact that they run any of their ovals in the rain. But NASCAR will run on a wet road course. The perfect combination of a soaking wet track and ludicrously powerful stock cars is more fun than anyone deserves to watch,...
Oct 23, 2026
Everyone In IndyCar Thinks Lewis Hamilton Is A Chump
Everyone In IndyCar Thinks Lewis Hamilton Is A Chump
Fernando Alonso’s run in the Indianapolis 500 keeps paying off in juicy, tender beef. Not with Alonso—he was pretty chill. No, it’s between three-time Formula One champion , who keeps talking shit about IndyCar, and that series’ drivers. There’s only one way to settle this: put Hamilton in an IndyCar....
Oct 23, 2026
Your Ridiculously Awesome Ferrari 488 GT3 Wallpaper Is Here
Your Ridiculously Awesome Ferrari 488 GT3 Wallpaper Is Here
There’s just something about a mean-looking race car staring you right in the eyes. Meet the Ferrari 488 GT3 racer from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, which finished second in its class at the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit over the weekend. Our dear photographer friend Kurt Bradley ,...
Oct 23, 2026
A NASCAR Fan Climbed The Catch Fence Again But No One Threw A Caution For It
A NASCAR Fan Climbed The Catch Fence Again But No One Threw A Caution For It
Nearly three years after during a race at Richmond International Raceway, it happened again Sunday. NASCAR never even threw a caution for this guy, and reports that local police said he “kicked an officer in the knee” while being taken into custody. This fan, identified by USA Today as John...
Oct 23, 2026
Formula One’s New Bosses Want More Races And For Americans To Actually Care Again
Formula One’s New Bosses Want More Races And For Americans To Actually Care Again
The new bosses at Formula One, Liberty Media, already have former F1 tyrant Bernie Ecclestone in a fuss . They now want to expand the F1 schedule, which would maybe, just maybe, wear ol’ Bernie out enough to keep him from talking so much. But that last part is just...
Oct 23, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved