Former Marussia team makes the 2015 grid
Manor has had their entry confirmed for the 2015 season. The team formerly will return to a grid after being saved from bankruptcy earlier this month.
The team will complete with a Ferrari engines and will do a crash test next week before the Australian GP. Their race driver has been confirmed as 23-year old Will Stevens who still requires his super licence.
The teams main investor is Stephen Fitzpatrick who is the boss Ovo Energy. Fitzpatrick also runs a property business. Ovo energy was launched in 2009, and prior to that had never worked in the energy sector.
Meanwhile former Sainsbury’s supermarkets boss, Justin King, will also be involved in the running of the team but is not an investor.
Fitzpatrick secured the deal for the team using his personal finance and has deals with the team’s two biggest creditors, Ferrari and McLaren.
The teams second driver remains unknown. But former Marussia Jules Bianchi is continues to recover from his crash at the Japanese GP last years and max Chilton has joined the US based Carlin ahead of their Indy car debut.
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