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| Founded | 1990 |
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| Teamprincipal(s) | John Booth (Team Principal) Graeme Lowdon (President & Sporting Director) |
| Former series | Formula One FIA World Endurance Championship GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup British F3 Auto GP |
| Drivers' Championships | Formula Renault UK: 1999:Antônio Pizzonia 2000:Kimi Räikkönen 2003:Lewis Hamilton 2005:Oliver Jarvis Formula Renault UK Winter Series: 1999:Kimi Räikkönen 2006:Franck Mailleux British F3: 1999:Marc Hynes 2000:Antônio Pizzonia |
| Website | manorwec |
Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading asManor Endurance Racing Ltd is a Britishmotor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater championJohn Booth.[1] Manor has participated as a team in many motorsport disciplines since its inception, includingFormula One.
Its current sole involvement in motor racing is an entry to compete in theFIA World Endurance Championship since 2016.
The Formula One team most recently known asManor Racing cut its links with Manor Motorsport following John Booth and his partner Graeme Lowdon's resignation from the Formula One project at the end of the 2015 season.[2]
Throughout its history, the team primarily competed inFormula Renault, with past drivers including 2007Formula One World ChampionKimi Räikkönen, 7 timesFormula One World ChampionLewis Hamilton and other Formula One drivers such asAntônio Pizzonia. In 1994James Matthews set a record 11 race wins in a season that lasted more than 20 years, on his way to winning both the British and European series for Manor.
They enteredFormula Three in 1999,[1] winning successiveBritish titles withMarc Hynes and Pizzonia.[3][4]
In 2007, Manor Motorsport saw a change of ownership when Formula Renault UK team manager, Tony Shaw, bought out John Booth and continued operating under the name of Manor Competition from a completely separate base. In turn, John Booth retained the Manor Motorsport name and continued to race in theFormula 3 Euro Series until 2009.
From 2010 to 2015, Manor Motorsport participated in theFormula One World Championship under many guises.[5]
Manor also had aGP3 Series team from 2010 until 2014, run under the name of "Marussia Manor Racing" with the exception of the 2010 season.
On 5 February 2016, Manor Motorsport announced its entry into the2016 FIA World Endurance Championship.[6]
From 2012 until 2015, Manor Competition competed in theFormula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup andEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships in partnership withMP Motorsport. As well as this, the two teams combined forces inAuto GP in 2012 and 2013.
For its participation in the2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Manor are using two Oreca 05 chassis powered by Nissan engines, racing in the LMP2 class. The No. 44 car – driven byTor Graves,James Jakes andWill Stevens – was entered for the full season.[7] The No. 45 car was entered on a one-off basis for every race except for Le Mans, as the car was entered too late to gain entry.[8]Richard Bradley,Roberto Merhi and Matt Rao were signed to drive the car.[7]
On 12 June 2009, it was announced Manor's application to participate in the2010 Formula One season had been accepted.[1] Their Formula One team was registered asManor Grand Prix although it raced asVirgin Racing for sponsorship reasons. Powered byCosworth engine, the team distinguished itself for designing its cars only digitally.[5] This design approach was abandoned in 2011 when the team forged a technical partnership withMcLaren.[5]
The Formula One team was renamed theMarussia F1 Team afterMarussia Motors bought a controlling interest in the team.[5] In 2014, coinciding with the team's switch of engine supplier from Cosworth toFerrari, the team scored its first ever World Championship points thanks to the exploits of their leadingFerrari-sponsored driver,Jules Bianchi, during theMonaco Grand Prix.[9] The team suffered a major blow at theJapanese Grand Prix, when Bianchi was involved in a serious crash and remained in a coma before succumbing to his head injuries in July 2015. At the following race, the inauguralRussian Grand Prix, Marussia fielded only one car out of respect for Bianchi but also as a result of mounting financial pressure, which then saw the team enter administration alongside its rival,Caterham.[10] Marussia would take no further part in the 2014 season. It risked losing its 2014 prize money unless able to further compete in the sport the following year.
On 19 February 2015, Manor Motorsport's administrators announced that the team had come out of administration and planned to enter the2015 Formula One season under the nameManor Marussia F1 Team withJohn Booth andGraeme Lowdon continuing to run the team.[11] This was possible thanks to businessmanStephen Fitzpatrick buying the team, withJustin King joining as chairman.[12]
Booth and Lowdon left the Formula One team at the end of the 2015 season. The team continued to race for one more season, under the name ofManor Racing, albeit independently of Manor Motorsport.[2]
Two of the Manor team's drivers have sustained fatal head injuries.[13] In July 2012, test driverMaría de Villota crashed heavily into a team transporter during straight line aerodynamic tests.[14] Among other things, she suffered the loss of her right eye but recovered sufficiently to become a motorsport safety advocate and get married. In October 2013, however, she died following a heart attack believed to have been caused by her underlying brain injuries.[15]
In October 2014, race driverJules Bianchi suffered severe brain injuries while competing in theJapanese Grand Prix.[16] He succumbed to his injuries in July 2015 after remaining hospitalised and in a coma since the accident.[17] Bianchi had made a significant contribution to the team as recognised by team principal, John Booth who, immediately following the2015 Australian Grand Prix, attributed the team's 2015 return after failing to complete the prior season to the point-scoring and prize-winning performance of Bianchi at the2014 Monaco Grand Prix.[18][19] In Bianchi's honour, from the2014 Russian Grand Prix until the end of their F1 participation, the team cars carried a "JB17" logo,[20] which represent Bianchi's initials and race number.
| Year | Name | Car | Engine | Tyres | No. | Drivers | Points | WCC | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Virgin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 |  Virgin Racing | VR-01 | Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 | B | 24. 25. |  Timo Glock Lucas di Grassi | 0 | 12th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Marussia Virgin Racing | MVR-02 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 | P | 24. 25. | Timo Glock Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 0 | 12th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marussia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Marussia F1 Team | MR01 | Cosworth CA2012 2.4 V8 | P | 24. 25. | Timo Glock Charles Pic | 0 | 11th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Marussia F1 Team | MR02 | Cosworth CA2013 2.4 V8 | P | 22. 23. | Jules BianchiMax Chilton | 0 | 10th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Marussia F1 Team | MR03 | Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t | P | 4. 17. 42. | Max ChiltonJules Bianchi Alexander Rossi | 2 | 9th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Manor Marussia F1 Team | MR03B | Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t | P | 28. 53. 98. | Will StevensAlexander Rossi Roberto Merhi | 0 | 10th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Formula 3 Euro Series results[21] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2004 | Dallara F304-Mercedes HWA |  Charles Zwolsman Jr. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16th | 5th |
| Lewis Hamilton | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 5th | |||
| 2005 | Dallara F305-Mercedes-HWA | Lucas di Grassi | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 3rd | 4th |
| Paul di Resta | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10th | |||
| 2006 | Dallara F305-Mercedes |  Kohei Hirate | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3rd | 2nd |
 Esteban Guerrieri | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 4th | |||
| Kazuki Nakajima | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara F305-Mercedes | Franck Mailleux | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 7th | 2nd |
| James Jakes | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5th | |||
 Cyndie Allemann | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||
| Yelmer Buurman | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara F308-Mercedes | Koudai Tsukakoshi | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7th | 5th |
| Sam Bird | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11th | |||
 Niall Breen | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16th | |||
| Kazuya Oshima | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara F308-Mercedes | César Ramos | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 4th |
| Pedro Nunes | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |||
| Roberto Merhi | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7th | |||
| Year | Car | Entrant | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Manor Racing | James Jakes | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8th | 4th |
| Adrien Tambay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th | ||||
 Rio Haryanto | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5th | ||||
| Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15th | ||||
| 2011 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Marussia Manor Racing | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 5th | 3rd |
| Rio Haryanto | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 7th | ||||
 Matias Laine | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | ||||
| 2012 | Dallara GP3/10-Renault | Marussia Manor Racing |  Tio Ellinas | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 8th | 5th |
| Fabiano Machado | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | ||||
| Dmitry Suranovich | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | ||||
| 2013 | Dallara GP3/13-AER | Marussia Manor Racing | Tio Ellinas | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 4th | 5th |
| Ryan Cullen | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||||
| Dino Zamparelli | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18th | ||||
| 2014 | Dallara GP3/13-AER | Marussia Manor Racing | Patrick Kujala[a] | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14th | 6th |
| Ryan Cullen[b] | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | ||||
| Dean Stoneman[c] | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 163 | 2nd |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Class | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manor | 44 | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 |  Tor Graves | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25th | 10th |
| James Jakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31st | ||||||
| Will Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7th | ||||||
| Matthew Rao | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17th | ||||||
| Roberto Merhi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14th | ||||||
| Antônio Pizzonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27th | ||||||
| Matthew Howson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27th | ||||||
| Richard Bradley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17th | ||||||
 Alfonso Toledano Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||||
| Alex Lynn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30th | ||||||
| 45 | Matthew Rao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17th | NC[d] | ||||
| Richard Bradley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17th | ||||||
| Roberto Merhi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14th | ||||||
| Tor Graves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 25th | ||||||
| Alex Lynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 30th | ||||||
| Shinji Nakano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 32nd | ||||||
| Roberto González | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29th | ||||||
| Mathias Beche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||||
| Julien Canal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29th | ||||||
| 2017 |  CEFC Manor TRS Racing[22] | 24 | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | Tor Graves | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7th | 7th |
| Jonathan Hirschi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7th | ||||||
| Jean-Éric Vergne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7th | ||||||
| 25 | Roberto González | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13th | 13th | ||||
| Vitaly Petrov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13th | ||||||
| Simon Trummer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13th | ||||||
| 2018–19 | CEFC TRSM Racing[23][24] | 5 | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | Charlie Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 6th |
| Léo Roussel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||||
| Michael Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||||
| Dean Stoneman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||||
| 6 | Alex Brundle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||||
| Oliver Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||||
| Oliver Turvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manor | 44 | Oreca 05-Nissan | Tor GravesRoberto Merhi Matthew Rao | LMP2 | 283 | DNF | DNF |
| 2017 | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | 24 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Tor GravesJonathan HirschiJean-Éric Vergne | LMP2 | 360 | 7th | 6th |
| 25 | Roberto GonzálezVitaly PetrovSimon Trummer | 152 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 2018 | CEFC TRSM Racing | 5 | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | Charlie RobertsonLéo Roussel Michael Simpson | LMP1 | 283[N 1] | 41st | 5th |
| 6 | Alex BrundleOliver RowlandOliver Turvey | 137 | DNF | DNF |
| Former series | |
|---|---|
| British Formula Renault Championship | 1990–2011 |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 1991–2003, 2010, 2012–2015 |
| British Formula 3 Championship | 1999–2003, 2010 |
| Formula 3 Euro Series | 2004–2009 |
| GP3 Series | 2010–2014 |
| Formula One | 2010–2015 |
| Auto GP | 2012–2013 |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | 2012–2015 |
| FIA World Endurance Championship | 2016-2018 |
