All Posts Tagged With: "Marussia"

It is possible Marussia will be notably missing from next weekend’s coverage of the 2013 season opener. That is because Bernie Ecclestone is yet to agree a new Concorde Agreement with the backmarker team.  Read more... (137 words, estimated 33 secs reading time)

Luiz Razia has confirmed that off-track “conflicts” caused him to sit out last week’s Barcelona test.

Despite intending to run its new Brazilian driver for two days in Spain, Marussia left Briton Max Chilton in the 2013 car for the entire test week, explaining only that it benefitted from the “consistency” of the amended schedule.  Read more... (185 words, estimated 44 secs reading time)

Marussia looks set to begin the 2013 season with the upper hand over its usual rival Caterham.

Since F1′s youngest teams entered the sport in 2010, Caterham has always finished the constructors’ world championship with the lucrative tenth place. That could change this year.  Read more... (147 words, estimated 35 secs reading time)

No more teams are set to follow HRT through F1′s paddock exit, Bernie Ecclestone insists.

There has been speculation the economic situation in the sport and the wider world could claim more scalps, with Marussia at the top of the list, having reportedly failed to negotiate a new Concorde Agreement with F1′s ‘supremo’.  Read more... (146 words, estimated 35 secs reading time)

Rookie Max Chilton has admitted he would prefer to have Timo Glock as his teammate in 2013.

Actually, Marussia dispensed with German Glock’s experienced services in favour of a ‘pay driver’ — another rookie in the form of Brazilian Luiz Razia.  Read more... (261 words, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

Marussia parted with Timo Glock because a backmarker team needs every million. That is the claim of Pat Symonds, the former Renault ‘crash-gate’ conspirator who – after serving his F1 ban – is now openly in charge of the 2013 Marussia MR02.  Read more... (304 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

Marussia on Wednesday finally confirmed reports Luiz Razia has completed the team’s 2013 race driver lineup.

The 23-year-old Brazilian, runner-up in last year’s GP2 championship, will mark the news by testing Marussia’s newly-launched MR02 car at Jerez on Wednesday.  Read more... (105 words, estimated 25 secs reading time)

Pat Symonds is confident Marussia can finally compete head-to-head with Caterham in 2013.

Since F1′s small new teams arrived in 2010, Caterham has been consistently the best, finishing the lucrative tenth spot in the championship at every attempt.  Read more... (254 words, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

Marussia on Monday admitted the need for money is behind the decision to part with the team’s long-time lead driver Timo Glock.

It is believed German Glock, 30, was being paid about EUR 3 million per season. Reportedly yet to agree a new Concorde Agreement deal with Bernie Ecclestone, and narrowly missing out on the lucrative tenth place in the 2012 constructors’ championship, Marussia will almost certainly now replace Glock with a ‘pay driver’.  Read more... (250 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

Timo Glock looks set to leave Marussia – and probably F1 too.

After leaving Toyota in the wake of the Japanese giant’s F1 exit, the now 30-year-old German has been Marussia’s lead driver since the former Virgin team’s 2010 inception. Sport Bild, a German publication, reports that Glock and Marussia have now agreed to split, despite the existence of a contract for 2013 and 2014.  Read more... (292 words, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)