(@ManorF1Team via Twitter)
The Manor F1 Team declared themselves thrilled to be back on
track as the action got underway on the opening day of the Malaysian Grand Prix
weekend.
The team who went in administration last year, missing the
final three Grand Prix of the season in 2014 were rescued by Stephen Fitzpatrick
last month having missed all of the winter testing programme.
The team made it
out to the opening race of the 2015 Formula One season in Australia two weeks
ago but were unable to fire up their Ferrari power unit and was forced to miss
the event.
The team managed to fire up their cars in the Manor garage
on Thursday having resolved the issues that they faced in Australia and on
Friday they got both of their cars out on track for both Free Practice sessions
with both Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi completing mileage with their interim
2015 car.
Team Principal John Booth stated that he is very satisfied
with what the outfit have achieved in recent months.
Booth was delighted with the progress that the team have
made since the Australian Grand Prix but knows that the outfit still have an
awful lot of work to do. More importantly for the team both Will Stevens and
Roberto Merhi were able to complete lap times that were with the 107 percent
regulation.
The team have done an incredible job when you consider that
they have very little resources at this moment in time after most of their
assets were sold off at auction to help clear the debts that the team had going
into this year which resulted in them entering administration.
The team were also boosted the prize money that they received
following Jules Bianchi’s points finish at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix which
meant that the outfit finished in ninth place in the Constructors championship
on two points.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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