The Manor F1 team is to close after administrators were unable to find a buyer for the struggling outfit.Five days after Formula 1 came under new ownership, Just Racing Services Limited – the operating company for Manor's F1 program – has ceased trading. Staff were sent home on Friday having...

Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi appears to have multiple options for 2017 in IndyCar and at least one in Formula 1. According to the surefire Verizon IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year, remaining in America is atop his wish list."Oh yeah, I am entertaining it, definitely," Rossi told RACER. "We...

Esteban Ocon's race drive with the Manor Formula 1 team will give Renault an opportunity to evaluate the 19-year-old in a representative environment, according to Cyril Abiteboul.Ocon replaces Rio Haryanto for the remaining nine races of the season after Manor terminated the Indonesian's contract for failing to secure the funding...

Manor Formula 1 rookie Pascal Wehrlein admits he was hoping to make it to the second phase of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying.Wehrlein was the star of Q1 on Saturday, improving on his second run to beat a looming elimination cut-off and outqualify both Renault and Sauber drivers, Force India's Sergio...

Kevin Magnussen (ABOVE) is set to replace Pastor Maldonado (LEFT) at Renault's new Formula 1 works team for the 2016 season.Sources have confirmed Magnussen is poised to sign a deal over the next few days, before being officially confirmed at Renault's launch in Paris next Wednesday. It follows a disagreement...

Manor Formula 1 team test driver Jordan King will stay with Racing Engineering for his second season in GP2.The Briton stepped into the series in 2015 after two seasons in the Formula 3 European Championship, finishing 12th in the standings with second in the Spa feature race his best result....

The Manor Formula 1 team has appointed former Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis as its chief aerodynamicist with immediate effect.Tombazis spent nine years as Ferrari's chief designer before it was announced in December 2014 he was leaving the team amid a restructure of the F1 outfit. The 47-year-old, who will...

Sauber is going aggressive with the design of its 2016 Formula 1 car because it needs a different concept to move further up the field, according to Felipe Nasr.The Swiss team failed to score a single point in 2014 but enjoyed a more competitive campaign this term as it scored...

The Manor Formula 1 team has appointed former McLaren sporting director Dave Ryan (LEFT) as its new racing director.The announcement comes one day after Graeme Lowdon discussed his departure from the F1 squad, and with the confirmation team principal John Booth will also leave following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Ryan...

Manor has praised Ferrari for sparing the team from Formula 1 extinction as it plans for its new future with Mercedes.The F1 outfit announced this month that it is to be supplied power units by Mercedes from 2016, as well as rekindling a former supply relationship with Williams for transmission...