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Marussia confirms Caterham merger talks collapsed
F1 backmarkers Marussia and Caterham held talks over the winter about a possible merger.
The surprise news emerged as F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone attempted to explain why Marussia is the only team without a commercial deal for 2013.
"I have everything prepared here for them to sign," he told the Times.
"It is not a problem. But they have not been happy and they almost merged with Caterham, so that made me wondering what was happening," said Ecclestone.
The newspaper claimed Caterham and Marussia contemplated the merger to "guarantee survival", but the talks "foundered and the two teams are now in a dogfight for tens of millions of pounds in prize...
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