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Last hours approach for ailing Marussia

January 18, 2015 .- The eleventh hour is fast approaching for Marussia. Now called Manor, the name of the operating company, the backmarker team is in administration and fast shedding its assets to pay millions in creditors' bills. The Banbury factory, for one, is believed to have been sold to 2016 entrant Gene Haas, and key staff have defected to rival teams. It is believed Haas was also among the buyers of team equipment sold recently at auction, indicating that Marussia is clearly in its death throes. But team president Graeme Lowdon was quoted on Sunday by Britain's Sky: "There have been some auctions already but none of the equipment that has been sold so far is essential for the...
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