Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading as Manor Endurance Racing Ltd is a British motor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater champion John Booth. Manor has participated as a team in many motorsport disciplines since its inception, including Formula One.

Its current sole involvement in motor racing is an entry to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship since 2016.

The Formula One team most recently known as Manor Racing cut its links with Manor Motorsport following John Booth and his partner Graeme Lowdon's resignation from the Formula One project at the end of the 2015 season.

Historical overview

Throughout its history, the team primarily competed in Formula Renault, with past drivers including 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen, 7 times Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton and other Formula One drivers such as Antônio Pizzonia. In 1994 James Matthews set a record 11 race wins in a season that lasted more than 20 years, on his way to winning both the British and European series for Manor.

They entered Formula Three in 1999, winning successive British titles with Marc Hynes and Pizzonia.

For some time, the Booth family had been feeling that their Formula Renault UK team was an unnecessary diversion for Manor Motorsport: they needed to concentrate solely on the Formula 3 Euro Series campaign.

So in 2007, Tony Shaw, the manager of their Formula Renault UK team, was given the option to buy the 2-litre single seater operation.

(If you don't believe me, Mary Booth told me that at their base at North Anston, Rotherham, in the Summer of 2006).

Grasping the opportunity, Shaw and his motorsport engineer wife, eagerly became joint-owners of the multiple-championship winning Formula Renault UK team, and set up a completely new operation under the 'Manor Competition' name. Ultimately, they merged with the Dutch team, MP Motorsport, in 2012.

John Booth was now able to concentrated solely on the Manor Motorsport Formula 3 team, running drivers in the Formula 3 Euro Series until the end of 2009.

Manor also had a GP3 Series team from 2010 until 2014, run under the name of "Marussia Manor Racing" with the exception of the 2010 season.

On 5 February 2016, Manor Motorsport announced its entry into the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Partnership with MP Motorsport

From 2012 until 2015, Manor Competition competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships in partnership with MP Motorsport. As well as this, the two teams combined forces in Auto GP in 2012 and 2013.

World Endurance Championship For its participation in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Manor are using two Oreca 05 chassis powered by Nissan engines, racing in the LMP2 class. The No. 44 car – driven by Tor Graves, James Jakes and Will Stevens – was entered for the full season. The No. 45 car was entered on a one-off basis for every race except for Le Mans, as the car was entered too late to gain entry. Richard Bradley, Roberto Merhi and Matt Rao were signed to drive the car.

Formula One

Virgin Racing (2010–11)

On 12 June 2009, it was announced Manor's application to participate in the 2010 Formula One season had been accepted. Their Formula One team was registered as Manor Grand Prix although it raced as Virgin Racing for sponsorship reasons. Powered by Cosworth engine, the team distinguished itself for designing its cars only digitally. This design approach was abandoned in 2011 when the team forged a technical partnership with McLaren.

Marussia F1/Manor Marussia (2012–15)

The Formula One team was renamed the Marussia F1 Team after Marussia Motors bought a controlling interest in the team. In 2014, coinciding with the team's switch of engine supplier from Cosworth to Ferrari, the team scored its first ever World Championship points thanks to the exploits of their leading Ferrari-sponsored driver, Jules Bianchi, during the . The team suffered a major blow at the , when Bianchi was involved in a serious crash and remained in a coma before succumbing to his head injuries in July 2015. At the following race, the inaugural , Marussia fielded only one car out of respect for Bianchi but also as a result of mounting financial pressure, which then saw the team enter administration alongside its rival, Caterham. Marussia would take no further part in the 2014 season. It risked losing its 2014 prize money unless able to further compete in the sport the following year.

On 19 February 2015, Manor Motorsport's administrators announced that the team had come out of administration and planned to enter the 2015 Formula One season under the name Manor Marussia F1 Team with John Booth and Graeme Lowdon continuing to run the team. This was possible thanks to businessman Stephen Fitzpatrick buying the team, with Justin King joining as chairman.

Booth and Lowdon left the Formula One team at the end of the 2015 season. The team continued to race for one more season, under the name of Manor Racing, albeit independently of Manor Motorsport.

Driver accidents

Two of the Manor team's drivers have sustained fatal head injuries. In July 2012, test driver María de Villota crashed heavily into a team transporter during straight line aerodynamic tests. Among other things, she suffered the loss of her right eye but recovered sufficiently to become a motorsport safety advocate and get married. In October 2013, however, she died following a heart attack believed to have been caused by her underlying brain injuries.

In October 2014, race driver Jules Bianchi suffered severe brain injuries while competing in the . He succumbed to his injuries in July 2015 after remaining hospitalised and in a coma since the accident. Bianchi had made a significant contribution to the team as recognised by team principal, John Booth who, immediately following the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, attributed the team's 2015 return after failing to complete the prior season to the point-scoring and prize-winning performance of Bianchi at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix. In Bianchi's honour, from the 2014 Russian Grand Prix until the end of their F1 participation, the team cars carried a "JB17" logo, which represent Bianchi's initials and race number.

Results

Formula One Year Name Car Engine Tyres No. Drivers Points WCC Virgin Virgin Racing VR-01 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 24.25. Timo Glock Lucas di Grassi 0 12th Marussia Virgin Racing MVR-02 Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 24.25. Timo Glock Jérôme d'Ambrosio 0 12th Marussia Marussia F1 Team MR01 Cosworth CA2012 2.4 V8 24.25. Timo Glock Charles Pic 0 11th Marussia F1 Team MR02 Cosworth CA2013 2.4 V8 22.23. Jules Bianchi Max Chilton 0 10th Marussia F1 Team MR03 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t 4.17.42. Max Chilton Jules Bianchi Alexander Rossi 2 9th Manor Marussia F1 Team MR03B Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t 28.53.98. Will Stevens Alexander Rossi Roberto Merhi 0 10thManor Racing Manor Racing MRT MRT05 Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t 94.88.31. Rio Haryanto Esteban Ocon 1 11th

F3 Euroseries Formula 3 Euro Series resultsF3 Euroseries complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.Laps Points 2004 Dallara F304-Mercedes HWA Charles Zwolsman Jr. 20 0 0 0 9 16th 5th Lewis Hamilton 20 1 1 0 68 5th 2005 Dallara F305-Mercedes-HWA Lucas di Grassi 20 1 1 0 68 3rd 4th Paul di Resta 20 0 0 0 32 10th 2006 Dallara F305-Mercedes Kohei Hirate 20 1 0 0 61 3rd 2nd Esteban Guerrieri 20 2 2 0 58 4th Kazuki Nakajima 20 1 0 0 36 7th 2007 Dallara F305-Mercedes Franck Mailleux 20 1 0 4 38 7th 2nd James Jakes 20 1 0 0 42 5th Cyndie Allemann 20 0 0 0 0 N/A Yelmer Buurman 20 0 0 0 40 6th 2008 Dallara F308-Mercedes Koudai Tsukakoshi 20 0 0 0 36 7th 5th Sam Bird 20 0 0 0 23 11th Niall Breen 16 0 0 0 8 16th Kazuya Oshima 20 1 0 0 7 19th 2009 Dallara F308-Mercedes César Ramos 16 0 0 0 0 25th 4th Pedro Nunes 20 0 0 0 0 27th Roberto Merhi 20 0 0 0 42 7th

GP3 Series Year Car Entrant Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points 2010 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Manor Racing James Jakes 12 0 0 0 21 8th 4th Adrien Tambay 4 1 0 0 6 20th Rio Haryanto 16 1 0 0 27 5th Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 16 0 0 0 10 15th 2011 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Marussia Manor Racing Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 16 1 2 2 36 5th 3rd Rio Haryanto 16 2 0 1 31 7th Matias Laine 16 0 0 0 0 31st 2012 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Marussia Manor Racing Tio Ellinas 16 1 0 3 97 8th 5th Fabiano Machado 16 0 0 0 0 21st Dmitry Suranovich 16 0 0 0 0 23rd 2013 Dallara GP3/13-AER Marussia Manor Racing Tio Ellinas 16 2 1 1 116 4th 5th Ryan Cullen 16 0 0 0 0 29th Dino Zamparelli 16 0 0 0 13 18th 2014 Dallara GP3/13-AER Marussia Manor Racing Patrick Kujala 18 0 0 0 22 14th 6th Ryan Cullen 16 0 0 0 0 25th Dean Stoneman 18 5 1 2 163 2nd

In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points 2010 GP3/10RenaultCATFEACATSPRISTFEAISTSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 4th 64 James Jakes 9 7 2 8 8 3 Ret 11 2 Ret 13 Ret Adrien Tambay 18 9 Ret 1 Rio Haryanto 20 25 8 1 6 4 2 Ret Ret Ret 20 11 18 18 3 23 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 21 26 Ret Ret 12 5 Ret Ret DNS 18 12 7 3 5 17 2 2011 GP3/10RenaultISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 3rd 67 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 24 16 11 23 1 8 4 15 5 Ret 3 10 4 Ret Ret 6 Rio Haryanto 26 10 20 11 19 22† 10 4 1 10 9 1 12 9 3 2 Matias Laine 18 Ret 19 24 17 Ret Ret Ret 14 23 14 21 18 Ret 20 Ret 2012 GP3/10Renault CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 5th 97 Dmitry Suranovich 11 Ret 16 DSQ Ret 15 22 20† 15 14 Ret 16 22 18 22† DNS Fabiano Machado 16 Ret 15 17 Ret 19 19 9 Ret Ret DNS DNS 25 21 Ret 16 Tio Ellinas 7 15 9 8 4 5 6 4 10 7 13 4 4 Ret 2 1 2013 GP3/13AER CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 5th 129 Tio Ellinas 1 4 6 4 5 6 2 6 11 10 8 Ret Ret 11 7 1 Ryan Cullen 21 Ret 20 20 21 17 19 25 23 Ret 18 17 20 Ret 20 24 Dino Zamparelli Ret 15 9 10 10 Ret 9 7 12 20 10 7 Ret EX 9 8 2014 GP3/13AER CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 6th 117 Patrick Kujala 4 Ret 9 7 12 Ret 25† 16 13 10 Ret 21 7 Ret Ryan Cullen 15 16 17 13 19 Ret 20 19 24 21 14 13 Ret 16 Dean Stoneman 7 1 Ret 10 10 18† 5 4 9 8 1 9 5 1

World Endurance Championship YearEntrantNo.CarClassDriverRacesWinsPolesPoints2016 Manor44Oreca 05-NissanLMP2 Tor Graves4001425th 10th James Jakes200431st Will Stevens20047th Matt Rao 6 0 1 10 17th Roberto Merhi300614th Antônio Pizzonia1001027th Matthew Howson1001027th Richard Bradley5011017th Alfonso Toledano Jr.1000NC Alex Lynn201430th 45 Matt Rao3002317th NC Richard Bradley3002317th Roberto Merhi4002914th Tor Graves2000.525th Alex Lynn1000.530th Shinji Nakano1000.532nd Roberto González200629th Mathias Beche1000NC Julien Canal100629th2017 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 24Oreca 07-GibsonLMP2 Tor Graves300347th 7th Jonathan Hirschi300347th Jean-Éric Vergne300347th 25 Roberto González3001013th 13th Vitaly Petrov3001013th Simon Trummer3001013th2018–19 CEFC TRSM Racing 5Ginetta G60-LT-P1LMP1 Charlie Robertson 1 0 0 0 NC6th Léo Roussel 1 0 0 0 NC Mike Simpson 1 0 0 0 NC Dean Stoneman 0 0 0 0 NC 6 Alex Brundle 1 0 0 0 NC Oliver Rowland 1 0 0 0 NC Oliver Turvey 1 0 0 0 NC

24 Hours of Le Mans Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2016 Manor 44 Oreca 05-Nissan Tor Graves Roberto Merhi Matt Rao LMP2 283 DNF DNF 2017 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 24 Oreca 07-Gibson Tor Graves Jonathan Hirschi Jean-Éric Vergne LMP2 360 7th 6th 25 Roberto González Vitaly Petrov Simon Trummer 152 DNF DNF 2018 CEFC TRSM Racing 5 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Charlie Robertson Léo Roussel Mike Simpson LMP1 283 41st 5th 6 Alex Brundle Oliver Rowland Oliver Turvey 137 DNF DNF

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