Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed reports that Marussia will not be allowed to return to formula one this year with its 2014-spec car. Former Sainsbury's boss Justin King is reportedly behind the efforts to bring the team – now called Manor – out of administration and back to F1 in 2015. But as suggested in recent days, the effort looked sure to stumble at Thursday's Paris meeting of the strategy group, where rival teams might not agree to allow Manor to keep its engines running with an outdated car. To F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, F1 supremo Ecclestone now confirms: 'They wanted to come in with last year's car and it didn't get accepted. 'It needed all the teams to...
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