Manor’s entry into administration for the second time in three years marked another - potentially final - chapter in the team’s tumultuous period in Formula 1. Motorsport Week takes a look back at the Banbury squad’s spell in the sport so far. When the FIA opened up an entry process for aspiring Formula 1 teams in early 2009, prolific junior outfit Manor Motorsport, led by John Booth and Graeme Lowdon, lodged an application in association with Wirth Research, whose founder Nick Wirth had been involved with Simtek and Benetton in the 1990s Manor, along with Lotus Racing, Hispania and USF1, had been partly motivated by the FIA’s desire to implement then FIA President...
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