Marussia gone; official

[Mark]

https://twitter.com/danielt_johnson/...99203451056128

[The Black Knight]

That's a shame - sad to see them go. I'd have rather see them survive than Caterham any day of the week as they at least managed to score 2 points.

[Jag_Warrior]

Bummer. I was hoping they could be resurrected.

[N. Jones]

What a shame. Something needs to be done to allow people to pursue their dreams...

[rjbetty]

I´m upset about this.

The plucky hard triers like Marussia are one of the major points of interest in F1 for me.

Do you hear that Bernie? One of the main reasons I follow F1 is for the small teams and their hopes and progress.

I've been keeping an eye on the team and admired how they have always consolidated and improved, doing it on so little. Just that not many noticed... Pound for pound in the way they are run, I consider them a top team, certainly ahead of teams like Ferrari.

[Hawkmoon]

The harsh reality is that teams like Marussia, Caterham and HRT are no different to the likes of Coloni, AGS, Scuderia Italia, Pacific, Larousse and many others - nothing more than footnotes in the F1 history books that few will remember 5 minutes after they are gone. Bernie doesn't care as they never made him any money. Ferrari, Williams, and McLaren don't care either truth be told. Should they care? Bloody hell they should because without them the sport that makes Bernie money, gave and continues to give Ferrari it's allure and is the only reason McLaren and Williams exist is in danger of turning into an incestuous orgy of inbreeding that will leave the sport resembling a grotesque shadow of it's once glorious past.

F1 needs to rethink every facet of itself starting with Bernie and then moving on to it's governance and financial structures. F1 can't continue to be run by vested interests. Without change the sport is dead.

[yodasarmpit]

Nothing too unexpected here in truth. Back in 2010 we had HRT, Marussia (Virgin), and Caterham (Fake Lotus) all join F1 under the promise of reduced costs, whilst the likes of Prodrive (Aston Martin) were turned down.

In simple terms we had three teams enticed into F1 when they simply couldnt afford to do so.

[Somebody]

Thing is, Prodrive intended to run a customer car...

[steveaki13]

I´m upset about this.

The plucky hard triers like Marussia are one of the major points of interest in F1 for me.

Do you hear that Bernie? One of the main reasons I follow F1 is for the small teams and their hopes and progress.

I've been keeping an eye on the team and admired how they have always consolidated and improved, doing it on so little. Just that not many noticed... Pound for pound in the way they are run, I consider them a top team, certainly ahead of teams like Ferrari.

As you know, Rj I am with you. F1 with 14 cars and all large teams bores the pants off me.

Marussia deserved to survive until 2015 and at least have a chance of using there money from those 2 points. I hope Caterham can survive, but I doubt it now.

[journeyman racer]

So, how the BOSS GP series going?