Marussia Preview The Minnows Rise?
Here is a team who I mulled over for a while before writing this review, mainly because I am not really sure where they are. They are one of the two ‘new’ (but not that new) teams on the grid and have been battling at the back of that grid alongside Caterham since 2010, when they started life as Virgin Racing. This season is a battle of the new engines and car design. Have Marussia gone in the right direction? They have gone for a Ferrari engine which has proved to be fast and reliable, the design of the car looks good and is on par aerodynamically with other midfield teams, so after a lot of deliberation I have concluded
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that they will improve in 2014. A 13th for Jules Bianchi in Malaysia last season gave them 10th position in the championship, it may not seem huge but it means a lot financially to both Caterham and Marussia. This season, both of these teams will be looking for their first ever points and if testing is anything to go by, now is the time to achieve that. They could find themselves qualifying in the top 10 due to the number of teams having issues in the