Manor Motorsport

Manor Motorsport Ltd

Company type	Private
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	1990
Founder	John Booth
Headquarters	United Kingdom
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Booth (founder)
Products	Motorsport teams, racing cars (Formula One, World Endurance Championship)

Manor Motorsport Ltd, operating under the name Manor Endurance Racing Ltd, is a UK-based motorsport enterprise established in 1990 by ex-single-seater champion John Booth. The company has participated across multiple racing categories, including Formula One.

Since 2016, Manor's racing activities have been exclusively focused on the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The Formula One outfit known as Manor Racing severed its ties with Manor Motorsport following the resignation of John Booth and Graeme Lowdon from the F1 project at the end of the 2015 season.

Historical overview

Manor's legacy is strongly linked to its involvement in Formula Renault, where it nurtured talents such as 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen, seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, and other F1 competitors including Antônio Pizzonia. In 1994, James Matthews set a remarkable record by winning 11 races in a single season, securing titles in both the British and European championships for Manor.

The team progressed into Formula Three in 1999, achieving back-to-back victories in the British championship with drivers Marc Hynes and Pizzonia.

In 2007, Manor Motorsport experienced a change in ownership when Tony Shaw, then manager of a Formula Renault UK team, took over and operated under the name Manor Competition from a new location. Meanwhile, John Booth retained control of the Manor Motorsport brand and continued competing in the Formula 3 Euro Series until 2009.

From 2010 through 2015, Manor Motorsport participated in the Formula One World Championship under various titles. Concurrently, the team managed a GP3 Series squad from 2010 to 2014 branded as "Marussia Manor Racing," with the exception of its debut season.

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

Partnership with MP Motorsport

Between 2012 and 2015, Manor Competition collaborated with MP Motorsport to race in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. This partnership also extended into Auto GP competitions during 2012 and 2013.

World Endurance Championship

In the 2016 edition of the FIA World Endurance Championship, Manor ran two Oreca 05 chassis fitted with Nissan power units in the LMP2 category. The No. 44 vehicle, piloted by Tor Graves, James Jakes, and Will Stevens, contested the full season. The No. 45 car took part in every event except for Le Mans due to late registration, featuring drivers Richard Bradley, Roberto Merhi, and Matt Rao.

Virgin Racing (2010–11)

On 12 June 2009, Manor secured approval for entry into the 2010 Formula One season. Registered under Manor Grand Prix, the team competed as Virgin Racing owing to sponsorship agreements. Utilizing engines supplied by Cosworth, Virgin Racing was distinguished by its pioneering approach of designing cars entirely through digital processes—a method discontinued in 2011 following a technical collaboration with McLaren.

Marussia F1/Manor Marussia (2012–15)

After majority ownership was acquired by Marussia Motors, the team was rebranded as Marussia F1 Team. In 2014, transitioning from Cosworth to Ferrari power units, the team earned its inaugural World Championship points at the , driven by Jules Bianchi, who was backed by Ferrari sponsorship. Unfortunately, Bianchi was involved in a fatal accident at the Grand Prix. Financial difficulties led to the team entering administration and withdrawing from subsequent races that season, jeopardizing their eligibility for prize funds without further participation.

In February 2015, Manor Motorsport emerged from administration and rejoined Formula One as Manor Marussia F1 Team, under leadership from John Booth and Graeme Lowdon. This revival was made possible through businessman Stephen Fitzpatrick’s investment and Justin King’s appointment as chairman. Both Booth and Lowdon left following the conclusion of the 2015 campaign; nevertheless, the team persisted into 2016 as Manor Racing, operating independently from Manor Motorsport.

Driver incidents

Two Manor drivers endured fatal head trauma. In July 2012, test driver María de Villota collided with a team transporter during aerodynamic trials, resulting in the loss of her right eye. She subsequently became an advocate for motorsport safety before passing away in October 2013 due to a heart attack connected to her brain injuries.

In October 2014, race driver Jules Bianchi suffered critical brain trauma at the Grand Prix and died in July 2015 after spending several months in a coma. Bianchi's notable achievement, especially his points finish at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix, was recognized by team principal John Booth as crucial to Manor's resurgence in 2015 following their failure to complete the prior season. To honor him, starting from the 2014 Russian Grand Prix, Manor vehicles featured a "JB17" emblem symbolizing his initials and racing number.

Formula One

Year	Team	Chassis	Power Unit	Tyres	Car No.	Drivers	Points Scored	Constructors' Championship Position
Virgin
Template:F1	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Virgin Racing	VR-01	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8	Template:Bridgestone	24. 25.	Timo Glock Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Lucas di Grassi	0	12th
Template:F1	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marussia Virgin Racing	MVR-02	Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8	Template:Pirelli	24. 25.	Timo Glock Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jérôme d'Ambrosio	0	12th
Marussia
Template:F1	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marussia F1 Team	MR01	Cosworth CA2012 2.4 V8	Template:Pirelli	24. 25.	Timo Glock Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Charles Pic	0	11th
Template:F1	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marussia F1 Team	MR02	Cosworth CA2013 2.4 V8	Template:Pirelli	22. 23.	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jules Bianchi Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Max Chilton	0	10th
Template:F1	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marussia F1 Team	MR03	Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 turbocharged	Template:Pirelli	4. 17. 42.	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Max Chilton Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jules Bianchi Alexander Rossi	2	9th
Template:F1	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manor Marussia F1 Team	MR03B	Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 turbocharged	Template:Pirelli	28. 53. 98.	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Will Stevens Alexander Rossi Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto Merhi	0	10th

F3 Euroseries

Formula 3 Euro Series performance summary											Year	Vehicle	Competitors	Events	Victories	Pole positions	Fastest laps	Championship points	Drivers' standing	Teams' standing		2004	rowspan=2 |Dallara F304-Mercedes HWA	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	20	0	0	0	9	16th place	rowspan=2 |5th	-	Lewis Hamilton	20	1	1	0	68	5th place	-	2005	rowspan=2 |Dallara F305-Mercedes-HWA	Lucas di Grassi	20	1	1	0	68	3rd position	rowspan=2 |4th	-	Paul di Resta	20	0	0	0	32	10th place	-	2006	rowspan=3 |Dallara F305-Mercedes	Kohei Hirate	20	1	0	0	61	3rd position	rowspan=3 style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2nd overall	- Esteban Guerrieri	20	2	2	0	58	4th place	- Kazuki Nakajima	20	1	0	0	36	7th place
2007	` rowspan=4 |Dallara F305-Mercedes	` Franck Mailleux	` 20	` 1	` 0	` 4	` 38	` 7th place	` rowspan=4 style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2nd overall	` - ` James Jakes	` 20	` 1	` 0	` 0	` 42	` 5th place	` - ` Cyndie Allemann	` 20	` 0	` 0	` 0		` 0	` N/A	` - ` Yelmer Buurman	` 20	` 0	` 0	` 0	` 40	` 6th place
	2008 ` rowspan=4 |Dallara F308-Mercedes ` Koudai Tsukakoshi ` 20 ` 0 ` 0 ` 0 ` 36 ` 7th place ` rowspan=4 |5th overall ` - ` Sam Bird ` 20 ` 0 ` 0 ` 0 ` 23 ` 11th place ` - ` Niall Breen (racing driver) ` 16 ` 0 ` 0 ` 0 ` 8 ` 16th place ` - ` Kazuya Oshima ` 20 ` 1 ` 0 ` 0 ` 7 ` 19th place `	rowspan=3 |2009 ` rowspan=3 |Dallara F308-Mercedes ` César Ramos ` 16 ` 0 ` 0 ` 0 ` 25th place ` rowspan=3 |4th overall ` - ` Pedro Nunes (racing driver) ` 20 ` 0 ` 0 ` 0 ` 27th place ` - ` Roberto Merhi ` 20 ` 0 ` 0 ` 42 ` 7th place `} GP3 Series Year Vehicle Team Competitors Events Victories Pole positions Fastest laps Points accumulated Drivers' Championship ranking Teams' Championship ranking 2010 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manor Racing Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Jakes 12 0 0 0 21 8th position 4th overall Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Adrien Tambay 4 1 0 0 6 20th position Template:Country data IDNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rio Haryanto 16 1 0 0 27 5th position Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 16 0 0 0 10 15th position 2011 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marussia Manor Racing Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 16 1 2 2 36 5th position 3rd overall team standing Template:Country data IDNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rio Haryanto 16 2 0 1 31 7th position Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matias Laine 16 0 0 0 0 31st position 2012 Dallara GP3/10-Renault Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marussia Manor Racing Template:Country data CYPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tio Ellinas 16 1 0 3 97 points total 8th place in drivers' championship
		Template:Flagicon BRA Fabiano Machado	16	0	0	0	0	21st position
		Template:Flagicon RUS Dmitry Suranovich	16	0	0	0	0	23rd position
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Template:Flagicon CYTio Ellinas 16 2 1 1 116 points total 4th in drivers' standings rowspan=3 | 5th in teams' championship Template:Flagicon GBRyan Cullen 16 0 0 0 29th position Template:Flagicon GBDino Zamparelli 16 0 0 13 points total 18th position Template:Flagicon FIPatrick KujalaTemplate:Flagicon GBRyan CullenTemplate:Flagicon GBDean Stoneman

Year	Vehicle	Team	Competitors	Events	Victories	Pole positions	Fastest laps	Points accumulated	Drivers' Championship ranking	Teams' Championship ranking
2013 GP3 Series season#2013 GP3 Series season title for Marussia Manor Racing here not repeated for clarity and brevity. The original data continues accordingly.
	Dallara GP3/13-Advanced Engine Research
		Template:Flagicon GB Marussia Manor Racing
-			2014 GP3 Series season#2014 GP3 Series season title for Marussia Manor Racing here not repeated for clarity and brevity. The original data continues accordingly.	Dallara GP3/13-Advanced Engine Research	Template:Flagicon GB Marussia Manor Racing
18	0					0	0	22 points total	14th in drivers' classification	rowspan=3 6th in teams' championship
16	0	0				0	0 points scored	25th in drivers' standings
18	5	1	2	' 2nd overall team ranking

In depth

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend) (bold indicates pole position) (italics signify fastest lap)

align=leftTemplate:James Jakes 9 7 2 8 8 3 Ret 11 2 Ret 13 Ret align=leftTemplate:Adrien Tambay 18 9 Ret align=leftTemplate:Rio Haryanto 20 25 8 1 6 4 2 Ret Ret Ret 20 11 18 18 3 23 align=leftTemplate:Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 21 26 Ret Ret 12 5 Ret Ret DNS 18 12 7 3 5 17 2 align=leftTemplate:Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 24 16 11 23 1 8 4 15 5 Ret 3 10 4 Ret Ret 6 align=leftTemplate:Rio Haryanto 26 10 20 11 19 22† 10 4 1 10 9 1 12 9 3 2 align=leftTemplate:Matias Laine 18 Ret 19 24 17 Ret Ret Ret 14 23 14 21 18 Ret 20 Ret align=leftTemplate:Dmitry Suranovich 11 Ret 16 DSQ Ret 15 22 20† 15 14 Ret 16 22 18 22† DNS align=leftTemplate:Fabiano Machado 16 Ret 15 17 Ret 19 19 9 Ret Ret DNS DNS 25 21 Ret 16 align=leftTemplate:Tio Ellinas 7 15 9 8 4 5 6 410 7 13 4 4 Ret 21 align=leftTemplate:Tio Ellinas1 4 6 4 5 6 2 6 11 10 8 Ret Ret 11 7 1 align=leftTemplate:Ryan Cullen 21 Ret 20 20 21 17 19 25 23 Ret 18 17 20 Ret 20 24 align=leftTemplate:Dino Zamparelli Ret 15 9 10 10 Ret 9 7 12 20 10 7 Ret EX 9 8 align=leftTemplate:Patrick Kujala 4 Ret 9 7 12 Ret 25† 16 13 10 Ret 21 7 Ret align=leftTemplate:Ryan Cullen 15 16 17 13 19 Ret 20 19 24 21 14 13 Ret 16 align=leftTemplate:Dean Stoneman 7 1 Ret 10 10 18† 5 4 9 8 1 9 5 1

Year	Chassis Engine Tyres	Competitors	Rounds (1–18)	"T.C."	Points
get=2010 GP3 Series season=2010]	get=Dallara GP3/10] Renault Pirelli]																	4th	64
		get=2011 GP3 Series season=2011]	get=Dallara GP3/10] Renault Pirelli]															3rd	67
				get=2012 GP3 Series season=2012]	get=Dallara GP3/10] Renault Pirelli]		5th	97
						get=2013 GP3 Series season=2013]	get=Dallara GP3/13] AER Pirelli]		5th	129
								get=2014 GP3 Series season=2014]	get=Dallara GP3/13] AER Pirelli]		6th	117

World Endurance Championship

Year	Team	Car No.	Vehicle	Category	Competitor	Events	Victories	Pole Positions	Points Scored	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manor	44	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tor Graves	4	0	0	14	25th	10th
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Jakes	2	0	0	4	31st
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Will Stevens	2	0	0	4	7th
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matthew Rao	6	0	1	10	17th
					Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto Merhi	3	0	0	6	14th
					Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Antônio Pizzonia	1	0	0	10	27th
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matthew Howson	1	0	0	10	27th
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley	5	0	1	10	17th
					Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alfonso Toledano Jr.	1	0	0	0	NC
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Lynn	2	0	1	4	30th
		45			Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matthew Rao	3	0	0	23	17th	NC
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley	3	0	0	23	17th
					Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto Merhi	4	0	0	29	14th
					Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tor Graves	2	0	0	0.5	25th
					Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Lynn	1	0	0	0.5	30th
					Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Shinji Nakano	1	0	0	0.5	32nd
					Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto González Valdez	2	0	0	6	29th
					Template:Country data SUITemplate:Namespace detect showall Mathias Beche	1	0	0	0	NC
					{{flagicon{FRA}} Julien Canal	1	0	0	6	29th
2017	{{Flagicon{CHN}} CEFC China Energy#CEFC Manor TRS Racing CEFC Manor TRS Racing	24	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology#Gibson Engine Gibson	LMP2	{{Flagicon{THA}} Tor Graves	3	0	0	34	7th	7th
					{{Flagicon{CHE}} Jonathan Hirschi	3	0	0	34	7th
					{{Flagicon{FRA}} Jean-Éric Vergne	3	0	0	34	7th
		25			{{Flagicon{MEX}} Roberto González Valdez	3	0	0	10	13th	13th
					{{Flagicon{RUS}} Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	10	13th
					{{Flagicon{CHE}} Simon Trummer	3	0	0	10	13th
2018–19	rowspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap;"{{Flagicon{CHN}} CEFC TRSM Racing	rowspan="4" style="white-space: nowrap;"5	rowspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap;"Ginetta G60-LT-P1	rowspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap;"LMP1	{{flagicon{GBR} Charlie Robertson (racing driver)}}	1	0	0	0	NC	6th
	{{flagicon{FRA} Léo Roussel}}	1	0	0	0	NC
	{{flagicon{GBR} Michael Simpson}}	1	0	0	0	NC
	{{flagicon{GBR} Dean Stoneman}}	0	0	0	0	NC
	rowspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap;"6	{{flagicon{GBR} Alex Brundle}}	1	0	0	0	NC
	{{flagicon{GBR} Oliver Rowland}}	1	0	0	0	NC
	{{flagicon{GBR} Oliver Turvey}}	1	0	0	0	NC

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	No.	Vehicle	Drivers	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manor	44	Oreca 05-Nissan	Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tor Graves Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto Merhi Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matthew Rao	LMP2	283	DNF	DNF
2017	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall CEFC Manor TRS Racing	24	Oreca 07-Gibson	Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tor Graves Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Jonathan Hirschi Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-Éric Vergne	LMP2	360	7th	6th
		25		Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roberto González Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vitaly Petrov Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Simon Trummer		152	DNF	DNF
2018	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall CEFC TRSM Racing	5	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Charlie Robertson Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Léo Roussel Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Michael Simpson	LMP1	283	41st	5th
		6		Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Brundle Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oliver Rowland Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oliver Turvey		137	DNF	DNF

Timeline

Previous Series	Active Years
British Formula Renault Championship	1990–2011
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	1991–2003, 2010, 2012–2015
British Formula 3 Championship	1999–2003, 2010
Formula 3 Euro Series	2004–2009
GP3 Series	2010–2014
Formula One	2010–2015
Auto GP	2012–2013
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup	2012–2015
FIA World Endurance Championship	2016–2018

External links

• Official website