How Far Up the Formula 1 Grid Can Manor Go in 2016 with New Mercedes Engines?

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Published: January 10, 2016

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With Manor's announcement last October that it will be using Mercedes engines for the 2016 Formula One season, the team finally has the potential to compete with—and perhaps beat—some of the more established teams on the grid.

"Potential" because the team still has some distinct disadvantages compared to others in the sport—most glaringly, its financial situation. Manor's estimated budget in 2015 was €20 million less than the next lowest-spending team, Sauber, according to Business Book GP's figures, as published in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo (h/t Crash.net). Some teams spent more than five times as much as Manor's estimated €83 million.

However, the Mercedes engines have been the most powerful and most reliable on the grid since the new hybrid power unit regulations came into effect for 2014. Last season, Manor used year-old Ferrari engines, so the difference in performance will be huge—but no one knows exactly how much faster the team will be.



Fortunately, there is one relevant point of comparison: For 2015, Lotus switched from Renault power units to Mercedes and immediately vaulted up the grid. But before we analyse the gains Lotus made with its Merc engines, let's revisit how Manor arrived in their current situation.

It seems odd to still refer to Manor as newcomers, but it is the last remaining team from the three that joined the sport in 2010. In those six seasons, Manor (previously Marussia and, before that, Virgin) has not had much success.

Jules Bianchi scored the team's first (and so far only) points with a brilliant performance at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix. Sadly, that achievement was overshadowed by the Frenchman's ultimately fatal crash at the Japanese Grand Prix later that year.

Manor missed the final three races of the 2014 season and entered administration before the new Haas team bought its fa...
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