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Fitzpatrick: Manor won't win races until mid-season
Set to race as Manor Marussia, the backmarker almost collapsed but will return with a $92 million budget in 2015 and will be on the Melbourne grid for the Formula 1 season opener, and with tongue firmly in cheek the team's new boss admits he does not expect tow in races until mid-season. At a launch event in London, the team confirmed it has won its race to make it to Melbourne thanks to the personal investment of Stephen Fitzpatrick, who heads the British electricity company Ovo Energy. British newspapers say he is putting in about $45 million, with the rest of the budget coming from 2014 prize-money that is expected to arrive later this month. Fitzpatrick told reporters he invited Justin...
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