The Marussia F1 Team was a Formula One racing team and constructor which was based in Banbury, Oxfordshire and then later Dinnington, South Yorkshire in the United Kingdom and competed with a Russian licence from 2012 to 2014 and a British licence in 2015. The team was operated by Manor Motorsport, which was previously a subsidiary of Marussia Motors, a now defunct sports car manufacturer which was based in Moscow. The team originally started racing in 2010 under the "Virgin Racing" name; the following year Virgin adopted Marussia as a title sponsor becoming "Marussia Virgin Racing" until being fully rebranded as the "Marussia F1 Team" for 2012.
Charles Pic driving the Marussia MR01 at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
The Marussias of Charles Pic and Timo Glock leading the HRTs of Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan during the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Max Chilton driving for Marussia during pre-season testing
Jules Bianchi (1989–2015) driving the Marussia MR02 at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix
Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. It had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.
Banbury Town Hall
The town hall in December 2005
People's Park in 2001
Banbury's oldest pub, the Reindeer Inn