<< Prev Page 2 of 2 For 2014, the Marussia F1 Team has a brand new technical partnership with Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team in Formula 1 history, which sees the Anglo-Russian team benefiting from a full Ferrari powertrain. As a Scuderia Ferrari customer, the Marussia F1 Team is supplied with an Internal Combustion Engine and Energy Recovery System (ERS), full transmission and all related ancillary systems.
John Booth speaks highly of the seamless transition to a new powertrain: "We have nothing but good things to say about our new relationship with Scuderia Ferrari. They are extremely professional and have been entirely supportive from the beginning. There is excellent co-operation between our two technical groups in all areas of the new relationship and this has made the considerable challenge of integrating a new powertrain a great deal easier."
Having rewarded the Team's faith in its all-rookie line-up in 2013, Frenchman Jules Bianchi and Briton Max Chilton return for a second season, which ticks an important box for the technical team, as Chief Engineer, Dave Greenwood, comments: "In view of the significant regulation changes, continuity is key, so it is highly beneficial to our technical team, and the engineering group responsible for developing the car in the field, that we retain the same drivers moving forward. What this means is that we have not only been able to optimise our monocoque design around an existing line-up, but we can focus all of our attentions on developing the MR03 with immediate effect. As is the case with any young driver, the step up to F1 is exciting but also very daunting; the complexity of the steering wheel controls being one small but significant example. For 2014, the level of car complexity has increased dramatically due to the considerable role to be played by the power unit and the demands that places on the driver and his engineering team. Retaining Jules and Max is one extremely valuable 'known-quantity' at the start of a season that is full of unknowns. At the same time as making life far simpler from a design and development point of view, from a performance perspective we have two young, highly-motivated and extremely talented drivers who we know are capable of driving our Team forward."
Pinpointing other areas of reassuring stability during the Team's transition to the 2014 rules, John Booth comments: "We would like to thank McLaren Applied Technologies, and also our Team Partners, for their continued support and faith in our ambitions. We were extremely pleased to reward their loyalty in 2013 and we look forward to having them along for our next exciting chapter." br>After achieving its 2013 objective of securing 10th place in the Constructors' Championship, the Team has set its sights on a bigger and better 2014 campaign, as John Booth states: "We have to temper the fact that there are a great many unknowns this season with the fact that we are, by nature, a highly ambitious team that is always demanding more of itself. The target is to keep moving forward and that means being in a position where we no longer have to focus on the threat from behind and, instead, take the fight to the teams ahead. It is very early days to be speculating about relative performance though and that is something we can perhaps only speak with confidence about in Australia in 45 days' time."
Looking beyond the Team, at the wider sport, it is John's prediction that "the fans can look forward to a very interesting season, with a variety of technical storylines unfolding up and down the pit lane, chief among them concerns over reliability given the relative lack of familiarity with so many new systems." << Prev Page 2 of 2
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For 2014, the Marussia F1 Team has a brand new technical partnership with Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team in Formula 1 history, which sees the Anglo-Russian team benefiting from a full Ferrari powertrain. As a Scuderia Ferrari customer, the Marussia F1 Team is supplied with an Internal Combustion Engine and Energy Recovery System (ERS), full transmission and all related ancillary systems.