John Booth insists the Manor Maurssia F1 Team are “very close” to making the first race of the season in Australia in just two weeks time.
The team has secured Ferrari engines, is working with McLaren who are providing technical assistance and have announced their first driver in Brit Will Stevens.
All that remains is the rather large task of building up its modified cars, passing the FIA’s mandatory crash tests and shipping everything to Melbourne.
According to Booth however, that’s all going to plan so far.
“We are very close to getting to Melbourne, everyone’s working round the clock to make it,” he is quoted as saying by The Yorkshire Post.
“The cars are coming together well and we are working out of several centres, so I’m confident we will get there.
“We are back at Dinnington and we’re also using a base at Silverstone. The aim is to get everything ready by the end of next week.”
It’s believed the modified MR03 will undergo crash testing on Thursday, the day before equipment needs to be packed and shipped for the first race of the season.
