06 Mar 2015

Manor passes crash tests, heads for Oz

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<b>HEADED FOR OZ:</b> The Manor F1 team posted an image of driver Will Steven's helmet with the words "Forza Jules", a tribute to injured Marussia driver Jules Bianchi. <i>Image: Manor F1</i>

LONDON, England - Manor Marussia Formula 1 team is at last on its way to the season-opening Melbourne Formula 1 GP.

The revived team officially launched its 2015 car earlier in March but was still scrambling to prepare a car for the new regulations and the modified 2014 car was crash-tested on Thursday (March 5).

The team confimed on Twitter: "We passed! That's it,", "we're all set for Melbourne!"

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