Formula 1 2013 Progress Report: Marussia

The 2013 Formula One season is two races old, and already we've seen plenty of drama and incidents. With a three-week gap between the Malaysian and Chinese Grand Prix, it's a good time to look at where each team has found itself.We'll start where we finished 2012 (if we ignore the now-defunct HRT), with last year's 11th-placed team Marussia. The CarBefore the season got underway, it was clear the 2013 Marussia MR02 looked like a much better starting point than the MR01 of last year. Part of that might have been the much improved paint job, but the car itself looked tidy—and more importantly, it was ready for preseason testing.

Aware that their budget and facilities would never allow them to match the top dogs, the team did...

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