Marussia and Caterham: Do They Deserve to Be in F1 If They Can’t Catch Up?

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Published: October 8, 2013

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Back markers, mobile chicanes, call them what you like, but they’ve been in Formula One pretty much from the outset.

Of course, they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, and many champions have voiced their grievances at having a result compromised by a slower car holding them up. But they are there for a reason, and it is my contention that they are a necessary part of the grid.



There are three tiers of team currently in F1. The front-runners consist of those who have won or are capable of winning races, currently Red Bull, Mercedes, Lotus and Ferrari. Next come the midfield teams of which McLaren have slipped into to join the likes of Force India, Toro Rosso and Sauber. Then we have the back markers, to which Caterham and Marussia belong.

Both teams stand apart from the rest as regularly finishing one to two laps behind the race-winning machine, and it has been the case for some time now. Marussia has effectively been in the sport since 2010 after buying out Virgin Racing, while Caterham, previously Team Lotus, have been patrolling the back of the grid for the same length of time.

There have been times this season that both teams have got close to the performance of Williams in particular, but more often than not they have been fighting amongst themselves at the back. So what, then, is the point of it all?

 

They Provide Another Interesting Variable



How often in the past have we seen back markers being instrumental in some of the greatest overtaking manoeuvres of all time?

If Ayrton Senna had not been distracted in coming up to lap Stefan Johansson’s Onyx at Hungary in 1989, we may not have seen Nigel Mansell sweep out to pass both of them. And who can forget Ricardo Zonta’s part in Mika Hakkinen’s stunning overtaking of Michael Schumacher in Spa when he split to the right of the BAR into Les Combes for a quite...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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