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| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founders | Nikolai Fomenko Andrey Cheglakov Libor Haluza |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Key people | Nikolai Fomenko (President) Ondřej Malinka (Chief of design and aerodynamics) Filip Dušil (Chief of manufacturing) |
| Products | Automobiles |
Number of employees | >300 (2010) |
| Subsidiaries | Marussia F1 Team |
| Website | Marussia Motors |
Marussia Motors (Russian: Маруся pronounced [mɐˈrusʲə]) was a Russian sports car company founded in 2007. It was the first Russian company to produce a supercar. It designed, and manufactured prototypes of both the B1 and the B2 sport cars. Marussia was led by former motor racer Nikolai Fomenko. The Marussia B1 was launched in December 2008 in the new Manege hall in Moscow.
In 2010, it acquired a "significant stake" in the Virgin Racing Formula One team,[1] which was later renamed Marussia F1. The team competed in F1 from 2012 to 2014.[2]
In April 2014, the Marussia Motors company was disbanded, with staff leaving to join a government-run technical institute. The Marussia F1 team continued unaffected as a British entity, independent of the Russian car company. However, on 7 November 2014 the administrator announced that the F1 team had ceased trading.[3][4]
- ^ "Russian buys 'significant' stake in Virgin". TheF1Times.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "RFIA confirms team name changes for 2012". formula1.com. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Allen, James (26 October 2014). "Was Marussia's predicament preordained?". RichlandF1. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Marussia F1 team fold after crisis talks". BBC Sport. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.