Admittedly, Manor drivers Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi reached the chequered flag two and three laps down respectively from Lewis Hamilton in last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. But the ex-Marussia squad recorded its second double race finish on the trot at Sakhir. Meanwhile, the more illustrious and much better funded McLaren-Honda could not even get its two cars on the grid…

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