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Ferrari agrees to supply Manor with 2014 engines

Ferrari has verbally agreed to supply Manor with 2014 power units if it returns to the grid this season.

Racing as Marussia last year, Manor used Ferrari power units until it entered administration after the Russian Grand Prix. Manor had a CVA approved on Thursday which allows it to exit administration, while Ferrari is one of the team's main creditors and team principal Maurizio Arrivabene says an agreement was reached yesterday to use last year's engines.

"We said to them yesterday that we're going to supply them with the 2014 engine," Arrivabene said. "There's nothing in writing at the moment but the answer at the moment is yes - 2014 [engine]."

Manor says it has already gained approval from the Strategy Group to run an adapted 2014 car this season, despite the plan appearing to be blocked during a meeting earlier in February.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.