Absence of Marussia and Caterham casts shadow over US Grand Prix
Teams in administration highlight problems facing F1 Jules Bianchi remains critical in hospital in Japan Marussia follow Caterham into administration
The sense of loss at the Circuit of the Americas was palpable as the motorhomes that should have been filled by Marussia and Caterham both now in administration stood empty in the paddock.
They had taken down the Marussia badge and chairs were stacked beside buckets of paint. The stilled electric fans were not needed to combat the growing heat from the Texas sunshine. The home that would have been Caterhams was even more starkly empty, just cold, grey cubicles and some torn-up pieces of cardboard. The ancient and ruined city of Petra could scarcely have felt more deserted than this. But there will have to be tumbleweed blowing through the paddock before anyone does anything, it seems.
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