Dream Manor memorabilia auction for F1 fans

If some pit lane equipment would make your motoring dreams come true, just wait until next month. Manor, the now-defunct British-based Formula One team, is to auction off over 4,000 redundant parts in May.

The team, which employed 200 staff and operated out of Banbury, Oxfordshire, ceased trading in January and while it was hoped that new investment would be found ahead, Manor’s employees were made redundant after Just Racing Services — the team’s operating company -— closed its doors. The items going under the hammer include a rolling chassis, pit lane equipment, and parts such as front and rear wings; they’ll be made available to the public over a four-day action in May.

Manor began in Formula One back in 2010 as Virgin Racing and was backed by British billionaire Richard Branson before later being renamed Marussia.