End of the F1 road for Marussia? Formula 1's grid may have shrunk to just 18 cars by the time of the United States Grand Prix next weekend, as Marussia are also reportedly on their last legs with financial backing drying up. Caterham's troubles – with administrators locking the green cars inside the Leafield factory amid an unseemly spat with former owner Tony Fernandes – are now well documented. But authoritative publications are now claiming that the similarly struggling backmarker Marussia, rocked recently by Jules Bianchi's life-threatening Suzuka crash, is also in danger of having its engines silenced. Michael Schmidt, the highly respected correspondent for Germany's Auto...
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