Roberto Merhi has admitted his lack of sponsorship backing opened the door for Alexander Rossi to take his place at Manor. Spaniard Merhi said he only found out about his sidelining once he had actually travelled to Singapore for this weekend's race. 'I was looking forward to Singapore already since Monaco, where I did well,' the 24-year-old, who only gave up his parallel race seat in the F.Renault 3.5 series last week due to F1 ‘clashes', told Antena 3 television. 'Not racing here is difficult,' Merhi admitted in Singapore. 'Less than 48 hours ago I thought I was racing. This is something that happens, we knew it could happen, thank god it happened later but it was difficult to...
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