Manor had no intention of competing at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and will pay a price for their failure to race , Formula One 's ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone indicated on Monday . The struggling British-based team , who emerged from the remains of the failed Marussia outfit after going into administration and missing the last three races of 2014 , failed to turn a wheel on the track in Melbourne . They missed all three practice sessions and Saturday qualifying , blaming software problems , which ruled them out of the race . Manor mechanics work on their car in Melbourne , but they failed to take part at any point over the weekend . British driver Will Stevens has been named one of Manor 's drivers this term , and Graeme Lowdon ( right ) However , they escaped punishment with stewards deciding to take no action after an enquiry decided the team had made 'all reasonable endeavours ' to get their cars ready . 'We should have never ever , ever allowed Manor to do what they 've done . It 's our fault . I predicted this would happen , ' Ecclestone said . 'They had no intention of racing in Australia . Zero . They could n't have raced if someone had gone there with a machine gun and put it to their head . 'It was impossible . So they had no intention . We 'll have to see now . And they will have to pay their way to get there and get out of there , ' he added . Bernie Ecclestone has indicated that Manor will pay the price for their no-show at the season opener . Marussia , who were ninth overall last season thanks to a ninth-place finish by Frenchman Jules Bianchi in Monaco , won a race against time to get their cars through crash tests and onto the air charter for Australia . Ecclestone said there had been no charge for the freight because they were entitled to that providing they were competing . 'They are not competing so they have to pay for that , ' he added . The team are in line for some £28million of revenues from last season but would have forfeited the right to that if they had not turned up to compete in Australia with cars that satisfied the regulations . 'We knew we had the possibility of unknown problems and we have n't had the benefit of sorting some of those problems out in pre-season testing , ' sporting director Graeme Lowdon said . 'But equally we had to come here on the basis that we 're racing so we brought all of our normal equipment . There 's 28 tonnes of equipment to support these cars and all of the staff . 'We are trying very hard but it is a tough thing to do in the time available . ' VIDEO Hamilton cruises to victory in Australian GP .
Manor failed to take part in practice , qualifying or the race in Melbourne . The British-based team escaped sanction from the Australian GP stewards . Team would have forfeited £ 28m of revenues after finishing ninth in last year's constructors ' championship if they did not attend opening race . Comment: