Manor team principal John Booth has assured critics the marque will be on track and competing in the next Formula One race in Malaysia later this month . Resurrected from Marussia 's ashes and wrested from the clutches of administration by energy entrepreneur Stephen Fitzpatrick , a reborn Manor headed to Australia for the season-opening race at the weekend with every intention of taking to Melbourne 's Albert Park circuit . Although the cars passed crash tests and wider scrutiny , Manor failed to emerge from the garage even once as they ran out of time in a bid to rebuild their IT infrastructure , lost after all hardware was wiped days before a planned auction of the team 's assets . Manor team principal John Booth is confident his team will race in Malaysia later this month . Although the FIA cleared Manor of a potential breach of the rules as they were investigated for failing to fulfil obligations to compete , F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone was left far from impressed . Ecclestone claims Manor had 'zero ' intention of taking part and has threatened to charge them for all freight costs which are borne by Formula One Management for all teams for every race . Despite that , when asked by Press Association Sport on Saturday after the team had failed to take part in qualifying whether Ecclestone was being kept in the loop about their issues , Booth confirmed that was the case . Manor drivers Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi are expected to compete in Malaysia . 'Bernie just misses nothing , does he ? He has been kept aware at every stage of the process , ' replied Booth . As to whether Ecclestone was supportive , Booth nodded and said : 'Yep . ' The suggestion from sceptics was Manor were in Australia simply to lay claim to the £28million owed to them by Ecclestone in prize money after back-to-back top-10 finishes in the constructors ' championship . Booth , however , dismissed the notion as he said : 'We 're entered in the Formula One World Championship and we felt it important to be present in Australia and try and compete . The Manor team work on their car in the garage in Australia . ' I can understand people being cynical , but if that was the case we would n't have brought 30 tonnes of equipment , 40 people , fulfilled our contracts with all suppliers - Pirelli , Ferrari , whoever - with our best endeavours to go round and round a circuit . ' Booth claims another day of behind-the-scenes graft would likely have been enough for the team to turn a wheel , underlining his confidence that Malaysia will hold difficulties . Asked whether Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi will be on track in Sepang on March 27 for practice , Booth replied : 'Absolutely . 'We 're in a massively different place now than where we were at the start of last week . 'The progress was colossal , just not quite enough , but now we 'll get to Malaysia on Monday , start setting up at the circuit on Tuesday , and for sure we 'll be ready to run on Friday . ' VIDEO Hamilton cruises to victory in Australian GP .
Manor were born from ashes of the former Marussia team . Manor failed to compete in the opening race of the season in Australia . Manor confident they will be ready to race in Malaysia later this month .