CHAMPIONS!

July 19, 2015: Manor officially debuted in the Model F1 World Championship with Max Chilton and Sergey Sirotkin.

August 23, 2015: Manor recorded their first ever points with Chilton’s 8th-place finish in Monaco.

April 24, 2016: Manor recorded their first ever podium with Felipe Massa’s 3rd-place finish in Italy.

August 14, 2016: Manor recorded their first ever victory with Pascal Wehrlein in Australia.

August 21, 2016: Daniel Ricciardo joined Manor and won in his first race in Malaysia.

December 5, 2016: Manor and Ricciardo won their first World Drivers and Constructors Championships.

In a season can be described simply as “amazing,” Manor have finally reached the summit of the World Championships after clinching the World Drivers and Constructors titles at Suzuka.

Carmen Jordá and Ricciardo qualified 1st and 4th, Jordá’s first pole of the year. The 4th-place start did not deter Ricciardo as he was able to move his way past the Ferraris of Nico Rosberg and Felipe Nasr to join up behind his teammate. From there, the two dominated the remainder of the event, only losing the positions to Nasr when they pitted. Ricciardo eventually passed the Brazilian to win the Japanese GP. Jordá was unable to catch up to Nasr and settled for 3rd.

The effort gave Ricciardo 310 points on the season, an insurmountable 75-point gap over Rosberg. In the WCC, Manor held a 144-point lead over Ferrari with 435.

“Christmas has arrived early,” a jubilant Ricciardo exclaimed during his podium interview. “It’s been a long 3 seasons for this team and to see them make this much progress from when I first saw them is just amazing. I’m proud of these guys.”

“We started off at the bottom, battling out with Force India and it’s been an outstanding effort on all before to get us to this championship,” team principal Macus16 stated in a team release. “I hope all current and past Manor members are proud of our achievements.” Such members acknowledged include manager Splendidtree, the one-man Manor Motorsport Weekly team of ZappaOMatic and former team exec ScariestLlama.

Macus also went on to thank Red Bull Martini personnel Comradio and Sister4Sale for their efforts to bring Pascal Wehrlein and Ricciardo to Manor when Williams and Red Bull merged and formed the alliance with Manor.

He promptly announced his retirement from Model F1 before remarking, “Nah, I’m just shitting you. I’m not going anywhere. We will take the battle to Ferrari and Mercedes again for next season. 😉”