Marussia fail in late bid to race in Abu Dhabi

Marussia Formula One driver Max Chilton (front) of Britain walks on the circuit before the Korean F1 Grand Prix at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam October 3, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The Marussia Formula One team, who have ceased trading and made all their staff redundant, have failed in a late bid to get back on the road for Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

"Devastated for everyone involved at Marussia in the past 24 hours that the hard work trying to get to Abu Dhabi didn't work out as we hoped," their British driver Max Chilton told followers on Twitter on Wednesday.