Bosses of the former Marussia Formula One team are pressing ahead with their plans to race from the start of the 2015 season, with a modified version of their 2014 car.
The team would now again go by their original name of Manor. Their plan to participate from the start of 2015 season appeared to have been derailed after Force India vetoed the proposal at a meeting of leading teams.
However, Manor insist that they are proceeding with steps previously laid out by Formula One's bosses, the BBC reported.
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley voted against Marussia using a 2014 car at a meeting of the rule-making strategy group on Thursday, saying that the proposal presented was totally out of order in its lack of detail.
Manor Grand Prix first entered Formula One in 2010 but were renamed Virgin Racing when Virgin bought a shareholding, and they were then renamed Marussia from the 2012 season.
However, Graeme Lowdon, the former president of Marussia, who has sourced the money for Manor to continue in Formula One, said that they had not made a presentation to the strategy group because they had not been asked to.
A statement from Manor said that they had received a letter from the strategy group, comprising of commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone, governing body the FIA and the six leading teams, on 5 January saying that they would be allowed to start the 2015 season with their 2014 car, subject to small modifications.
Lowdon admitted that Manor needed unanimous approval from all the teams to be allowed to race under these circumstances and said that they were working to achieve this.
Manor still plans to complete this process in time to allow them to take part in the first race of the season in Melbourne on 15 March, the report added.
