Sponsor to leave Manor livery from Spa

A prominent sponsor will be missing from the livery of Manor's 2016 car once the summer break ends at Spa next weekend.

A prominent sponsor will be missing from the livery of Manor's 2016 car once the summer break ends at Spa next weekend.

Even though Rio Haryanto's funding had dried up before the recent Hockenheim round, the branding of Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina remained on the Manor livery.

However, Haryanto has now been replaced with the French Mercedes and Renault-backed rookie Esteban Ocon for the rest of the season.

A Pertamina spokeswoman told the Jakarta Post: "The Manor Racing team has offered to let us continue advertising on its cars. However, we have decided to discontinue the advertising."

The report said that Haryanto had only paid half of his promised €15m (£12.9m) to Manor in 2016, with €5m (£4.3m) provided by Pertamina, and the rest by his family.

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