It's not like they've chosen a free pass option. They were bankrupt. Their wind tunnel was sold so they couldn't design a new car, there only hope was to be allowed to run the 2014 one.
I understand that FI have their own difficulties , but trying to nab Marussia's prize money and put them right out of business I don't think is nice. And it's shortsighted, because if teams go under then the whole of F1 is the looser and is the poorer for that loss. Ferrari and Mclaren should be applauded for helping out a striken team.
RC, that doesn't make it FIs problem.
If you bought a house later found out you couldn't pay the mortgage since you chose a house too extravagant for your income....and then in the next year you needed to buy another house again to stay in the game, would you expect the bank to give you a free pass?
At the same time I bought the exact same house though I somehow managed to stay afloat, and on top of that top up additional money to put a new downpayment for another house next year, why would I settle for having to pay the additional downpayment when I could get some of that prize money to help me out (money given by the bank as reward for maintaining the house) and give myself a slightly easier life? Or I continue struggling like mad and see you come back in as a declared bankrupt and you manage to get another house (slightly older) to stay in the game and continue competing in my field?
It comes down to business vs heart and when you have to survive, you will do what it takes to survive.
