Marussia's hopes of racing in Formula One in 2015 appear to have been ended after the sport's supremo Bernie Ecclestone revealed rival teams have blocked their return to the grid.
The Banbury-based constructor encountered financial difficulty towards the back end of last season after Russian backer Andrey Cheglakov withdrew his support.
The team subsequently entered administration and missed races in the United States, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
Marussia's chances of an unlikely return were boosted after the company's administrators confirmed talks behind the scenes were ongoing to save the team, who would have competed under the new moniker of 'Manor Racing'.
However, Marussia requested to race with their 2014 car for the coming season, which Ecclestone stated had been rejected by fellow teams.
"They wanted to come in with last year's car and it didn't get accepted," Ecclestone told the Independent. "It needed all the teams to agree and there were three or four of them that didn't agree.
"The money that they [Marussia] should have got gets distributed amongst the teams that are racing. That's a pretty good reason I suppose.
"Maybe the other teams would have liked to use last year's car. The trouble was that you can't do these things for one team, you have got to do it for everybody."
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley confirmed that his team voted against Marussia being allowed to use the same car as they did last year.
When asked if Force India opposed Marussia's proposal, he told Sky Sports News HQ: "The answer is yes we did, and the reason is quite simple.
"Marussia have an obligation to put in a proposal to the F1 Commission and F1 Strategy Groups to be able to demonstrate that they can deliver a programme for 2015. They're asking for dispensation in terms of running a 2014 car prior to switching over a 2015 car and in that should be all the details of what is going on.
"The reality is that absolutely no documentation was provided whatsoever. Even the process that was used in terms of the letter that was sent in was not compliant. It should be sent by the administrators and it was sent by one of the former directors of Marussia.
"So, while it's a very emotional subject, it also has to go through compliance and due diligence and it couldn't go through either of those. It just happened to be that Force India was the first team to vote and once one team has voted against, it’s no longer viable."