Next year Marussia will be forced to run the new car since Haas will be competing with them for that 10th place grid slot.
That's an excellent point, I'd totally forgotten about Haas. Its so frustrating seeing a team like this with obviously some excellent engineers/designers but lack the budget that would put them in contention with the midfield. The 2015 car looked very good for such a small budget team and considering the turnaround of Sauber with an almost b-spec of their 2014 car, this year could have been so different for Manor/marussia.
The signing of some key people can only be a good sign for the team in the long term though as no one would join a company if they felt it would collapse in the near future. Although saying that big names mean big wages which could stretch their budget unnecessarily when lower key designers and engineers with a slightly bigger budget could produce better results.