Caterham F1 staff were locked out of the team's fa🦋ctory in Leafield on Thursdayཧ as administrators seek a resolution to ownership problems.

Finbarr O'Connell, a joint administrator of Caterham Sports Limited (CSL), confirmed that 1 Malaysia Racing Team (1MRT) had made an offer to continue work at the factory on Wednesday which he had rejected. Following that, the new buyers of the team claimed they aren't the 🐈legal owners and said Tony Fernandes still had control.

With the new buyers saying 🤡Fernandes has to now sort out the situation, O'Connell confirmed the factory has been c💃losed.

"They [the staff] can't get into the factory today," O'Connell told Reuters. "They [1MRT] are using my facilities an꧂ꦫd haven't paid me.

"Effectively 1MRT have been in the building for ♓last few days since I arrived. We are trying to reach an acceptable arrangement for them to be there. We had a meeting yesterday with 1MRT💦 and lawyers and the offer they made was unacceptable. So I've sent them away.

"Hopefully the♎y can come up with an acceptable proposal."