Virgin Racing’s Nick Wirth believes that the team are now significantly closer to fellow 2010 debutants Lotus following a significant upgrade for Silverstone. With the Sheffield-based outfit now closer to their main rivals, the Technical Director predicts a far closer second half to the season.
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Silverstone this weekend will mark Virgin Racing’s first ever home Grand Prix and, more importantly for the 2010 season, the Sheffield-based outfit’s most significant aerodynamic update so far.
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Virgin Racing test and reserve driver Luiz Razia hopes to make an appearance in at least one Friday practice session later this season. The Brazilian, who is also racing in GP2 for Rapax this year, shares reserve driver duties at the Sheffield-based team with Spain’s Andy Soucek.
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Virgin Racing will be making changes to the front wing mounting area of its car after the part broke during testing on Thursday. With the front wing of Timo Glock’s VR-01 having been scattered across the start/finish straight at Jerez, the Sheffield-based outfit was forced to sit out the rest of the day due to [...]
Lucas di Grassi was thrilled to have driven the brand-new Virgin Racing car on-track for the first time at Silverstone on Friday. The Brazilian debutant completed 36 laps of the Stowe circuit in front of excited team members and invited guests before the Sheffield outfit joins the second official pre-season test in Jerez next week. [...]
Despite being thrilled to see Virgin Racing’s car unveiled in England on Wednesday, Nick Wirth will be keeping his feet on the ground this season as the Sheffield-based team makes its Formula 1 debut.
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The brand-new Virgin Racing team will present its first Formula 1 car live over the internet next Wednesday. Known as Manor GP before the buy-in from Sir Richard Branson’s worldwide company took place, the team remains located close to Sheffield.
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John Booth has retaken the Team Principal position at Virgin Racing, replacing Alex Tai. With the latter having been in the role during the launch stages of the team, Booth slips back into the role which had originally been his before the Sheffield squad changed its name from Manor GP in December.
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Following the London presentation of Virgin Racing on Tuesday, the 2010 Formula 1 grid has taken more shape as Lucas di Grassi joins Timo Glock at the Sheffield team. With Christmas coming up next week and this weekend marking 12 weeks to go until the new season kicks off, we take a look at the [...]
Following the London presentation of Virgin Racing on Tuesday, the 2010 Formula 1 grid has taken more shape as Lucas di Grassi joins Timo Glock at the Sheffield team. With Christmas coming up next week and this weekend marking 12 weeks to go until the new season kicks off, we take a look at the [...]