This week the news has arisen that Virgin Racing have axed technical director Nick Wirth and severed the ties with his company Wirth Research, and that they may abandon their all-CFD approach. The news hardly comes as a surprise given the team’s dreadful start to the season. They arrived as one of the new teams [...]
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Karun Chandhok and Sakon Yamamoto have been handed test roles at Team Lotus and Virgin Racing respectively. Chandhok joins Luiz Razia, Davide Valsecchi and Ricardo Teixeira in the reserve driver roles at the team, and will drive the T128 in the first practice of the year at Melbourne. The Indian who had F1 race experience [...]
Categories: 2011 F1 Season, Driver Market, featured, Karun Chandhok, Marussia Virgin, Sakon Yamamoto, Team Lotus
Virgin Racing have unveiled their 2011 challenger at BBC Television Centre in London. As with the VR-01, the car was designed entirely using Computational Fluid Dynamics – without a wind tunnel. Drivers Timo Glock and Belgian rookie Jerome d’Ambrosio were on hand at the launch to unveil the new car, which features the MVR chassis designation, [...]
Categories: Car launches, featured, Marussia Virgin, Pictures, slideshow, Top F1 stories
Belgian Jerome d’Ambrosio has the second seat alongside German Timo Glock at Virgin Racing for 2011, replacing Brazilian Lucas di Grassi who failed to impress in his debut season. Last season the 25 year old Belgian successfully concluded an evaluation role with the Yorkshire-based team, which saw him take part in the Free Practice 1 [...]
Categories: Driver Market, featured, Jerome d'Ambrosio, Marussia Virgin, slideshow
Timo Glock has made it clear that despite his name not appearing in the 2011 F1 entry list thus far, he will continue driving with the Yorkshire-based outfit Virgin Racing in 2010. The former GP2 champion said he was ‘excited’ about the announcement which will mark his fourth full year in Formula 1: “I’m excited. [...]
Categories: Daily F1 news, Driver Market, featured, Marussia Virgin, Timo Glock
The FIA have published the entry list for the 2011 Formula 1 season, and there are still many gaps to be filled! Robert Kubica doesn’t have a teammate listed at Renault, with Rubens Barrichello also missing a teammate at Williams, although it is widely thought that GP2 champ Pastor Maldonado will fill this vacancy. Despite [...]
Categories: 2011 F1 Season, Drivers, featured, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Force India, Heikki Kovalainen, Hispania, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Kamui Kobayashi, Lewis Hamilton, Lotus Renault GP, Mark Webber, Marussia Virgin, McLaren, Mercedes GP, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Red Bull, Robert Kubica, Rubens Barrichello, Sauber, Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Perez, slideshow, Team Lotus, Toro Rosso
The future of Virgin Racing has today been secured after they bagged a big-money deal with Russian Marussia Motors, who are now significant shareholders in the team. From 2011, the team will be known as Marussia Virgin Racing, with the sports car company increasing their role in the team after having their logo plastered all [...]
Categories: Daily F1 news, featured, Marussia Virgin, Virgin
