Virgin Racing Archive

  • British Grand Prix: Friday quotes – Virgin Racing

    British Grand Prix: Friday quotes – Virgin Racing

    Timo Glock (20th, 21st) “A difficult day for me. We had a few problems in the first session with a fuel leak, which cost us pretty much the whole session – I only got two runs at the end. In the second session we had...

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  • A lowdown on the Barcelona upgrades

    A lowdown on the Barcelona upgrades

    The Spanish round of the Formula 1 season is famous for aerodynamic and mechanical upgrades on the cars, and this year is no different. Here is what you need to know about who is bringing what to Barcelona. McLaren McLaren have been talking up their...

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  • Virgin complete VR-01 shakedown (Gallery & Video)

    Virgin complete VR-01 shakedown (Gallery & Video)

    Virgin Racing have completed their two-day shakedown today, with Timo Glock kicking things up a notch from yesterday’s exploratory laps, completing 42 laps of the 1.8km Stowe circuit during the morning. Lucas di Grassi then took over in the afternoon recording his first 36 laps...

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  • VR-01 Shakedown (Gallery)

    VR-01 Shakedown (Gallery)

    Timo Glock has today taken the all-CFD designed Virgin Racing VR-01 for its first taste of track action. The shakedown will continue tomorrow before the team fly to Spain for the second pre-season test in Jerez on Wednesday. The livery sure does look as good...

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  • Virgin Racing launch VR-01 (Gallery & Video)

    Virgin Racing launch VR-01 (Gallery & Video)

    Virgin Racing have today launched their first ever F1 car – the VR-01 in an all-online launch. The VR-01 is the first of a new breed of race car designed entirely in the digital domain using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). It is the brainchild of...

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  • Virgin to launch online

    Virgin to launch online

    Virgin Racing will launch their first ever car in front of an online audience on Wednesday 3rd February. They are the third team to launch online so far, following on from Ferrari and McLaren. The VR-01 will be unveiled online on the morning of Wednesday...

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  • Booth takes over team principal role at Virgin

    Booth takes over team principal role at Virgin

    John Booth – founder of Manor has taken over the role as team principal at the new Virgin Racing team from the departing Alex Tai, who is leaving the team citing  wanting ‘to accept new challenges in new ventures’.  However, Tai who has been a...

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  • It's on: Tony Fernandes vs Richard Branson

    It's on: Tony Fernandes vs Richard Branson

    …was the headline on the official website of the new Lotus F1 team in reaction to the challenge that has been accepted by team boss Tony Fernandes after Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Racing said that the loser in the Formula 1 stakes has to...

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  • Virgin Racing completes driver line-up

    Virgin Racing completes driver line-up

    Virgin Racing today made its driver announcement in London, where it was confirmed that Manor have teamed up with Richard Branson’s Virgin brand, and that Lucas di Grassi will drive alongside Timo Glock at the team. di Grassi said: “I could never imagine a F1...

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  • Glock sure Schu will return

    Glock sure Schu will return

    Virgin Racing driver Timo Glock is certain seven-times F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher will make a return to the sport. The former Toyota driver, now partnered alongside Lucas Di Grassi at Virgin said: “There’s still a lot of speculation, but in the end he is...

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