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 to change the set-up quite a lot, which took up [...]

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 changes for Barcelona, and are optimistic that the front row [...]

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 as an F1 driver, before saying: “It feels good. It [...]

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 on track as it does in the studio shots! Gallery [...]

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 Virgin Racing’s Technical Director, Nick Wirth, who has gained an [...]

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 3 February and is expected to make its official test [...]

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 key right-hand-man to the Virgin founder Richard Branson, working on [...]

…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 dress up as an airline stewardess on the winner’s airline [...]

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 debut as perfect as this one. Entering F1 with John [...]

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 a crazy race driver, and he wants to come back [...]