Virgin concludes Silverstone shakedown
2010-02-05 22:55:00Virgin Racing is set to begin pre-season testing next week after successfully completing a two-day shakedown at Silverstone.
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Virgin Racing is set to begin pre-season testing next week after successfully completing a two-day shakedown at Silverstone.
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While admitting that his team is facing a struggle, Adrian Campos insists that he and his colleagues are working hard to ensure Campos Meta is on the grid in Bahrain next month.
With the air thick with talk of USF1 and Campos not making it to the first race this year it came as quite a surprise to find out today that Force India is in even more immediate danger.
Barwa Addax driver Sergio Perez has been handed a 25s penalty for ignoring the waved yellow flags during the deployment of the Safety Car, thereby demoting the Mexican to twelfth place.
Prospective Formula 1 team boss Adrian Campos says he is hopeful the future of his outfit will be secured next week.
Oliver Turvey claimed his first GP2 Asia victory tonight leading from start to finish and fending off his teammate's constant attacks throughout an animated race.
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Ralf Schumacher has confirmed that he is engaged in discussions with Formula 1 hopefuls Stefan GP, who still hope for a slot on the 2010 grid. The German DTM driver, brother of the returning Michael Schumacher, left F1 following a disappointing season with Toyota in 2007.
Force India team owner and Principal Vijay Mallya has stressed that the team's future in Formula 1 in not in doubt following reports on Friday that the Silverstone-based company has failed to submit accounts and may be closed by the British government as a result.
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Virgin Racing run the first two-day test of their F1 car on Friday ahead of a full track debut next week.
Superleague driver Adrian Valles is being linked with the second seat at US F1.
It was not only the teams who had items to test in Valencia this week, but Bridgestone was present as usual in order to analyse the performance on the narrower front tyres for the 2010 season, which are two centimetres thinner to those of last year.
Companies House, the Registrar of Companies run by the United Kingdom's government, has requested that the Force India team submits its 2008 accounts within the next three months or face a closure, according to The Telegraph on Friday.
Spaniard Adrian Valles tipped to fill vacant US F1 seat, plus other rumours.
Ross Brawn believes that the new points system for this year will help to spice up the on-track action and generally improve the Formula 1 show. With the top ten drivers now scoring, a gap of seven points between first and second positions is in place to encourage closer fights for the lead.
Eddie Jordan believes that Lewis Hamilton is firm favourite for the Drivers' title this season as the McLaren driver attempts to clinch back the crown his won in 2008. Jordan also believes that the upcoming campaign could be one of difficulties for reigning title holder Jenson Button, new team-mate to Hamilton.
Timo Glock was the driver behind the wheel as Virgin Racing's first ever Formula 1 car made its on-track debut at Silverstone on Thursday. As part of a 2-day shakedown run, the German piloted the Cosworth-powered VR-01 in front of a highly excited team and invited guests.
On top of its association with British Formula 3 outfit Litespeed, Lotus F1 will see its Formula 1 livery duplicated in Renault's World Series this year as the Norfolk-based, 1Malaysia-run team keeps an eye on the future as well as the present.