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Long battle ahead for Glock

Date: 26th March 2010 at 8:15 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Virgin | Author: | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Timo Glock are all members of an exclusive Formula One club. They are a select few who all managed to score a World Championship point on their grand prix debut. Glock finished 11th in his first race at the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix for Jordan, but was awarded 7th after [...]

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Things can only get better for Virgin

Date: 26th March 2010 at 2:30 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Virgin | Author: | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

After Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi both failed to finish in Bahrain, the entire Virgin team are hoping they can get their maiden race finish this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix. Well things can only get better. Both drivers where back in the paddock after just 18 laps due to mechanical problems and [...]

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Virgin Racing are off, but not for long

Date: 15th March 2010 at 4:00 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Virgin | Author: | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

Virgin Racing competed in their very first race at the Bahrain Grand Prix, shame it was a short one for both drivers. New recruit Lucas di Grassi only managed 2 full laps after a believed cooler split, ruining his dream of finishing on his debut. Now into his third season, Timo Glock faired a little [...]

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2010 Season Prediction – Virgin Racing

Date: 13th March 2010 at 2:19 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Virgin | Author: | Tags: , , , , , , | image © Action Images

As a fan watching Formula One over the years, it has always been difficult to predict the success of a new team. All you have is testing and practices to make up your mind up and most of the time these cannot be an accurate source. A team may be using a certain set-up or [...]

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Will Virgin’s VR-01 be the future of F1?

Date: 12th March 2010 at 10:11 am | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Virgin | Author: | Tags: , , , | image © Action Images

The VR-01 is Virgin’s new revolutionary car for their debut season and it is the first ever to be made wholly by computational fluid dynamics and without any recourse to a wind tunnel. Timo Glock this week spoke with the Formula One official website telling them this could be “the future of designing F1 cars.” [...]

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Alonso is red hot favourite for Bahrain!

It’s that time of year again when I’m acting like a little school boy as I can’t hold back my excitement for another F1 season to begin. It’s my task to try and predict how everyone will get on in the races, but as this is the first race of the season I can only [...]

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Can Virgin Racing be the new Brawn GP?

Date: 11th March 2010 at 6:30 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Virgin | Author: | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

Sir Richard Branson rode the waves of success last year in Formula One, paying very little to be partners with Brawn GP, but gaining mass exposure from the 2009 constructor and driver world champions. But on the eve of the Bahrain Grand Prix and the debut of Virgin Racing, early signs indicate that this season [...]

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Lucas di Grassi

Date: 3rd February 2010 at 6:15 pm | Filed under: Drivers,Virgin | Author: | Tags: | image © Action Images

Team: Virgin Racing First F1 Race: 2010 (debut season) 25 year old Lucas di Grassi will make his Formula 1 debut for Virgin Racing in 2010 and the Brazilian will be hoping to make an immediate impact. Di Grassi began his racing career in the Brazilian Formula Renault series in 2002 after impressing in karting. [...]

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Timo Glock

Date: 3rd February 2010 at 6:12 pm | Filed under: Drivers,Virgin | Author: | Tags: | image © Action Images

Team: Virgin Racing First F1 Race: 2004 F1 Races: 37 Best Championship Finish: 10th (2008-09) Race Wins: 0 (3 podiums) German Timo Glock will be Virgin’s lead driver in their maiden F1 season in 2010 where the 27 year old will look to build on two solid seasons back-to-back. After competing in karting in his [...]

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