Tag Archives: Virgin Racing

Virgin on Sunday finally confirmed the open secret about its 2012 driver lineup. With Timo Glock already signed for next season, the team – to be renamed Marussia – announced ...

Virgin’s part-ownership by the British bank Lloyds is threatening to run the struggling formula one team off track. Part taxpayer-owned Lloyds bought an undisclosed stake in the team – to ...

Frenchman Charles Pic has now sealed a deal to make his formula one race debut with the Marussia (currently Virgin) team in 2012. We reported two weeks ago that the ...

Robert Wickens will replace Virgin regular Jerome d’Ambrosio in initial practice ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi grand prix. The Canadian, already a reserve driver for the team that is ...

Richard Branson’s Virgin brand is staying with the team even after a name change in 2012. It has emerged that, just as Team Lotus and Renault have applied to be ...

A Frenchman may have moved into pole position for a Virgin race seat in 2012. Reporting that Jerome d’Ambrosio’s seat is in danger, the Belgian newspaper De Morgen this month ...

A race seat with Virgin could be the next step for Canadian Robert Wickens. Driving in Virgin and title sponsor Marussia’s colours this season, the 22-year-old wrapped up the Renault ...

Virgin will not be using KERS technology in 2012. Another of the new-in-2010 teams, Team Lotus, has announced that from next season it will be using the kinetic energy recovery ...