Virgin Racing launch the MVR-02 in London - The team unveil their car at the BBC television centre
Published by Christine
Hello, this is F1Minute for the 7th February 2011.
Virgin Racing have launched their new car for the 2011 season - with Timo Glock and Jérôme D’Ambrosio on hand to unveil the MVR-02 in London today. The M stands for Marussia, and the livery has changed slightly to reflect the new sponsorship. The car shies away from the 2011 trend of a high nose, but the team joins the rest of the field in concentrating their aerodynamic focus on the rear of the car. This is Virgin’s second attempt at a car designed solely by computational fluid dynamics, and the team are hoping they have made a step up from last year, where they finished last in the championship.
Lead driver Timo Glock knows exactly what he wants to do before the racing gets underway, saying: “At the first test I just want to hit the track and drive, drive, drive. We need to see where the bad points are on the car... If you come to the first race with a list of problems, you are in trouble and you start on the back foot. That’s what we shouldn’t do.”
