Giedo Van Der Garde Hopeful of Virgin Seat
15 Dec 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As Christmas nears, the rumors regarding the vacancies for the 2011 season of Formula One seem to grow in importance, as many teams are trying to complete their lineup by year end. So far, there are...
Bruno Senna Worried About F1 Future
14 Dec 2010, 13:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Something just doesn't click when you put Bruno Senna and Formula One in the same sentence. The nephew of the former 3-time world champion Ayrton Senna has been struggling for quite some time t...
Marussia Virgin to Sign Jerome D'Ambrosio for 2011
6 Dec 2010, 07:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Belgium is about to have another driver in the F1 roster, in the person of Jerome D'Ambrosio. The 24-year-old's tenure as Friday morning driver for Virgin Racing throughout the 2010 season...
Glock Confirms Virgin Stay for 2011
3 Dec 2010, 15:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After recently revealing that he is 99.9 percent certain to continue his collaboration with Virgin Racing for the 2011 season of Formula One, German driver Timo Glock added the remaining 0.1 percent...
Soucek Voices Frustrations Over Pay-Driver Era in F1
2 Dec 2010, 13:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Andy Soucek is a former F2 Championship winner (he achieved that feat back in 2009) yet he failed to make the transition to the world of Formula One due to sponsorship reasons. Unfortunately for the...
Mikhail Aleshin Announces F1 Deal for 2011
26 Nov 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Last week, we had reported to you that Mikhail Aleshin has set himself a high aim for the upcoming year: making his debut inside Formula One. And while many looked at that report with a smile on the...
Glock Reveals 99.9 Percent Virgin Stay
25 Nov 2010, 13:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Timo Glock has almost fully secured his place in the Virgin Racing lineup for the 2011 season of Formula One. The German racer told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that his chances of d...
Marussia Motors Buys Major Shareholding in Virgin Racing
11 Nov 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has become official that Marussia Motors have purchased a considerable stake in the Virgin Racing F1 team. The announcement was made during a media conference inside the Yas Marina Hotel this mor...
Marussia Purchases Virgin Racing Stake
11 Nov 2010, 06:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Marussia is about to have its own Formula One team starting 2011. In fact, according to recent reports, it seems that a deal between the Russian sportscar maker and current F1 team Virgin Racing has...
Russian Investors to Buy Into Virgin F1?
9 Nov 2010, 08:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Russia is about to get even more involved in Formula One, if we are to trust the latest reports that appeared in Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. According to the German publication, it seems th...
Richard Branson Wants No More Blue Flags in F1
4 Oct 2010, 14:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Lotus F1 Team boss Tony Fernandes, now Virgin Racing backer Sir Richard Branson urged the officials of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to scrap the blue flags from Formula One. A...
Ecclestone Upsets Virgin Racing with Negative Comments
19 Aug 2010, 08:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing's team boss John Booth admitted that he wasn't too pleased to hear the latest comments made by Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone in regards to the new teams of 20...
Lucas di Grassi Survives Failed Prank in Germany
29 Jul 2010, 09:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Another example of a joke gone bad – following the Ron Dennis and Eddie Jordan incident in Great Britain – happened during last weekend's German Grand Prix, within the Virgin Racing...
Virgin Racing Wants Glock to Stay in 2011
16 Jul 2010, 14:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As Renault F1's list of potential candidates for a 2011 race seat includes current Virgin Racing driver Timo Glock, it's needless to say that Sir Richard Branson's supported organizat...
Virgin's Tire Recycle Scheme Exposed
15 Jun 2010, 06:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing doesn't seem that committed to the greener aspects of Formula One after all, at least not as team sponsor Sir Richard Branson had suggested prior to last weekend's Canadian G...
Ferrari Boss Believes New Teams Belong to GP2
21 May 2010, 12:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's chairman Luca di Montezemolo once again reiterated his belief that all of this year's new-coming F1 teams don't deserve the privilege to compete side by side with the oldest...
Virgin Racing Confirms Only One Updated VR-01 in Spain
3 May 2010, 12:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As initially projected, Virgin Racing will align only one updated challenger for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, due to the delays in development caused by the volcanic ash situation followi...
Virgin's New Chassis Development Troubled by Volcanic Ash Effects
19 Apr 2010, 14:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The volcanic ash lingering above Europe is a reason for worry to all Formula One teams that want to head back to the old continent following their Chinese adventure the past weekend, but some may su...
Wirth to Pay for New Virgin Chassis
31 Mar 2010, 12:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing will have to wait until the Spanish Grand Prix in early May to actually hope to finish a race in Formula One. The team has discovered that the size of their car's fuel tank is not...
Virgin Confirm Their Car's Fuel Tank Is Too Small
26 Mar 2010, 09:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Several reports in recent days have hinted that Virgin Racing did not get it quite right in terms of fuel tank with their 2010 single-seater. Meaning that this particular part of their car was not d...