Virgin Racing have put out a video of their new F1 car’s shakedown test at Silverstone last week.
Timo Glock – sporting a new helmet design – was first to drive the car.
Team mate Lucas di Grassi also had a go and prepared for his test by taking a Nissan GT-R around Silverstone’s Stowe circuit.
Virgin will join the other F1 teams in testing at Jerez on Wednesday.
Virgin VR-01 pictures
Zazeems
8th February 2010, 19:43
How can they take the car round Silverstone? I thought they were doing building work at the moment. :/
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
8th February 2010, 19:44
They can still use parts of it, this was on the Stowe circuit. Williams and Force India have also used it this year.
Zazeems
8th February 2010, 19:46
Oh right its just the stowe circuit…
:D
MigueLP
9th February 2010, 0:16
i belive that lucas di grassi will be fighting for las next year
sato113
8th February 2010, 20:02
what help would driving a Nissan around the stowe circuit be?
joe
8th February 2010, 20:47
learn the stowe track
walm his hands up with the cars heating?
sato113
9th February 2010, 20:45
not exactly the hardest track to learn!
http://www.highgatehouse.co.uk/images/Circuits/Silverstone_Stowe_narrow.jpg
Mark Hitchcock
8th February 2010, 20:56
If I had a Nissan GT at Silverstone I don’t think I’d need a reason to have a go in it.
Marc Connell
8th February 2010, 20:09
I bet they went out on track at midnight for a few hours testing on the full circuit :P
Matt
8th February 2010, 21:04
They’d be hard pushed – it really is a building site, I did a track day there last week… there’s so much work going on you have to hope that Damon Hill (BDRC President) is a man we can all trust…
LewisC
8th February 2010, 21:22
Glockdog! :D
Hammad
8th February 2010, 22:07
Not much of a shakedown…
Sush Meerkat
8th February 2010, 22:27
look at the tribal patterns on the race suits…. for that I’m supporting Virgin.
Sod all that sponsor friendly rubbish, give us something nice to look at!
polishboy808
8th February 2010, 23:00
I read somewhere that the cards stand for how many WDCs you have under your belt. Correct me if im wrong, but why would Glock have 2 cards?
ajokay
8th February 2010, 23:40
Fernando has 2 cards on his helmet to signify his 2 WDC’s, but it’s not like it’s a rule throught F1.
Glock’s card’s could mean something completely different, and I should think they do.
TomD11
8th February 2010, 23:03
Does anyone else think the guy at 2:02 looks suspiciously like a recent ex-Ferrari driver?
ajokay
8th February 2010, 23:38
Those steely blue eyes did look incredibly familiar…
Mouse_Nightshirt
9th February 2010, 1:30
Cheekbones are all wrong.
TheGreatCornholio
8th February 2010, 23:10
Looks great on the move. Just a shame it wasn’t moving very fast! Lookin forward to seeing the Lotus tomorrow too, could be another cool paint job! Really hope that UsF1 make it but apart from feeling a bit sorry for Bruno Senna i’m not too bothered by Campos not making it. Speaking of paint jobs, if UsF1 do make it their car had better resemble a giant Stars and Stripes! I don’t care if its naff, anything else would be wrong. Lol
Steve_P83
8th February 2010, 23:55
I really think that Virgin have the best livery for 2010 so far!!!
José Baudaier
9th February 2010, 3:42
Nice helmet.
three4three
9th February 2010, 14:16
Glock? He’s got style!
Chaz
28th February 2010, 14:19
I’m quite impressed with Virgin concidering their unusual CAD only design approach…