Virgin two seconds off Lotus’s pace

17 comments on “Virgin two seconds off Lotus’s pace”

1. 

   BasCB (@bascb)
   11th April 2011, 13:12

   At least they had no trouble getting into the race in the first place. Reliability does not look as much better so far, although the problem in the race was more down to driver error.

   Wirth, try something fresh and make a leap in speed!
   1. 

      Henry
      11th April 2011, 14:03

      Like a wind-tunnel!

      Initially, early 2010, I was hoping for the best for Virgin, I really thought it would be great to try an alternative strategy for F1. But, it is a foolish man who refuses to admit that he has made a mistake, and surely after the end of this season virgin either have to get out of F1 or admit that they tried, gave it a good try, but failed nevertheless. No shame in trying something different and failing, but there is shame in beating a dead horse once it has been shown to fail…
      1. 

         BasCB (@bascb)
         11th April 2011, 18:28

         A windtunnel will not help them much without clever ideas of what to put in it, will it?

         They need some clever ideas to make a leap, or alternatively do some good copying.
         CFD is OK, but the ideas are not coming through.
2. 

   AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
   11th April 2011, 13:30

   A pretty average result from them really and I think they will be looking at HRT over their shoulder much more than they were last year.
3. 

   Icthyes (@icthyes)
   11th April 2011, 13:51

   Cut Virgin some slack guys, they’re proving more able than Williams to keep their cars going in the race. That won’t last forever but this isn’t an easy game.
   1. 

      Steph (@)
      11th April 2011, 17:00

      I agree and very well said Icthyes. I think they’ve done well to try to solve their reliability issues from last year.
4. 

   moose
   11th April 2011, 14:10

   if HRT able to catch up with them in Turkey, it’s clear they need some time in Wind tunnel to verify their aero.
   1. 

      Aetost (@aetost)
      11th April 2011, 14:15

      I doubt the HRT has seen the inside of a wind tunnel as well…
      I don’t think CFD is the major reason behind this car’s shortcomings.
      1. 

         gnvour (@)
         11th April 2011, 14:26

         I think I read somewhere HRT made a deal with Mercedes to use one of their wind tunnel, not sure when they will start using it though
5. 

   Mouse_Nightshirt (@mouse_nightshirt)
   11th April 2011, 14:12

   Of all this mess I feel most sorry for Glock. He’s a decent driver, well beyond the car that Virgin are providing him with.
   1. 

      Fixy (@)
      11th April 2011, 14:54

      So is Trulli. And he beat Glock at Toyota in 2008 & 2009.
      1. 

         James
         11th April 2011, 15:07

         Trulli has had his day though. He wasnt an exciting driver to watch when he had his time in Renault and Toyota. Glock is a better driver, ok, he isnt a great, but someone that deserve to be further up the field. He hasnt had a chance to prove himself.
   2. 

      bosyber
      11th April 2011, 15:21

      I think d’Ambrosio also did a solid job with the car he got. Really, it doesn’t matter if they use a windtunnel or CFD, they need to start actually developing ideas to get more downforce on the car.
   3. 

      Andy c
      11th April 2011, 21:31

      Timo chose to go to virgin. I was surprised he went there and I still think he’s capable of higher results that he will get in the mvr.

      Perhaps a solid candidate to replace jarno atteam lotus.
6. 

   davey (@djdaveyp87)
   11th April 2011, 17:17

   looks like the CFD needs some updates!
7. 

   Bernard (@bernard)
   11th April 2011, 19:03

   They have to look at Team Lotus as a marker for their own performance but I can’t see them keeping up in the long run.

   I have to agree with Glock, ultimately Branson needs to put more money in the kitty.
8. 

   Oliver
   12th April 2011, 23:28

   Good luck using your weather forcasting computer in designing your cars.

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