Topic: Virgin Racing

Virgin Racing sign D'Ambrosio for 2011 season

The Virgin Racing Formula One team have signed up Belgian Jerome D?Ambrosio to drive for them next year partering Germany's Timo Glock. He will replace as the team's second driver, Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi.A team statement said that D'Ambrosio had successfully concluded ...
The FIA has published the 2011 Formula One entry list and it leaves many questions unanswered.. No drivers are listed for Force India, Scuderia Toro Rosso (although the team has named Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari), Virgin Racing and HRT. Meanwhile, there ...
LDC, the mid-market private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is to partner with Russian sports car manufacturer Marussia to develop new Formula One team Virgin Racing. The deal is to inject additional funding into Virgin Racing, and allows LDC to realise ...
Lucas di Grassi finishes the year with a feeling of 'mission accomplished' as he beats his team mate in the season's final curtain call in Abu Dhabi.. The 26 year-old Brazilian passed the chequered flag in 18th place, ahead of Timo Glock ...
The two airline bosses placed a bet at the beginning of the 2010 Formula One championship, agreeing that the one whose Formula One team lost would serve as a "stewardess" on the winner's airline.Although both teams completed the season with zero points ...

Branson sells Virgin Racing shares to Russians

Branson made his announcement at a news briefing in the luxury Yas Hotel at the extravagant Yas Marina Circuit ahead of this weekend's championship-deciding season-ender Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.The Russian company was already a minor shareholder.Branson said: "Our first year in Formula ...

Alguersuari tops rain-hit F1 practice in Japan

Heavy rain blighted the third and final practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Saturday, with Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari topping the timesheets as just two drivers completed a flying lap.The 20-year-old, driving for Toro Rosso, set his session-best time ...

Japanese GP qualifying at risk due to rain

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Rain washed out final Japanese Grand Prix practice on Saturday and threatened later qualifying.With rivulets of water flowing across the track and no signs of the skies letting up, the session to decide the starting grid hung in ...
Barrichello leads another wet F1 test session as teams' preparations hampered by poor weather Rubens Barrichello of Williams set the fastest time despite more poor weather hampering teams' Formula One preparations on Thursday.Vitaly Petrov of Renault was nearly seven-tenths of a second ...

Airline bosses accept cross-dressing bet

Lotus F1 boss Tony Fernandes on Thursday accepted a challenge from Richard Branson that the loser of their two Formula One teams will dress up as a flight attendant on the winner's airline. "Bring it on," said a statement on the friendly ...
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