Glock & Di Grassi lead Virgin Racing

As was predicted, Manor Grand Prix has teamed up with Richard Branson’s Virgin to form Virgin Racing. The mix of a world-renowned brand and the technical vessel that is Manor GP have announced their new partnership and will field two cars piloted by German former Toyota driver Timo Glock and newcomer Brazilian Lucas Di [...]

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Manor Under the Banner gets some funds

Question: When will we stop referring to this team as “Manor F1, the team running under the the Virgin Banner” and just call them Virgin F1. Although the phrase “Virgin banner” makes me giggle every time.
Humor aside: The private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has taken stake in Virgin F1. (You know the [...]

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No Sato for Lotus; Kovi may get seat

Takuma Sato’s managers announced today that the Japanese driver is out of the running for a seat at Lotus, Reuters is reporting.
Reuters? Is it me or is that kind of a weird place to go with this news?
In perhaps the big piece of news, however, the man who no one dare mention during this [...]

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Reports: Di Grassi to partner Glock at Virgin

Brazilian media are reporting that Lucas di Grassi has signed a deal to drive alongside Timo Glock for the new Virgin F1 [formerly Manor] team in 2010.
The AP has the roundup of the Brazilian reports.
The team supposedly will be doing a major reveal on Tuesday, which seems the likely time when this move is announced [...]

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Report: FOTA welcomes Manor, Lotus into group

The Formula One Teams Association has approved the membership of Manor and Lotus, Autosport is reporting today, meaning that all teams scheduled to be on next year’s grids are now part of the “club.”
But I don’t think that’s what’s interesting. First, the news:
FOTA’s executive committee met earlier this week for its latest discussions about the [...]

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