F1's class of 2012 will take some more shape at the F1 Commission meeting this week in Geneva. It was already known that Team Lotus, set to be Caterham next season, and Enstone based Renault - to be renamed Lotus - will likely have their applications rubber-stamped on Thursday. The Sunday Times also reports that Virgin could be set for an official name change. The team is currently known as Marussia Virgin Racing, in deference to its Russian supercar partner, but the chassis continues to […]

French GP2 driver Charles Pic's manager has confirmed talks about securing a place in formula one next year for the 21-year-old. Pic, fourth in this year's GP2 championship, has been linked recently with a Toro Rosso test in Abu Dhabi next month, and possibly a race seat with Virgin in 2012. His mentor and manager Olivier Panis, however, indicated that a role as a "third driver" for Pic is most likely. "We have had discussions mainly with Team Lotus and Virgin Racing," said the former […]

Sep.1 (GMM) Jerome d'Ambrosio has acknowledged the importance of his teammate Timo Glock to the Virgin team.

German Glock, despite having only 65 grands prix under his belt, made his debut in 2004 and has also raced with the benefit of Toyota's huge ...

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing “It was quite tricky because the weather changed all the time and it's a shame that in wet conditions we only have one free set of intermediates for the rest of the weekend, as you want to save tyres for Saturday and Sunday. We had a little bit of running in the dry and tested some updates; I think we got a decent result on those. It was difficult to judge lap times and the overall pace today, but the […]

Aug.25 (GMM) Sunshine gave way to rain at Spa-Francorchamps on Thursday, as F1 prepares for a typically unpredictable Belgian grand prix.

In the notoriously fickle Ardennes region, the sport's figures were surprised as they arrived at the fabled circ...

For the 2011 season, the three newer teams – Lotus, Virgin and HRT – all had aspirations at either joining the midfield or finishing 10th in the championship. So far, they’ve largely disappointed and failed to meet their expectations as Team Lotus looks a long way off of convincing the world they are a midfield team, whilst Virgin and HRT remain rooted at the back, wary of the 107% rule, which isn’t even really 107% when the top teams run on the slower hard tyre […]

Jul.14 (GMM) Virgin has not confirmed reports it has earmarked Silverstone as a potential site for its new headquarters.

Currently, the struggling team operates from the Manor headquarters in Dinnington, and it has recently acquired Nick Wirth's tech...

Jul.9 (GMM) F1's struggling teams Virgin and HRT are making plans for the future.

At Virgin, now working with ousted Renault engineer Pat Symonds and McLaren, there are also plans for a new bespoke factory, and the big rumour is that it could be buil...

Jul.4 (GMM) Virgin on Monday announced a technical tie-up with its famous formula one rival McLaren.

The "long term" deal will see the struggling new-in-2010 team be able to use McLaren's "facilities, knowledge and capabilities" including test rigs, ...

Jun.11 (GMM) Jerome d'Ambrosio will start Sunday's Canadian grand prix despite failing to qualify.

The Belgian rookie was the only driver in the field to fail to achieve a Q1 lap time within 107 per cent of the fastest runner.

But it emerged late on...

Jun.11 (GMM) Sir Richard Branson on Saturday said he remains committed to formula one.

The British billionaire is lending the name of his Virgin group to the struggling team despite it failing to improve in its second season in 2011.

Indeed, not lon...

Jun.6 (GMM) After splitting with Nick Wirth, the next rumour at Virgin is that the struggling team is set to move into the former Arrows and Super Aguri facility in Leafield (UK).

Since entering formula one based on the F3 team Manor, the outfit has ...