Jun.3 (GMM) Despite playing down the rumours mere days ago, Virgin boss John Booth on Friday confirmed Robert Wickens as the team's new reserve driver.

It had been reported Canadian Wickens, 22, backed substantially by Virgin team sponsor and investo...

Mar.21 (GMM) Timo Glock has admitted "it would be nice" if Sir Richard Branson ploughed some more money into the team that bares his famous company's name.

F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has been a critic of Virgin Racing following its difficul...

Mar.14 (Marussia Virgin Racing) Marussia Virgin Racing and CNBC, the leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and information, have joined forces in an exclusive global partnership that sees CNBC becoming the team’s official ‘Business Media Partner’ for the 2011 Formula One season, which gets underway on 27 March in Melbourne, Australia. The partnership gives CNBC branding on various Marussia Virgin Racing assets including its new Formula One car and driver’s racesuits, and in the paddock, as well as hospitality. Alongside this, the […]

Feb.24 (GMM) Jean Todt and Sir Richard Branson are two high profile targets of Bernie Ecclestone's ire in a new book about him, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Leading journalists this week are poring over review copies of No Angel, The Secret Life...

Virgin Racing has launched its second Formula 1 car, the MVR-02, in an event at BBC Television Centre in London. The car features a slightly lower nose than many of those unveiled so far in 2011, and tighter packaging at the rear end than its predecessor. The change from 'VR' to 'MVR' in the chassis designation reflects the team's new partnership with Russian sportscar firm Marussia Motors - which has also led to a slightly revised livery for 2011.

Virgin Racing will unveil its new car, the MVR-02, to the media in London on 7 February, meaning the team is set to run with its old car in the first testing session at Valencia. Testing kicks off in Spain on 1 February.

Brazilian driver Luiz Razia has said that he is still aiming to for an F1 seat, possibly as early as this season. Having split from Virgin Racing - where he was a reserve driver in 2010 - he is looking for offers for the 2011 season. “We are talking with several teams and looking for sponsors for 2011, with regards to being in F1 as well as being part of a GP2 team,” Razia explained to GPUpdate.net. “At the moment we don’t have anything concluded […]

(Virgin Racing) The Marussia Virgin Racing Formula One team is pleased to announce that it has agreed a new partnership with Quantel, a world leading developer of content creation systems, for the 2011 season. Passionate about creating the most powerful, open and efficient tools for the digital age, Quantel designs and manufactures digital production equipment for the broadcast television, video production and motion picture industries. Quantel aims to use its partnership with Marussia Virgin Racing as a platform to showcase its latest innovative QTube and […]