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Virgin Racing Shakes Down the VR-01 at Silverstone

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Virgin Racing conducted shakedown runs for the new VR-01 on Thursday and Friday at Silverstone, making them the first of the four new teams to actually put rubber to the road.  Timo Glock put in some installation laps on Thursday, and then ran 42 laps on Friday, before handing over the car to team mate, [...]

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Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Racing

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At a London press conference today, Sir Richard Branson formally launched his new Formula 1 team, Virgin Racing.  The new team was initially formed as Manor GP, but was rebranded after Branson acquired an equity stake in the team.
Present at today’s event was Virgin’s new driver team, Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi.   Glock has [...]

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Kobayashi Poised for Toyota Drive in 2010

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Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota’s substitute driver for Timo Glock at this season’s final two events, at Brazil and Abu Dhabi, has impressed many observers with his assertive racing style.  He finished ninth and sixth in those races, respectively, and at both events he avoided typical rookie mistakes and showed hismelf to be fearless next to his [...]

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Kobayashi Will Sub for Glock at Abu Dhabi

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Kamui Kobayashi will substitute for injured Toyota Formula 1 pilot Timo Glock at Abu Dhabi this weekend.  Glock is still recovering from a cracked vertebra sustained during the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka four weeks ago.
Kobayashi substituted for Glock at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and impressed most observers with his canny racing style on an [...]

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