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As a wholly British-owned team with operational, technical and commercial bases across the UK and backed by a major British-born brand, Virgin Racing is incredibly proud to be making its British Grand Prix debut.
The Team will come face to face with some of the most passionate racing devotees in the world, many of whom include Virgin Racing’s loyal and burgeoning following who are camping under the stars with their new favourite team in the grounds of nearby Stowe School as part of the ‘Virgin Racing Weekend’ special events programme.
Round 10 of the Championship marks the midpoint of the season and the introduction of Virgin Racing’s biggest aerodynamic development upgrade of the season so far. Silverstone has always been a high speed track with a lot of fast direction changes and for that reason it is a firm favourite of many F1 drivers.
However, the recent revisions to the circuit will level the playing field and every driver goes into the weekend preparing to race on a track that is something of an unknown quantity.
“This will be a very exciting weekend for the whole Team as it’s the first home Grand Prix for Virgin Racing. Not only that, we get to ‘come back’ to Silverstone, a track that is definitely one of the very best on the calendar. Judging by our schedule for the weekend, the Team is certainly celebrating the occasion, with lots of things happening and lots of friends, family and sponsors joining us for the fun,” Timo Glock said.
“Personally I love racing at Silverstone and I’m looking forward to seeing the changes to the track for myself. It’s hard to believe we’re at the halfway point of the season - the first nine races flew by so quickly. But it’s great that we reach this milestone off the back of a strong weekend in Valencia for myself and Lucas and with the performance developments we had there working straight away on the car.”
“We have our biggest upgrade so far coming this weekend and I hope we will see the same rate of progress from the moment we turn a wheel in Free Practice on Friday. If things work out well I think we can have a stronger second half of the season for sure. So we are optimistic for a good race and I look forward to seeing all the Virgin Racing fans this weekend. We are counting on their support.” |
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