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I like the logo. It works.

 

Virgin Racing's Formula One plans were finally unveiled in London on Tuesday, months after it became clear that the company was abandoning Brawn GP to rebrand the start-up Manor GP team.

Having announced Timo Glock as a driver, the team confirmed that former Manor F3 driver Lucas di Grassi will be in the second seat. The Brazilian has been a Renault test driver for the past few seasons and had a run in the car at the Jerez rookie test two weeks ago.

The bullish Branson is convinced that starting fresh with Manor is the right way to go. He installed key employee Alex Tai as team principal, leaving founder John Booth as sporting director. The car is being designed and built by Wirth Research, the company responsible for the Acura ALMS contender.

"We have had a fantastic first year in Formula One and it was incredible to be sponsoring a team that fought so hard to win both championships," Branson said in a team statement. "We are huge fans of the sport and we spent a lot of time exploring all the options for a longer-term involvement."

Booth was a successful Formula Ford racer in the 1980s, competing against the likes of Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill and Eddie Irvine, although he never had aspirations to go any further. He instead became a team owner, initially in Formula Renault and then in F3, under the Manor name. His past drivers included Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton.

"In 2010, my idea of success is to run reliably, safely and efficiently and earn the respect of our peers in the paddock," Booth said. "We need to perform well as a team. Then we can start carrying that through into car performance. Our clear objective is to end the season as the best of the new teams.

"I think Nick [Wirth] is a design genius and I have absolute faith in his ability to design a fantastic car. In turn, he has the belief in our ability to run it. There is already a great chemistry within the team, and this is inspiring a lot of confidence. We've kept our heads down for the last few months and just got on with what we needed to do, but now people are starting to see what we are achieving."

 

Yes German DTM cars are purpose-built spaceframe racers with a lookalike body fitted over the top. British BTCC cars are loosely stock bodies, though they are completely rebuilt with things like all-welded seams. The engines have to be from the same manufacturer but not necessarily the same model and really only the original block is the same - otherwise they are purpose-built race engines with sequential gearboxes, etc. Several manufacturers are pulling out of BTCC to save their budgets so 2010 racing will be different - maybe better, maybe worse.

Andrew

 

Not yet, I just got the e-mail today...same price as 2008 until Jan 15.

Talk yourself into it yet? :ihih:

 

What are they charging? Anyone has a pull out I can sleep on?

 

See Tickets - Canadian F1 Grand Prix - F1 tickets, Formula 1 Tickets, Formula One tickets - gpticketshop.com for pricing.

Sorry, couch in Dallas really doesn't get you closer.

 

Gold grandstands (three days)...495.00 CAD = 464.017 USD

Silver grandstands (three days)...395.00 CAD = 370.213 USD

Bronze grandstands (three days)...225.00 CAD = 210.874 USD

General Admission (three days)...100.00 CAD = 93.7281 USD

1 CAD = 0.937407 USD (12/17/09)

https://www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/grandprix-en/

 

OK, I am going to need a new spread sheet... no, wait, data base.. and a budget... and some sponsorship and... more garage space, tire mounting gear, tire balancing gear, better pressure gauge, tire warmers, pyrometers...

:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

Honey, the M/A people are messing with my mind.

 

Rome GP?

Organiser Maurizio Flammini did not divulge a date or details when revealing the news to the Italian media.

"The agreement with Bernie Ecclestone to bring the Rome Grand Prix to life has already been done and signed," he said.

Proposals to host a race through the streets of the EUR district of Rome are well advanced.

Officials have said they hoped it would be on the calendar by 2012, although Ecclestone has indicated 2013 is more likely.

 

Petronas, the Malaysian state oil and gas company, will sponsor the Mercedes Formula One team next season. The team, formerly Brawn GP, will become Mercedes GP Petronas with the oil company's branding across the car and team liveries in what they said is a long-term agreement.

"The new title partnership also paves the way for future collaborations between the two companies," the team said.

Mercedes said their 2010 car would be presented in its new livery for the first test of the new season at the Valencia circuit in Spain on 1 February.

Petronas, which previously sponsored the BMW-Sauber team, will continue to be the title backer of the Malaysian grand prix, the third round of the season at Sepang on 4 April.

Mercedes have signed Germany's Nico Rosberg and are widely expected to bring back the seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher as their other driver.

 

This is a copyright Mercedes photochop of the livery...