One week to go for Virgin Racing
VIRGIN Racing's F1 team are on the final countdown to the season opener in Bahrain.
The first Grand Prix of the season takes place on Sunday 14th March, and Virgin completed their official testing sessions at the weekend.
The Formula One debutants concluded a three-test pre-season programme at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Sunday.
In warm and dry conditions on the final test day, Lucas di Grassi completed 49 laps and set a best time of 1:26.160.
A Virgin Racing statement said: "The past three weeks have witnessed a monumental effort by the whole team to ensure Virgin Racing arrives in Bahrain in the best possible shape."
"Despite a few mechanical trials and tribulations along the way, the team takes away many positives from the programme, particularly in the areas of aerodynamic performance and validation."
Technical director Nick Wirth said he was looking forward to the season opener, with the problems encountered during test sessions behind them.
"Once again, our running was heavily compromised by the reoccurrence of the hydraulic leak."
"We have new components designed to fix this issue on their way for the Bahrain race and we're looking forward to putting that particular story behind us."
"Lucas did manage to conduct some productive race work but we leave Barcelona having never run a qualifying simulation or the super soft tyres that all our competitors are likely to have set their times on."
"Now both Virgin Racing and Wirth Research have a busy two weeks preparing both race cars and spares for our debut in Bahrain."
For a Guardian preview of the first Grand Prix of 2010 see next week's Dinnington Guardian.
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