Virgin Racing VR-01 Cosworth

[horse]

virgin via twitter update:

"I can confirm the launch has taken place at Silverstone.... But NOT shown live http://www.virginracing.com as promsied...OOOOPPPPSSSS"

What a good start! Perhaps they thought the dot matrix-printout would not be convincing enough for the public?

[Fil]

If they can't run a website launch successfully.. how can they run CFD successfully..?

Some specs from their fact sheet tho..

Overall Length: approx 5500mm
Overall Height: approx 950mm
Overall Width: approx 1800mm
Wheelbase approx: approx 3200mm

Fuel Capacity: In excess of 200 litres

hope they didn't build it with 'approximates' tho!

[WhiteBlue]

It must have been a dull event. No video, no pictures! Pretty much no car perhaps. Did they forget to build it after they showed it to the drivers in the simulator?

[WhiteBlue]

I'm looking forward to the simulated testing times.

[astracrazy]

seriously no pics at all? What kind of launch is that?

[imightbewrong]

Is it just me or does it have a single front wing mount?

[raceman]

Is it just me or does it have a single front wing mount?

geez, what a damn livery


yup, u seem to be right; seems to be a single front wing mount new design concept??

[WhiteBlue]

the livery isn't bad, very distinguishable, a bit less red would have been even better

[Mr Alcatraz]

the livery isn't bad, very distinguishable, a bit less red would have been even better

It would look much better with a darker shade of red!

[djos]

It's nothing mind blowing but good looking none the less. =D>

[tarzoon]

the marketing bit is quite bad, especially considering Virgin's record for this sort of PR

[timbo]

yup, u seem to be right; seems to be a single front wing mount new design concept??

There were at least three cars with a single support. Tyrrell@1997, Ferrari@1996 (F310 first iteration) and Brabham@1991.

[Raptor22]

is that front wing mounted on a single pillar?
maybe theres some deception of the eye with the black hiding the detail

[jac]

The Cars' nose profile is similar to the F10s'. Interesting...

[Fil]

Stole Fx-Pro from BMW-Sauber! That took me by surprise!

That's an extremely simplified front wing in particular.. even for a launch car.

Going by the little square piece protruding to the left of Timo's lower leg, it doesn't look like the trendy zero keel either.. single or twin? argh.. need better photos!

the marketing bit is quite bad, especially considering Virgin's record for this sort of PR

They didn't do anything spectacular with Brawn last year either.
This has been nothing outrageous or fancy as a launch that's for sure, but it is consistent with their 'lowest F1 budget' branding that they've been running with.

..altho the delay hiccup sure isn't as smooth as what Virgin are usually associated with.