Final preparations for Virgin

New car to make track debut on Thursday

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Final preparations for Virgin

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Virgin Racing are making final preparations for the track debut of their first car at Silverstone on Thursday.

The Yorkshire-based outfit will run their VR-01 car in a shakedown test at the Northamptonshire circuit on February 4 and 5.

Virgin will officially launch the car, which has been designed and tested so far wholly using digital technology, online on Wednesday.

They have also become the first of Formula One's four new teams to fire up their Cosworth engine ahead of the new season, which starts in Bahrain on March 14.

Technical director Nick Wirth said: "I'm really happy to have done the fire-up checks, and to have reached this new milestone in our schedule as planned.

"I must say the VR-01 is looking quite a neat package, and we're all looking forward to seeing the car on-track for the first time on Thursday."

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