Virgin Racing Media Launch
2009.12.15. 14:04
Virgin Racing has confirmed that Lucas Di Grassi is to race alongside Timo Glock at the team next year.
After what the team itself called 'the worst kept secret in F1', Virgin Racing unveiled its new logo and showed off its drivers in public at a launch in Notting Hill, London, on Tuesday.
Di Grassi arrives at the team after four seasons in GP2, and having gained experience of F1 through his role as a Renault test driver.
"It feels great to be here, it's a dream come true for me after two years of being a test driver, and from that and from GP2 I feel I'm ready and am very confident in this team,"- said Di Grassi.
"We're here to race, not to do politics."
The team's sporting director John Booth said he was delighted with the line-up.
"I have 20 years' experience working with drivers," he said. "I have been privileged to work with some fantastic drivers in that time and I hope that's helped in giving me an eye for a good driver.
"The four drivers we have here are the four we wanted in our line-up, they're the perfect drivers."
A Virgin Racing megerstette, hogy Lucas Di Grassi fog Timo Glock mellett versenyezni jvre.
Utna, ahogy a csapat nevezte "a legrosszabb dolog titkot tartani F1-ben", teht Virgin Racing felfedte j logjt s megmutatta piltit a kznsgnek kedden egy bemutat keretben Notting Hill-ben, Londonban.
Di Grassi ngy GP2-es v eltltse utn rkezett a csapathoz, van tapasztalata hiszen volt a Renault tesztpiltja.
"Nagyszer rzs itt lenni, az lmom vlt valra a kt vi tesztpiltasg utn, ettl s a GP2-tl ksznek rzem magam s nagyon bzok a csapatban." - mondta Di Grassi.
" Azrt vagyunk itt, hogy versenyezznk, nem politizlni. "
A csapat sportigazgatja John Booth elmondta, hogy nagyon rl a csapatfelllsnak.
"20 ves tapasztalatom van a piltkkal val munkval," mondta. "Kivltsgos voltam, hogy nhny fantasztikus piltval dolgoztam s remlem, hogy ez segtett abban, hogy j szemem legyen a j piltkra.
"A ngy pilta akik itt vannak, az a ngy, akiket mi akartunk, k a tkletes piltk."
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