One of four new army Virgin F1 team (Virgin F1 Racing) through the network released the 2010 season car VR-01. Virgin Atlantic has become the first release of this season's new fleet of cars. However, because of technical reasons, the Virgin Atlantic network of virtual conference originally planned could not be held.
Virgin VR-01 racing entirely by computational fluid dynamics (referred to as CFD) technology designed, without the traditional wind tunnel testing. As with other new teams, Virgin VR-01 racing engine powered by the Cosworth provided. New season driver line was announced last year, the former Toyota driver Timo Glock of Germany will partner Brazilian rookie Di - Gelasius F1 team for Virgin Virgin season effect.
Wind tunnel tests that do not directly through the traditional design from the car, Virgin Atlantic is also the team technical director chassis designer Nick - Wells said the CFD with wind tunnel technology design racing is no different, "CFD is very close to the wind tunnel experiment, In the car did not demonstrate a genuine ability to drive onto the track before the CFD technology or whether it is racing through the wind tunnel test is essentially the same. As for our new car, I have full confidence on the track to achieve the desired results. "
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