Virgin Racing endure torrid testing session

VIRGIN RACING'S preparations for the new Formula 1 season suffered a setback today as the team was forced to bring a halt to its participation in the test session at Jerez due to a lack of spare parts.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Feb 2010, 14:29 BST
Updated 11th Feb 2010, 14:30 BST

The front wing of the new VR-01 failed while Timo Glock was putting the car through its paces and, with no replacement to hand, the team have been forced to withdraw from the rest of today's running.

"This morning we experienced a front wing mounting problem which caused the wing to come off the car at the beginning of a run," Virgin's technical director Nick Wirth said in quotes reported on www.formula1.com.

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"The cause has already been identified. Unfortunately, we're missing one or two spare parts which will hopefully arrive this evening, so we won't be able to run for the rest of the day."

For more on this story read Friday's Yorkshire Post.