27/03 Australia
Red Bull
Virgin Atlantic has come to the aid of its F1 team with a solution to their fuel tank problem. Despite knocking together such a complex thing as an F1 car, Nick Wirth failed to make sure that he could get… enough unleaded in it to get all the way around Spa.
Mind you, they probably wouldn’t make it all the way round anyway but that’s not the point.
Now, engineers at Virgin Atlantic have come up with an idea to use some of their aviation know-how by putting extra large wings on the car and filling them with fuel.
The extra drag is expected to add around 30 seconds per lap which is not good but still enough to outqualify both HRT cars. Alternatively, they could try this…
Tags: HRT, Virgin Racing






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