Di Grassi Crashes Virgin Car at Barcelona

Virgin Racing will not continue the testing action in Barcelona on Thursday, after their Brazilian race driver Lucas di Grassi lost control of the VR-01 in Turn 9 of the Circuit de Catalunya and crashed it into the tire barriers.

While the F1 rookie was OK after the crash, his car suffered some intensive damage and had to be carried out to the garage for the remainder of the morning session. Nevertheless, following the lunch break, Virgin Racing announced that they will focus on repairing th… (read more)