Virgin Racing adapted a safe approach as its pre-season testing programme began at a wet Jerez circuit on Wednesday. Timo Glock was first to drive the Cosworth-powered VR-01 in an official test session although the Sheffield-based team completed only five laps on its way to the bottom of the timesheets.
With Nico Rosberg's Mercedes having led the way on a best time of 1:20.927, Glock's 1:38.734 cemented the German in tenth although the latter had remained in the garage until heavy rain began to pour.
"Unfortunately, due to the weather, we were a bit slow today but we decided not to do much in the wet conditions," the German explained to reporters later, with many components having been delivered to the circuit late on Tuesday night.
"We're still in the first week and we're a bit low on parts, so that means if we have a crash we're in trouble for the next test.
"So we decided to not do much running today and the mechanics had to work 24 hours a day just to get the car ready for this morning. We just did some installation laps to check that everything is alright; the car felt okay, not bad in wet conditions, so the first impression is that everything is working well. I just hope it stops raining!"
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