Nick Wirth was disappointed as Virgin Racing was forced to make its on-track debut in wet conditions at Jerez on Wednesday. Despite this, the designer of Formula 1's first 'all digital' car remains optimistic as the team elects to take no risks.
With Wednesday signalling the start of Jerez's test session, Timo Glock was presented with no option but to wait in the pit lane as the team fitted several new parts to the car which was developed with only CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) computer work as opposed to the use of a wind tunnel.
"We've completed some short installation runs today without any car-related issues," Technical Director Wirth explained on Wednesday night.
"A few new parts arrived here quite late yesterday and so the only option was for everyone to work through the night; sadly, that meant we missed the dry window and we are not at a point where it is worth risking the car in the wet running.
"As a result, we've kept things sensible and worked through the job list to prepare the car for tomorrow…it's ironic that the weather was better on the Friday at Silverstone than it has been for most of today!"
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