Wednesday saw the Virgin Racing team begin its second full day of testing the VR-01 at Jerez. After a successful conclusion to its testing debut last week, the Sheffield-based squad experienced more of the rough than the smooth today when an elusive hydraulics problem proved hard to pin down.
After dodging the wet running that is starting to dominate pre-season testing, Virgin Racing was forced to spend the afternoon in diagnostic mode, conducting a series of out-laps to try to flush out the root cause through the hydraulic system.
As a result, the team completed just 10 laps of the 4.5-kilometre (2.8-mile) circuit and were unable to set a representative lap time.
"We have experienced a sequence of hydraulic problems which were tricky to diagnose on a new car," Technical Director Nick Wirth explained.
"This caused us to suffer long and frustrating periods, confined to the garage, and when we did venture out on-track it was purely to conduct a series of exploratory out-laps to try to understand if we had cured the problem. We eventually discovered the real issue, albeit rather late in the day.
"Nonetheless, having fully identified the problem, we can fix it tonight and look forward to what we hope will be a more constructive day of running for Timo (Glock) and the team tomorrow."
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