There were varied emotions in the Virgin Racing garage following the British Grand Prix, with Timo Glock having finished 18th but Lucas di Grassi retiring in the early stages of the race due to hydraulic problems.
As Virgin contested its home race for the first time, di Grassi was unfortunate to have to end his afternoon prematurely on Lap 10 of 52.
“We didn’t have a very good day,” said the Brazilian. “The car was good at the start but then we lost hydraulic pressure, which ended my race.
"I am obviously disappointed but, on a positive note, the car is showing great progress and I am looking forward to the next race.”
His team-mate was able to finish, though, with Glock being classified – like the Lotus cars – one lap down on the leaders.
“I had a bad start again and lost position against Jarno and Heikki,” he said of Lotus pairing Trulli and Kovalainen. “In the race I tried to stay with the Lotus, which pulled away slightly. When Heikki went into the pits I had two really good laps and came into the pits.
“The boys did a really good pit-stop, which brought me out in front of Heikki. Then I was following Jarno and I tried to keep up with him but I had a really big oversteer moment over a bump and nearly lost the car. Heikki then overtook me and so I finished behind the Lotus. On a positive note, the pace was good and I was fairly happy with the car.”
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