Marussia Virgin Racing has parted company with car designers Wirth Research following their disappointing start to the 2011 season. The Nick Wirth-headed company has been part of the outfit since it entered Formula 1 at the start of last year, adopting a CFD-only approach to designing its car.
By using only the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) approach, the cars of Timo Glock and Jérôme d’Ambrosio are developed solely by means of computer technology, as opposed to the rest of the field which makes use of wind tunnels.
"Over the past six months, Marussia and the board of directors have undertaken a comprehensive review in order to ensure that Marussia Virgin Racing has the strongest platform, team of people and resources in place to achieve its long-term ambitions,” team CEO Andy Webb explains via a statement.
"Integral to this review has been an evaluation of the technical direction of Marussia Virgin Racing. Marussia's goal remains to be in a position to be able to challenge for a podium finish at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix in Sochi in 2014. With this in mind, it is readily apparent that the team must take major steps in order to accelerate its rate of improvement.
“The decision has been taken that the team will take greater control of its own destiny. Accordingly, having consulted with our existing technical partner during the course of the past few weeks, we have been obliged to terminate our relationship with them.”
Virgin Racing was unavailable for comment when contacted by GPUpdate.net
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