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The team was one of the four granted an entry for the 2010 season, and was originally known as Manor Grand Prix, before being renamed Virgin Racing when Virgin bought a shareholding and naming rights at the end of 2009.

Virgin Racing (subsequently Marussia Virgin Racing) was a Formula One racing team which was under management of Manor Motorsport, Wirth Research and Richard Branson's Virgin Group and competed in 2010 with a British licence and in 2011 with a Russian licence. It scored no points and finished last in the Constructor's Championship for the two years the team competed.

The team's original car, the Virgin VR-01, was the first in Formula One to be developed using only computational fluid dynamics, and was driven by Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi. At the end of the season, Marussia Motors bought a stake in the team and became the main sponsor, with the team known as Marussia Virgin Racing.

Marussia Virgin Racing was renamed to Marussia F1 Team at the end of 2011. The company retained its base in Dinnington, South Yorkshire as well as setting up the technical base in Banbury, Oxfordshire for the construction of the racing cars.

Base: Dinnington, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 2010-2011

mvr 02

The Virgin MVR-02 is a Formula One racing car designed by Wirth Research for Marussia Virgin Racing, and used by them during the 2011 Formula One season.

Like its predecessor, the Virgin VR-01, the MVR-02 was designed entirely with computational fluid dynamics, with Nick Wirth's design studio doubling their CFD capacity ahead of the 2011 season. The addition of the "M" in the car's chassis designation reflected the team's new owner, Russian sports car manufacturer Marussia Motors.

The car was unveiled in London on 7 February 2011, and was driven during the racing season by returning driver Timo Glock and debutant Jérôme d'Ambrosio.

The car did not use KERS; chief designer Nick Wirth commented that the gains offered by the system did not justify the expense of developing it.

The MVR 02 uses a Cosworth CA2011 2400 cc 90° V8. It was limited to 18000 RPM, naturally aspirated, mid-mountedTransmission and had a seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear, aluminium construction, "seamless shift" and has an electronically controlled hydraulic differential.

The MVR-02 scored its best result in a wet Canadian Grand Prix, with d'Ambrosio and Glock in fourteenth and fifteenth, respectively.