Marussia to introduce "first proper wind-tunnel upgrade"

Marussia will be introducing a significant amount of upgrades to their car this weekend, as the team prepare for their home race around the legendary Silverstone circuit. With the team headquarters now situated only 17 miles away in Banbury, their is high expectations for a decent result in front of their home fans.

After a tough start to the 2012 season, by which Marussia’s new chassis initially failed the mandatory FIA crash test in February, the team have visibly improved throughout the first part of the season. Timo Glock finished 14th at both the Australian and Monaco Grands Prix, and the team have only suffered four retirements so far this season. Along with Caterham and HRT, Marussia have yet to score a World Championship point in Formula 1 and will undoubtedly be hoping that their planned upgrades this weekend propel the team closer to those first points.

“We have a fairly significant upgrade for this race, comprising a new rear wing, exhausts, floor and side pods.” Explained Marussia’s team principal, John Booth. “I would have to describe this as our ‘first proper wind-tunnel generated upgrade of the season’; we’ve had some smaller parts in Malaysia and China, and a few small iterations recently, but this is the first fully developed package that is not just a modification of existing elements. That is a big result in itself, aside from the performance step we hope it will bring us, as it means we have caught up with ourselves in terms of the diligent way in which we have approached and developed our Technical Partnership. With Timo back to strength and Charles looking to build on a great performance in Valencia, we have good reason to be excited about what our home race can bring.”

With rain set to spice up the action at this weekends British Grand Prix, Marussia will hoping for a topsy-turvy race which could enable them to score their first points in Formula 1. However, rain has not be necessary to create unpredictable racing in 2012 with the Pirelli tyres keeping the teams and drivers guessing at each race weekend.

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