Marussia MR01
BBS Wheels (front and rear): 13" | |||||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||||
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Notable entrants | Marussia F1 Team | ||||||||||
Notable drivers | 24. Timo Glock[3] 25. Charles Pic[4] | ||||||||||
Debut | 2012 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last event | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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The Marussia MR01 is the first
Design
Unlike its predecessors, the
The MR01 was the only car to compete initially in the 2012 season without a Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS),
Initially, the MR01 featured a plain nose cone that ran by the conventions of the other teams (flat noses). By the 2012 British Grand Prix, the MR01 sported a bigger nose, making it similar to the solutions used by Force India in 2010 and 2011.
Season overview
Due to the MR01 not having any proper testing time, the
At the second round, the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Marussia MR01 continued to show pace and reliability. Constantly, throughout the weekend, Glock and Pic outpaced their HRT rivals and were able to come very close to Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov.[citation needed] The two qualified 21st and 22nd, Glock leading Pic. But once the race began on Sunday conditions deteriorated drastically, with the race being red-flagged on lap nine due to torrential rain. After an hour track conditions improved and the race was restarted. Glock finished in 17th, one lap down on the leaders, while Pic made another Marussia double finish with 20th. Due to Petrov only finishing 16th, the Marussia retained 10th place in the Constructors' Championship.
After a three-week break, the MR01 entered the Chinese Grand Prix with minor technical updates. The weekend began with abnormally cold temperatures,[citation needed] and Glock suffered an accident during free practice on Saturday. After a look over, Glock and his MR01 continued into qualification, and he and Pic again qualified 20th and 21st for the race. In the early phase of the race tyre problems plagued everyone, with high wear and degradation causing many teams to alter their strategies.[citation needed] The two Marussias fended off both HRTs and Kovalainen's Caterham to finish 19th and 20th.
Initially, the
At Spa, Pic set the fastest lap time in a wet Free Practice 2; the highest ever result for the team in any official F1 session. This was due to many teams not setting competitive laps due to the poor conditions. Glock was 6th in the session.
At Singapore, Glock produced his best result for Marussia, finishing in 12th place (making this chassis statistically the most successful for the Virgin/Marussia team), and this crucially put Marussia in front of Caterham in the fight for 10th position in the Constructors' Championship, due to a better non-points finishing record.
Test accident
On 3 July 2012, test driver
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Points | WCC |
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2012 | Marussia F1 Team
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Cosworth CA2012 | P | AUS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | USA | BRA | 0 | 11th | |
Timo Glock | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 14 | Ret | DNS | 18 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 16 | ||||||
Charles Pic | 15† | 20 | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 19 | Ret | 20 | 12 |
† Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed greater than 90% of the race distance.
References
- ^ "Introducing the MR01". MarussiaF1Team.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Marussia Virgin Racing Completes 2012 Race Driver Line-up". Virgin Racing. 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Inside the MR01 — Coming Soon". Marussia F1 Team. Marussia F1 Team. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Symonds: 2011 Virgin had potential Archived 2012-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, Racer, 2012-01-22
- ^ Marussia delays new car until final test, GP Update, 2012-01-24
- ^ Collantine, Keith (27 February 2012). "Marussia to miss last pre-season test after crash test failure". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Baldwin, Alan (5 March 2012). "Motor racing-Marussia debut new car pending final crash test". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- Haymarket Publications. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Dodgins, Tony (1 January 2012). "Marussia Virgin Racing". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
In 2012, however, Virgin will be the only team on the grid without a KERS system, with HRT having extended its Williams gearbox/hydraulics agreement to include the power-boosting device.
- ^ "Marussia to follow McLaren lead". ESPN F1. ESPN. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.