F1: New Marussia Finally Runs At Silverstone

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F1: New Marussia Finally Runs At Silverstone

The Marussia MR01 sees it's first 2012 season track time...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted March 05, 2012 Barcelona (ESP)

The Marussia MR01 made an appearance at Silverstone today. (Photo: Marussia Racing)

The Marussia MR01 has been shaken down at Silverstone today after failing to make the Barcelona test.

The car failed the 18th and final FIA crash test, which forced the team to skip Spain and instead run it on a filming or promotional day, and on demo tires today.

The car has been designed by a revamped team after the departure of Nick Wirth last summer. It has also benefited from the team’s technical relationship with McLaren.

“We are very pleased to be running the new MR01 for the first time this morning,” said team principal John Booth. “It has been a long and frustrating wait for everyone in the team but we can now get back on track – literally – and start working towards the first race of the season in Australia next weekend.

“Today is the first of two promotional events, so while the drivers will be able to get a feel for the car, they won’t be able to draw any real conclusions until we start running in anger in Melbourne. Nevertheless, this is an important day for us and we’ll enjoy every minute on track with the new car.”

Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.

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