![]() ![]() But despite good pace, D’Ambrosio's first proper taste of F1 on board the 2011 MVR-02 was hardly of ambrosial zest although the team had claimed some extra funding from Russian sportscar manufacturer Marussia, it was still persisting with its windtunnel evasion to save costs. According to news reports from the time, D’Ambrosio was considered with incumbent di Grassi and future Caterham F1 driver Giedo van der Garde for the drive.Ī popular addition to the Virgin team, D'Ambrosio's mechanics quickly bestowed the nickname "Custard" upon him, due to his nominative similarity to a British brand of dessert accoutrement. And, when D’Ambrosio was offered the chance to try the car out in the post-2010 November young drivers’ test, it gave him the platform to secure the second Virgin seat by December – having also impressed in his quartet of FP1 sessions with the squad. Thus, the 2010 machinery was a big improvement, and gave Kubica the wherewithal to frequently challenge the Mercedes duo and Felipe Massa through the season. "That car that we had in 2010, and in Abu Dhabi testing as a young driver, it'll stick with me as the most incredible feeling I felt in a racing car - just in terms of pure speed and everything" Jerome D'Ambrosio The previous car, the R29, had not been successful as the team had taken the wrong path with the new aerodynamic regulations the inwash front wing it initially came packaged with had to be changed for an outwashing option, as the anvil-like nose looked particularly lumbering compared the considerably more elegant solutions across the rest of the grid. The R30 itself had been part of Renault’s uptick in form under new ownership from Genii Capital, which had bought a majority stake of the team at the end of 2009.
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