Lucas di Grassi - Renault Test Driver 2009
It has been confirmed that the Virgin Racing Team have signed Lucas di Grassi as their second driver for the 2010 season to drive alongside Timo Glock.
Di Grassi has spent the past four-years competing in the GP2 series, where he finished in within the top three riders of the championship standings for three of the four seasons as well as being a test driver for the Renault F1 team.
The Brazilian driver said;
“I could never imagine a F1 debut as perfect as this one. Entering F1 with John Booth and his crew, the same people with whom I won the 2005 Macau F3 race – one of the greatest successes in my career – is really beyond perfection I should say. And I believe I am ready for F1.
I have worked a lot during these years to get here and I believe it happened just in time. I always had great expectations about the day I would enter F1, and I should thanks everyone who was with me all these years, and I shall say John and his team are among those very people I consider helped me to get there much before we signed the F1 contract.
Being here with them makes more sense to me than to be with a veteran organisation. We will debut together, and that detail makes for a special bond too. I guess all that will make me stronger and more confident as I will be among old friends. I am ready to work twenty four seven and I am sure I will be able to contribute with the team efforts in every stage of our evolution in 2010.”
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