From GMM
German driver Timo Glock has denied he might throw in the towel, also playing down suggestions his patience with Virgin is running low.
Updates to the German's MVR-02 car failed to work properly in Turkey, and he then did not even make the grid due to a gearbox failure that could not be fixed in time.
"Every weekend we seem to start at the beginning," Glock was quoted as saying in Istanbul by Die Welt newspaper.
Glock does not hide the fact that he is disappointed, after joining the start-up team following Toyota's withdrawal from formula one.
"I knew it would be a difficult first year but we all hoped to make a big step forward and we didn't quite make it. We need to ask ourselves and understand why we are not on par with Lotus," said the German.
As for whether he has considered throwing in the towel, the 29-year-old insisted: "No, never. We must keep going together as a team.
"It's going to be difficult but we have to do all we can to come forward. That's the only goal we can have at the moment."
The Virgin Racing team will use Adrian Quaife-Hobbs to carry out straight-line testing in Spain next Sunday in an attempt to get to the bottom of its problems.
The team will conduct 300km of testing to evaluate aerodynamic components at the Idiada test circuit.
German driver Timo Glock has denied he might throw in the towel, also playing down suggestions his patience with Virgin is running low.
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| Timo Glock, Marussia Virgin Racing (Photo: WRI2) |
Updates to the German's MVR-02 car failed to work properly in Turkey, and he then did not even make the grid due to a gearbox failure that could not be fixed in time.
"Every weekend we seem to start at the beginning," Glock was quoted as saying in Istanbul by Die Welt newspaper.
Glock does not hide the fact that he is disappointed, after joining the start-up team following Toyota's withdrawal from formula one.
"I knew it would be a difficult first year but we all hoped to make a big step forward and we didn't quite make it. We need to ask ourselves and understand why we are not on par with Lotus," said the German.
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| Timo Glock (Photo: Virgin Racing) |
As for whether he has considered throwing in the towel, the 29-year-old insisted: "No, never. We must keep going together as a team.
"It's going to be difficult but we have to do all we can to come forward. That's the only goal we can have at the moment."
The Virgin Racing team will use Adrian Quaife-Hobbs to carry out straight-line testing in Spain next Sunday in an attempt to get to the bottom of its problems.
The team will conduct 300km of testing to evaluate aerodynamic components at the Idiada test circuit.