Toronto native Robert Wickens will start his F1 career where he won his first car race six years ago, in Formula BMW, at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
First supported and then abandoned by Red Bull since then, Robert Wickens never lost hope that he would one day reach the highest levels of motorsports. Quite to the contrary, it seems!
After a successful season that left him runner-up of the GP3 championship last year, Wickens not only secured a seat in Formula Renault 3.5 in the winter, but he did so with the full support of the Marussia Virgin Racing team.
Robert Wickens did not disappoint and quickly proved how good he really was. To a point where the team had to admit he was ready for more.
This weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix will be the first event of a new and important step forward in the young driver’s career as he becomes the third driver of the Marussia Virgin Racing team.
"I’ve always wanted to race in Europe," Robert Wickens told the medias that came to meet him on Tuesday, on Crescent street. "It was Red Bull’s decision to have me race in America. I was simply waiting for the good opportunity."
The driver, who says he has late IndCar driver Greg Moore and veteran Canadian driver Ron Fellows as role models, notably, obviously dreams of Grand Prix racing, although he admits there is a long way to go before reaching this stage.
First supported and then abandoned by Red Bull since then, Robert Wickens never lost hope that he would one day reach the highest levels of motorsports. Quite to the contrary, it seems!
After a successful season that left him runner-up of the GP3 championship last year, Wickens not only secured a seat in Formula Renault 3.5 in the winter, but he did so with the full support of the Marussia Virgin Racing team.
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Robert Wickens did not disappoint and quickly proved how good he really was. To a point where the team had to admit he was ready for more.
This weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix will be the first event of a new and important step forward in the young driver’s career as he becomes the third driver of the Marussia Virgin Racing team.
"I’ve always wanted to race in Europe," Robert Wickens told the medias that came to meet him on Tuesday, on Crescent street. "It was Red Bull’s decision to have me race in America. I was simply waiting for the good opportunity."
The driver, who says he has late IndCar driver Greg Moore and veteran Canadian driver Ron Fellows as role models, notably, obviously dreams of Grand Prix racing, although he admits there is a long way to go before reaching this stage.