2009-12-16
Aurora Group sponsored GP2, Alvaro Parente, signs for F1 newcomer Virgin Racing
Richard Branson and the Virgin Racing management team of Nick Wirth, John Booth and Alex Tai outlined the vision for their lean, mean racing machine and revealed the team’s dynamic young driver line-up. Alongside Timo Glock were two new additions to the Virgin Racing stable - Brazilian hot shot Lucas di Grassi and GP2’s Portuguese revelation Alvaro Parente.
Source: Virgin Racing website on the team’s launch on the 15th of December 2009