With limited experience of the Lotus E20, he did well – but a slim chance for points went begging as a KERS failure put him on the back foot despite strong pace in the second half of the race. Photo by: Charles Coates / Motorsport Imagesĭ’Ambrosio had one more race in F1 thereafter: the 2012 Italian Grand Prix in Grosjean’s stead. His future looks uncertain, but his unflustered performance was a reminder that he's not been out of his depth in his rookie year.”ĭ'Ambrosio impressed Virgin enough for a 2011 race drive, but the MVR-02 was lacking in downforce Autosport wrote of his final race in Brazil: “Finished the season well, outqualifying and outracing Glock in the knowledge that Charles Pic will be taking his seat next season. Informed prior to the Brazil finale, D’Ambrosio arguably put in his drive of the year to beat Glock resoundingly. Thus, the aerodynamics remained underdeveloped, and was resigned to battling with HRT against the wooden spoon, the Spanish team having made no progress from 2010 owing to its lack of cash.Īlthough D’Ambrosio was able to show up well against Glock, and the 14-5 arrears in qualifying to his more experience team-mate less one-sided than it looked, it could not prevent Charles Pic being announced as his replacement for 2012. 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.
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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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