Virgin Racing will race under the Russian flag for the 2011 season and beyond after the team received confirmation that its Russian racing license had been granted.
The move to strengthen ties with Russia follows a ‘significant’ buy-in from Russian sports car manufacturer, Marussia Motors earlier this year.
The companies president, Nikolai Fomenko, revealed the news after expressing a desire to turn the small, Diddington based outfit into a fully-fledged Russian team.
“On Monday, February 7th, we will officially announce that Marussia Virgin Racing is not just the first Russian team, but the first team with a Russian licence. This means that for a victory the Russian anthem will be played,” he confirmed.
The team are set to reveal their 2011 car, the MVR-02, on Monday at the BBC Televsion Centre in London.
