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Glock finished in 17th, one lap down on the leaders, while Pic made another Marussia double finish with 20th. After an hour track conditions improved and the race was restarted. But once the race began on Sunday conditions deteriorated drastically, with the race being red-flagged on lap nine due to torrential rain. The two qualified 21st and 22nd, Glock leading Pic.

Constantly, throughout the weekend, Glock and Pic outpaced their HRT rivals and were able to come very close to Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov. Glock finished the race 14th, while Pic was forced to retire five laps from the finish due to falling oil pressure, but was classified in 15th place as he had completed over 90% of the race distance.ДЄt the second round, the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Marussia MR01 continued to show pace and reliability. During the sole safety car period of the race, the MR01 was able to use the reinstated rule that allows lapped cars to un-lap themselves prior to the race restart. Glock and Pic stayed towards the back in the race, but picked up places as cars either retired or pitted. However, due to the 107% rule both HRTs failed to qualify, and Sergio PГ©rez was forced down to 22nd position due to a penalty for changing his gearbox, making the MR01's first qualifying record as 20th and 21st. By Saturday, however, the two Marussias fell to their familiar qualifying spots on the back two rows. Unlike rivals HRT, the MR01 was able to run both drivers, with Glock managing twelfth in the second Friday practice session. By the 2012 British Grand Prix, the MR01 sported a bigger nose, making it similar to the solutions used by Force India in 20.Дue to the MR01 not having any proper testing time, the Australian Grand Prix was essentially a test session to see where the car was. Initially, the MR01 featured a plain nose cone that ran by the conventions of the other teams (flat noses). The MR01 was one of only three cars (the others being the McLaren MP4-27 and the HRT F112) not to feature the stepped nose common to most 2012 season designs. The MR01 was the only car to compete initially in the 2012 season without a Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), regenerative braking device, though HRT later admitted that their car did not feature KERS. The car was later launched on 5 March, following a shakedown at Silverstone Circuit, before passing its final mandatory crash test on 6 March. According to technical advisor Pat Symonds, the car failed its crash tests because one part of the car was performing 'inconsistently'. Due to development delays, the team planned to launch the MR01 at the third and final pre-season test session at the Circuit de Catalunya on 1 March 2012, but as the car was unable to pass its mandatory crash tests prior to the final test session the team was not permitted to take part.

Unlike its predecessors, the Virgin VR-01 and Virgin MVR-02, the Marussia MR01 was not designed exclusively with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) instead, the design team employed a combination of wind tunnel testing and CFD modelling in its design.

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The Marussia MR01 is the first Formula One racing car designed by Marussia F1 for the 2012 Formula One season, which was driven by Timo Glock and French rookie driver Charles Pic.

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Sunoco 260 GT Plus 94.25% 102 RON unleaded gasoline + 5.75% biofuel Carbon fibre double wishbone suspension, with Penske dampersД¬osworth CA2012 2,400В cc (146.5В cuВ in) 90В° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM, naturally aspirated, mid-mounted