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Branson commits long-term to Virgin Racing

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Sir Richard Branson has told Autosport that he is committed to Virgin Racing, despite the team's much-publicised problems.

"If they continue the kind of progress we've made to date, we will be delighted and will continue to support it, and there's no reason why it shouldn't," Branson said. "There will be technical problems, but even the teams who are spending £300 million on their cars have technical problems. We went into this with our eyes open and we plan to stick with it as long as they get other sponsors on board as well, which they are managing to do."

The fortunes of Virgin are in complete contrast to the success Branson enjoyed with Brawn last year, but he insisted he had no regrets in opting to start from scratch.

"It's just as much fun being the new boy on the block as being out and winning. It's a different kind of experience. If we had stuck with Brawn for another year we would have been $50 million worse off and then not winning, so only one team can win.

"Supporting a team and building a new team from scratch is very exciting. It was incredibly pleasing to see both cars finish last week, and if you look at the history of this sport to get two cars to the finish after four or five races is pretty good going. So a challenging start, but just as exciting."

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