Marussia Virgin Racing has announced that they have teamed up with Disney to promote their new Cars 2 movie this weekend. The partnership will see branding on Timo Glock and Jerome d'Ambrosio's MVR-02 race cars and racesuits this weekend at Silverstone, as well as across many other elements of the team’s in-paddock presence at the racetrack.

Cars 2 is the twelfth animated comedy to come out of Pixar and is the follow-up to the 2006 film Cars. Both were directed by Academy Award winner John Lasseter, whose first connection with Formula One back in 2007 inspired him to start developing some of the characters of this film after attending the Italian and Spanish Grands Prix. The movie also features many appearances by race drivers including Lewis Hamilton.

Lee Jury of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures EMEA was happy with their new partnership with Marussia Virgin: "We extremely thrilled for its latest animated movie Cars 2 to be joining forces with the Marussia Virgin Racing team at the British Grand Prix. In this second instalment of the much-loved franchise, our hero Lightning McQueen is joined by a host of new characters including Francesco, a Formula car audiences will see alongside McQueen branded on the Marussia Virgin Racing race cars. The comedy spy adventure also includes an action-packed race around the iconic landmarks of London. It is the perfect media partnership, with the race just one week before the UK Premiere of
Cars 2."