Italy have named Kristopher Burton at fly-half, and he will line up alongside Benetton Treviso team-mate Edoardo Gori, who wins his third cap at scrum-half.

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Schumacher was the first German to win the F1 title, in 1994 with team Benetton.

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Former Benetton designer and Simtek team owner Nick Wirth is leading the team's technical division from his headquarters in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

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Wirth was Benetton chief designer as the team slid from competitiveness in the late 1990s following Michael Schumacher's departure for Ferrari.

BBC: Lucas di Grassi joins new-look Virgin Formula 1 team

Former Benetton chief designer and Simtek team owner Nick Wirth has been leading the team's technical division and he says the new investment will help advance the development of the car for 2011 and beyond.

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He has gone further, suing both Benetton and the two-man team who obtained the photographs.

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