In addition, he conceived and designed all components of the March active suspension system,[citation needed] which ran successfully in February 1989.

It originally was involved in many areas of Formula One, including wind tunnel construction and chassis building for third parties.

The team suffered the blow of the death of Roland Ratzenberger during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix.

In 2009 Wirth Design teamed up with John Booth of Manor Motorsport to create a car for the 2010 Formula One season.

[4] Wirth also designed Virgin's second F1 car, the MVR-02, but its performance proved to be disappointing as it failed to close the gap to the leaders relative to the VR-01.