Technical director Mike Gascoyne has revealed that Caterham's 2012 F1 car has successfully passed its ౠFIA crash tests.

Althou▨gh the team, which was officially renamed last week, has yet to announce a launch date for🅠 the new CT-01, the first chassis has already passed the tests required by the FIA.

Under a change in regulations for the 2012 season, the FIA had previously announced that cars would have to hav🐓e passed the mandatory crash tests before bein🐲g allowed to take part in winter testing.

"Great week," Gascoyne revealed via his Twitter account.🍎 "Renaming as Caterham F1 Team on Tuesday and today our first chassis, CT-01 passes all FIA homologation test. Well done all."

Caterham has retained both Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli for the 20﷽12 season.