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Another podium for Kimi in Spain

May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
2013 Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday

With a performance that captured the imagination of every motorsport fan around the world yesterday, the Lotus F1® Team rose to the occasion for the fifth round of the FIA 2013 Formula One® World Championship competition that played out under sunny Spanish skies at Barcelona’s Circuit de Cataluñya. The Enstone based black and gold troupe served the Lotus name proudly with Kimi delivering a P2 finish and a points haul that places him ever closer to the Championship title position, with only 4 points keeping him off the top spot.  Not such a great race for Romain … [Read more...]

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Nick Chester appointed Lotus F1 Team Technical Director

May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce the promotion of Nick Chester to the position of Technical Director. Nick will replace the departing James Allison, who will leave Enstone after working with the team most recently since 2005 and previously from 1991-1992 and 1994-1999. Nick has worked at Enstone since 2000, most recently as Engineering Director, and previously as Head of Performance Systems, Head of Vehicle Performance Group and Race Engineer. Prior to coming to Enstone, Nick worked for Arrows Grand Prix for five years. Eric Boullier, Team Principal: “We … [Read more...]

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Another double podium for Lotus in Bahrain

April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Kimi Räikkönen took his third podium finish of the season and Romain Grosjean his first after a superb second and third place result in today’s Bahrain Grand Prix. After emulating the 2-3 result of the same result as last year, Lotus F1 Team returns to second position in the Constructors’ Championship with Kimi leading the chase of leader Sebastian Vettel from second in the Drivers’ standings. Kimi suffered from an allergic reaction before he started the race. Kimi started from P8 with used medium tyres, changing to new hard tyres on laps 16 and … [Read more...]

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2nd for Kimi in Chinese GP

April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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A celebratory end for Lotus F1® Team with a P2 finish for Kimi and the third consecutive points win for Romain in what was a nerve-shredding third round of the FIA 2013 World Championship Formula One® race in Shanghai, China. The battle began early for Kimi as despite him having qualified second, a poor grid start meant he lost early race positioning. By lap 16, a track tussle with Sergio Pérez saw Kimi damage his nose cone culminating in a loss of downforce for the Finn. However, showing the spirit of a Chinese martial arts warrior, Kimi took on the opposition … [Read more...]

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The Need for Speed Hits the Online Casino

April 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment

For thousands of people all around the world, the need for speed is something that they can now have satisfied online. Yes, your favourite online bookmakers and online casinos now offer all the motor racing action you desire at the click of a button. Whether Formula 1, speedway or motorbike racing, you too can put the vroom into your bankroll in mere seconds. For those who are new to sports betting, motor racing is a great place to start. This is because there are no special skills required, the sport is easy to understand, and the rewards are pretty much instant. … [Read more...]

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6th & 7th for Lotus in Malaysian GP

March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
2013 Malaysian Grand Prix - Saturday

Romain Grosjean finished sixth and Kimi Räikkönen seventh in today’s Malaysian Grand Prix from the Sepang International Circuit. A wet but rapidly drying track saw all competitors start on Pirelli’s intermediate tyres, with both Romain and Kimi moving to medium then hard compound dry tyres as the race progressed. Kimi keeps up his run of consecutive points finishes but falls to second in the Drivers’ Championship, behind today’s race winner Sebastian Vettel. The team maintains second position in the Cosntructors’ Championship, with third placed Ferrari on … [Read more...]

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Victory for Kimi Räikkönen in Australian GP

March 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Kimi Räikkönen opened up Lotus F1 Team’s 2013 championship points account with a maximum deposit by taking victory in the first race of the season; the Australian Grand Prix. Kimi made two pit stops – whilst most of his opposition made three – to secure his 20th Grand Prix win, equalling the tally of compatriot Mika Häkkinen. Romain Grosjean came home in tenth position after a difficult race. Kimi leads the Drivers’ Championship with 25 points to Fernando Alonso’s 18, whilst the team occupies second position in the Constructors’ Championship with 26 … [Read more...]

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Australian F1 Grand Prix preview

March 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
F1 Testing - Barcelona (Week 2)

Kimi Räikkönen Q&A Our Iceman is back in the driving seat and gives us his thoughts on how testing went for him, and how even the perfect amount of laps is never quite enough… Albert Park is upon us and testing didn’t quite go to plan for you; how are you feeling at the start of the 2013 Formula 1 season? We had some problems in testing but we still completed quite a few laps. Of course, you always want more laps, but it is what it is. We’re all going racing and then we’ll really see where we’re at. I’m not really concerned about reliability … [Read more...]

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2013 F1 season preview

March 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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2012 was one of the most competitive seasons in F1 history, with six different teams winning races over the course of the season and there having been seven different drivers win the first seven races. With relatively stable technical regulations, hopes are high for an even more competitive season in 2013. Red Bull will undoubtedly still be in content; but Lotus, Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren have all shown race winning potential during winter testing. The MoneySupermarket black box car insurance team has therefore run a survey which was voted on by online … [Read more...]

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[PICS] Lotus F1 Team launch their 2013 contender, the E21

January 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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The Lotus F1 Team E21 has been unleashed today from the team’s Enstone base in Oxfordshire, England. Revealed to team partners on site, streamed live on YouTube and broadcast live on Sky Sports News in the UK, the E21 will contest the 2013 FIA Formula 1 World Championship with drivers Kimi Räikkönen (E21 n°7) and Romain Grosjean (E20 n°8). With only limited changes to the technical and sporting regulations from 2012, the E21 continues the design themes seen in its race-winning predecessor, the E20. However, it is pushing last year’s concepts even further as … [Read more...]

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