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Lotus F1 Team – Spanish GP race report

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Spanish Grand Prix - Sunday

Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean ensured that Lotus F1 Team were the strongest points scoring team in a fast-paced Spanish Grand Prix, finishing in third and fourth position to move the team within 14 points of second place in the Constructors’ Championship. Both cars started on used sets of yellow-marked soft Pirelli P-Zero tyres. Romain changed to a set of used softs on lap 10, then made two further stops for new silver-marked hard tyres on laps 26 and 51. Kimi pitted for a set of used softs on lap 11, then fresh sets of hards on laps 27 and 48. Kimi … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Spanish GP Practice

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Spanish Grand Prix - Friday

Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean took to the track for the first practice sessions of the fifth round of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship at the Circuit de Catalunya today in hot and dry conditions. The Lotus F1 Team drivers ended the sessions with the fifth and sixth fastest lap times of the day. Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director - Technical programme notes In FP1 we conducted aerodynamic evaluations, in particular of our different front wing specifications and also the latest floor modifications using the hard compound Pirelli tyre. FP2 … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – News from Mugello testing

May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Formula One Mugello Test Day Two

Day 1. Lotus F1 Team completed only morning session running due to inclement weather on the first of three days testing at the delightfully located Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello in Italy. Jérôme D’Ambrosio sampled the E20 for the first time, completing 40 trouble free laps. Because of today’s weather-induced reduced running, Romain Grosjean will drive for the next two days - contrary to the original plan of Kimi Räikkönen running tomorrow and Romain only on Thursday - due to the uncertain weather predictions for the next two days. Fast … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Jérôme D’Ambrosio to test E20 at Mugello

April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Formula One Testing Preview

Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce its driver line-up for the forthcoming Mugello test on May 1-3,where the team’s third driver Jérôme D’Ambrosio will get his first taste of the podium-finishing E20. Jérôme will drive for the first day of the test, followed by team race drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean on the second and third days respectively. Eric Boullier, Team Principal: “Jérôme has been very patiently attending all the races and has been a conscientious and regular visitor to Enstone since he was announced as our third driver. … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Bahrain GP race report

April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Kimi Räikkönen, E20-03 Grid: P11 Race: P2 Best Lap: 1:37.116 Romain Grosjean, E20-04 Grid: P7 Race: P3 Best Lap: 1:36.928 The heat of the desert was broken only by a smattering of rain drops as the teams lined up on the grid for the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The pair of E20s began the race on the yellow marked soft compound tyres, a fresh set for Kimi after his unorthodox qualifying strategy and a scrubbed set for Romain. As the green lights went out, both drivers got off to a flying start. Romain moved to the outside of the slow … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Bahrain GP qualifying

April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Bahrain Grand Prix - Saturday

Romain Grosjean qualified in P7 whilst Kimi Räikkönen was fastest of the non-Q3 participants in P11 during qualifying for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Kimi’s starting position outside the top ten means he has an open choice of starting tyre for the race. Kimi Räikkönen, E20-03. Q: P11, 1:33.789. FP3: P7, 1:33.976. “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was worth taking the risk to only do one lap in Q2 and save fresh sets of tyres for the race. Managing the tyres will be a … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Chinese GP race report

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Chinese Grand Prix - Sunday

Romain Grosjean benefitted from an aggressive tyre strategy whilst Kimi Räikkönen ultimately lost out in a fast-paced and exciting Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. Romain went from tenth on the grid to finish in sixth, whilst Kimi ran strongly in second place until his tyres could no longer deliver sufficient performance, finally finishing in 14th. Both cars started on the yellow-marked soft Pirelli P-Zero and used a further two sets of mediums. Romain pitted on laps 11 and 32. Kimi pitted on laps 10 and 28. Kimi ran in P2 for laps … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Chinese GP Qualifying

April 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
2012 Chinese Grand Prix - Saturday

Kimi Räikkönen set the fifth fastest time whilst Romain Grosjean made it through to Q3 but did not set a time in the final session before tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. Kimi benefits from a gearbox change penalty for Lewis Hamilton and will start in P4 for tomorrow’s race whilst Romain will start from P10. Kimi Räikkönen, E20-03. Q: P5*, 1:35.898. FP3: P10, 1:37.061. *Starts from P4. “The grid position is okay but when you look at the times, I’m disappointed with the pace of the car today. We’ve gained a position … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Chinese GP Practice

April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Chinese Grand Prix - Friday

Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean took to the track for the first practice sessions of the third round of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship at Shanghai in cold and damp conditions. Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director - Technical programme notes In FP1 we completed limited running due to the inclement track conditions. Both drivers completed the majority of running in the first session with Pirelli’s intermediate tyre as we evaluated new parts. FP2 saw heavy fuel running, evaluating the medium and soft compound tyres. What we learned … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP Race Report

March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix - Sunday

Kimi Räikkönen led the charge for Lotus F1 Team in the Malaysian Grand Prix; translating a tenth place starting slot into a fifth-placed finish in a rain-affected, red flag-interrupted race. He also set the fastest lap of the day as the track dried in the run to the chequered flag. It was a different story for Romain Grosjean, with an early exit from the slippery Sepang circuit on lap four. Both cars started on the green marked intermediate tyres. Kimi made three stops with an intermediate, wet, intermediate, hard tyre strategy. Kimi set a succession of fastest … [Read more...]

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