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Gutierrez wins GP2 sprint in Hungary

July 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Esteban Gutierrez won the second GP2 race of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend from pole position. Having finished Race 1 in eighth place, the Mexican was awarded the reverse grid pole ahead of Nathanael Berthon. He made a good start, maintaining his lead through Turn 1 and then maintaining a comfortable gap to the Frenchman. When Berthon posted a fast lap and cut the gap to under a second, Esteban responded by setting the fastest lap of the race, a 1:32.348 on Lap 15, which was a full 1.5 seconds faster than the Racing Engineering driver on that lap. It was the … [Read more...]

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Victory for Esteban Gutierrez at Silverstone in GP2

July 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Lotus’s Esteban Gutierrez took his second feature race win on the bounce at Silverstone, promoting himself to third in the drivers’ standings. With Stefano Coletti demoted on the grid for failing to provide a fuel sample, Gutierrez and team-mate James Calado started fourth and fifth on the grid. The wet conditions were extreme, and the decision was taken to drive the first seven laps behind the safety car. Once the race got underway, Esteban held his position. Pole-sitter Fabio Leimer was able to pull away while the following cars dealt with poor visibility. … [Read more...]

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Lotus Motorsport – Weekend roundup

April 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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FORMULA ONE – BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX “#Wheresmypodium” tweeted the Lotus F1 Team throughout the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend. Having come close in each of the opening rounds, the obvious pace of the Lotus E20 and the unquestionable skills of Kimi Raikkonen and young hotshoe Romain Grosjean, it was only a matter of time. Finally, in theMiddle East, it came together. It was the first time two Lotus drivers have been on the F1 podium together since Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti followed Patrick Depailler’s Liger home atJarama,Spain, in April 1979. Kimi … [Read more...]

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Lotus Motorsport weekly round-up

March 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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FORMULA ONE – LOTUS F1 TEAM AT MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX Lotus F1 Team’s Kimi Raikkonen drove a strong race at Sepang to convert his tenth-place start into fifth place and ten points. It was a tough race with mixed weather conditions, made tougher by a gearbox change penalty that put the Finn five slots back on the grid from his impressive qualifying time. On Saturday, Kimi set the fastest time in Q2 and the joint fourth fastest time in Q3, a 1:36.461 shared with Mark Webber. It highlighted the raw pace of the Lotus E20. Team-mate Romain Grosjean, meanwhile, … [Read more...]

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Victory for Bianchi in GP2 at Silverstone

July 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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It was the first win in the series for the young French driver. Followed by a fine 5th place finish in the second race, it enabled him to move up from 15th to 7th place in the overall ranking. With 14 points, it was Lotus ART’s best single-meeting total for the season. Jules Bianchi led the first race from start to finish, from his first pole position of the season, which was his 4th in the championship. Worried by Christian Vietoris, who briefly overtook him as he was coming out of the pits on cold tyres. Jules showed great control in taking command and … [Read more...]

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