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Lotus F1 Team – European GP race report

June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Lotus F1 Team secured another podium finish thanks to a searing performance from Kimi Räikkönen to finish second in today’s European Grand Prix. The Finn was terrific through the traffic and was able to challenge at the front right to the end of the race. For Romain Grosjean, hopes of another podium were dashed after an alternator failure at two thirds race distance whilst running second. Kimi and Romain are now sixth and seventh in the Drivers’ Championship. The team remains third in the Constructors’ standings ahead of Ferrari, despite being the 11th … [Read more...]

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Lotus F1 Team – European GP preview

June 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Kimi Räikkönen: I’ve never won in Valencia, so it’s a good target After a frustrating Canadian Grand Prix where grid position and traffic hampered what could have been a good result for the Finn, Kimi Räikkonen is focused on getting a strong result on the streets of Valencia. What’s your view of the Canadian Grand Prix? It wasn’t a straightforward weekend for us, even though the result was not too bad in the end. It was cold on Friday for practice and we expected rain in the afternoon, so we ran a different programme. Then in qualifying on Saturday I … [Read more...]

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LRGP – European GP race report

June 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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LRGP struggled for pace in the European Grand Prix with Nick finishing in tenth position and Vitaly taking 15th. • Nick adopted a three-stop strategy: Soft / soft / soft / medium. • Vitaly adopted a three-stop strategy Medium / soft / soft / soft. • Nick stopped on laps 11, 27 and 40. • Vitaly stopped on laps 15, 27 and 39 • Nick set his best time, a 1min 43.901s, on lap 51. • Vitaly set his best time on lap 1m 43.151s on lap 41. • LRGP stays fourth in Constructors’ Championship with 61 points Nick Heidfeld, P10, R31-04: “What cost us a … [Read more...]

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LRGP – European GP Qualifying

June 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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In hot conditions at the Valencia Street Circuit, Nick secured a position in the top 10 and Vitaly just missed out, ending his session in P11. • Nick did not complete a timed lap in Q3 after hearing that Adrian Sutil was not running. This leaves him in ninth position on tomorrow’s grid. • Vitaly just missed out on Q3, falling three-hundredths of a second short of Sutil. • Nick Q1: Medium, Soft, Q2: Soft (Scrub), Soft (New), Q3: Soft (New) • Vitaly Q1: Medium, Soft Q2: Soft (New) Nick Heidfeld, P9, R31-04, 1.38.781 “In third practice we tried … [Read more...]

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LRGP European GP Preview

June 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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LRGP prepares for round eight of the season in Valencia (Spain). Nick Heidfeld interview “The Valencia track will be faster than Monaco, slower than Canada” After luck deserted him in Montreal, Nick discusses his intent on putting things right in Valencia. You must be disappointed after Montreal – was it just a case of bad luck? Yes, I think it was bad luck. I have put it behind me now but it is difficult to know what could have been done differently. When the incident happened, I was behind Kamui (Kobayashi) and he suddenly slowed down instead of … [Read more...]

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