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Jean Alesi – “Well done Jenson”

August 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Group Lotus F1 ambassador Jean Alesi gives us his thoughts on the Hungarian Grand Prix. It was the first time this season that Lotus Renault GP failed to finish in the points. You must be disappointed… It’s clear the performance of the team relative to our rivals is dropping off. To be honest we were expecting a little bit more from the car. Vitaly Petrov’s 12th place isn’t very exciting, but then he – like half the field – made the gamble of changing to Intermediate tyres late in the race and then changing back again. Things got pretty scary for … [Read more...]

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LRGP – Hungary GP Race Report

August 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
2011 Hungarian Grand Prix - Sunday

LRGP endured a tough mixed weather Hungarian Grand Prix with Vitaly Petrov finishing in 12th position and Nick Heidfeld failing to finish. This result puts an end to LRGP’s run of consecutive top ten point scoring finishes this season. • Nick started on intermediates, changing to super softs and then softs before retiring with his car ablaze. • Vitaly used an intermediate, super soft, soft, intermediate, soft tyre strategy. • Nick stopped on laps 11 and 23, whilst Vitaly made his pit stops on laps 10, 25, 50, 53. • Vitaly set his fastest lap, a 1min … [Read more...]

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LRGP – Hungary GP Preview

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Nick Heidfeld “The Hungaroring is one of my favourite circuits” Luck was not on Nick’s side at his home race, but he believes that now would be the perfect time to perform well as the August break approaches. How was your home race in Germany? It wasn’t what I was aiming for, that’s for sure. Before the race I thought we could have scored good points. But, as early as the first lap, I had a coming together with Paul (Di Resta). I locked up the front wheels and couldn’t avoid hitting him. Then I was at the back of the field but I made up positions … [Read more...]

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Senna to drive the R31 in Hungary practice

July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Lotus Renault GP is pleased to announce that Bruno Senna will drive the R31 in Friday’s first practice session during the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend. After joining the team in February as a Third Driver, Bruno will have the one-off opportunity to get behind the wheel at a race weekend with LRGP, when he drives Nick Heidfeld’s car for the first 90-minute session. Nick will return to the car to drive from FP2 onwards, alongside Vitaly Petrov. 27-year-old Bruno drove the R29 for LRGP earlier this year. He also drove the R31 in Jerez in February, and ran … [Read more...]

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