Jerez Day 2: Lotus report
Feb.11 (Team Lotus) Report from day two of Formula 1 testing at Jerez. Jarno Trulli: “The morning went well for us. We managed to do a decent number of laps and put in a couple of quite long runs but then we had to stop with a mechanical issue which could not be fixed in [...]
Jerez day 1: Lotus report
Feb.10 (Team Lotus) Jarno Trulli: “The car does feel pretty good, but the problem this afternoon did limit our total time on track. Despite that we are still where we want to be close to the midfield and in a car that we still have a lot more to add to. I think there is [...]
Team Lotus boss awarded CBE by Queen
Feb.7 (Team Lotus) Tony Fernandes ,Team Lotus Team Principal, AirAsia Group CEO and Malaysia’s iconic entrepreneur, has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire honour by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The citation says the award was conferred “for services to promote commercial and educational links” between the United Kingdom and [...]
Chandhok to test for Team Lotus in Spain
Feb.6 (GMM) Karun Chandhok will test at two forthcoming formula one tests, Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes confirmed on Sunday. Indian Chandhok, the former HRT driver, was seen wearing a Team Lotus jacket at the opening pre-season test at Valencia last week, amid reports he is a frontrunner to occupy a reserve driver role in [...]
Extra day testing in Valencia for Team Lotus
Feb.5 (Team Lotus) The team spent an extra day at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia with regulars Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli in the cockpit along with up and coming Portuguese driver Ricardo Teixeira doing laps in the new T128. Lotus had two days with the rest of the teams, but it proved largely [...]
Valencia Day 3: Team Lotus report
Feb.3 (Team Lotus) Report from their second day of testing for Team Lotus at Valencia. They missed the first day but will have an extra day tomorrow (Friday) at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit with their T128. Jarno Trulli: “It has been a very positive first day, despite the fact we deliberately didn’t set any meaningful [...]
Valencia Day 2: Team Lotus report
Feb.2 (Team Lotus) After missing out day one of the Valencia Formula 1 testing, Heikki Kovalainen did the first ever laps in the brand new T128. Here is the team report on their first day of testing in Spain. Heikki Kovalainen: “Despite the limited running today the car felt fantastic. It immediately felt like it [...]
New Lotus T128 disappointing day at Valencia
Feb.2 (PVM) Team Lotus unveiled their T128 on the internet on Monday before making the trip to Valencia for the first official Formula 1 pre-2011 season tests and missed the first day but did get going today, albeit after some delay and just over a dozen laps before power steering issues brought an early end [...]
2011 Team Lotus T128 challenger uncovered
Jan.31 (Lotus) The Team Lotus 2011 challenger T128 was launched on Monday 31st January exclusively in Team Lotus Notes. Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen are the team’s drivers for the forthcoming season. Marianne Hinson, Head of Aerodynamics: “In aero we started thinking about the new car around Spring last year, a bit before any of the [...]