Lotus Renault E21

[The King of Spa 637]

Monaco GP: Lotus qualifying quotes Saturday, May 25th 2013, 16:41 GMT


Kimi Raikkonen - 5th: "It was a difficult day today because of the weather, but it was the same for all of the drivers. Obviously, qualifying here is never the easiest with the traffic and the barriers and you'd always prefer it to be dry as it's so slippery when it's wet. I'm happy we made it through to the top ten and P5 was more or less the best we could do with seven tenths to the next fastest car. I'm not sure what we'll do in the race; we don't have a clear picture yet as you never know exactly what the strategies from everyone else will be, but for sure we'll find out tomorrow."

Romain Grosjean - 13th: "The team did an unbelievable job to get the car ready for me after what happened in P3 this morning; I'm extremely grateful to all of them. I really owe them today and I think that's more drinks I will have to buy at the end of the weekend. We had the car to do something very good in qualifying, but I caught Daniel [Ricciardo] in Q2 when the track was getting drier and faster. I had just two laps on the slicks and we weren't able to get through to the top ten which is really frustrating. What can you say? This is Monaco. We have seen different weather conditions and it is a unique circuit. We will see what happens in the race tomorrow."

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Sono tutt'ora terzi in campionato con un solo pilota. Dovrebbe farli riflettere un po', soprattutto ora che la Mercedes si è "risvegliata".

[The King of Spa 637]

Monaco GP: Lotus race quotes Sunday, May 26th 2013, 19:21 GMT


Kimi Raikkonen - 10th: "It was a really disappointing day. Because of one stupid move from Sergio [Perez] we've lost a lot of points to Sebastian [Vettel] in the Championship and you can't afford to lose ground like that. He hit me from behind and that's about all there is to it. If he thinks it's my fault that he came into the corner too fast then he obviously has no idea what he's talking about. It's not the first time he's hit someone in the race; he seems to expect people to be always looking at what he might do, then move over or go straight on if he comes into the corner too quick and isn't going to make it without running into someone. Not the ideal weekend but there's nothing we can do about it. At least we got one point back at the end."

Romain Grosjean - DNF: "Daniel [Ricciardo] seemed to be really struggling with his rear tyres and they looked to have a lot of graining. I'd been following him for almost all of the 61 laps but I was caught out by him braking early in the middle of the circuit and there was nowhere for me to go. It's a frustrating end to the weekend, but the real damage was done in qualifying when I didn't get through to Q3. That was Daniel again who I was held up by, but it certainly wasn't my intention to end my race in the back of his car! Now we just press the reset button and head to Canada hopeful of a better weekend all round."

Eric Boullier, team principal: "This is certainly not the weekend we wanted. Kimi was impeccable all weekend once more and his race was ruined by another driver making unnecessary contact with his car. This caused a puncture and basically ruined his race. Romain had a difficult weekend, but showed fantastic pace when he had a clear track in front of him. We've lost ground in both the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships this weekend so we'll be pushing twice as hard when we get to Canada to make amends. On a more positive note, we were extremely proud to have Daft Punk - making only their third public appearance in twenty years – join the team for the race, and would like to express our gratitude to Columbia Records for helping make this concept a reality. The team has a truly unique brand image, and we're keen to continue this unorthodox approach moving forwards."

Alan Permane, trackside operations director:"A very frustrating race for us. Both of our cars were bottled up in traffic almost all of today, which is what you can expect in Monaco if you're not leading. Romain was unfortunate to get caught out by the car in front, but he has received a ten-place penalty for Canada which will compound today's woes. Kimi was running strongly in fifth position, but his race was completely compromised by the late pit stop we were forced to make. That he was able to make back three places in the last two laps shows just how hungry he is. We head to Canada wanted to return to business as usual."

(Renault) Ricardo Penteado: "One point from that sort of race is ultimately disappointing, particularly as Kimi was in such a good position for 90% of the Grand Prix. From the engine side of things it has however been a good weekend. Both cars were using units for the third race to give us flexibility later in the season when the standings will be tight. Aside from the engine on Kimi's car running a bit hot under safety car conditions there were no issues, which gives us a stable platform for the coming races."

[KR2007 57]

Purtroppo se Grosjean non si da una svegliata e porta un po' di punti a casa il podio nel mondiale costruttori se lo scordano

[The King of Spa 637]

Problemi di denaro e di piloti per la Lotus

[The King of Spa 637]

Gp Canada

Via F1Technical

[KR2007 57]

Lotus voterà contro ladozione delle nuove PZero

Eric Boullier ha ammesso che la Lotus voterà contro lintroduzione dei nuovi pneumatici con struttura in Kevlaer che verranno provati in Canada.

 

Tra poche ore, in Canada, prenderà il via il weekend di Montreal. Nel corso delle prove libere, le squadre avranno modo di provare i nuovi pneumatici PZero White Medium sperimentali, ossia quelli con la struttura modificata in Kevlar. Un cambiamento necessario secondo Pirelli per eliminare alla radice il problema della delaminazione del battistrada.

 

Dopo questo test, i team saranno chiamati a dare il loro giudizio e lapprovazione ad usarle già dal prossimo GP, ossia quello di Gran Bretagna. Ma a quanto pare, alla Lotus hanno intenzione di alzare un muro di protesta contro questo cambiamento e frenare di fatto le intenzioni di Pirelli.

 

Eric Boullier ha infatti dichiarato a RMC Sport: I nuovi pneumatici non verranno utilizzati in Inghilterra. Per farlo cè bisogno dellunanimità delle squadre, perché di fatto è come cambiare le regole in corsa, e ad oggi questo non è stato ancora compreso. Le regole sono le stesse per tutti. Le attuali specifiche di pneumatici sono stati testati già in Brasile la scorsa stagione, non vediamo il motivo per cui cambiarle ora.

 

Pareri totalmente opposti in casa Red Bull. Vettel continua a spingere verso il cambiamento: Io non voglio fare una polemica, ma abbiamo visto cosa può succedere quando un pilota viene colpito da un oggetto volante. Non voglio un battistrada che mi colpisca in testa. Direi che urge un cambiamento!.

[Villeneuve 89]

La Lotus fa bene.

[joseki 1228]

Come prevedibile ognuno tira l'acqua al suo mulino.

[KimiSanton 4672]

Comunque qui a Montreal la Lotus (o meglio Kimi) sta facendo proprio schifo... Anche l'anno scorso la stessa cosa, perchè?

[The King of Spa 637]

Grosjean può fare bene, il podio come l'anno passato mi sembra improbabile, anche Petrov ha fatto meglio di Raikkonen qua

 

Via F1Technical

Modificato 7 Giugno, 2013 da The King of Spa

[The King of Spa 637]

Canadian GP qualifying quotes: Lotus Saturday, June 8th 2013, 20:49 GMT


Kimi Raikkonen - 9th: "We didn't have grip in these conditions so we did pretty much all we could do, but if there's no grip you can't go faster. In this weather it's difficult as sometimes the rain gets harder, sometimes the track is drying so you have to try to be out there when the circuit's at its best. P9 on the grid is not what we want so we'll have to see what we can do in the race tomorrow."

Romain Grosjean - 19th: "Clearly not the best day, and of course with the grid penalty I now start in what should be P29 for the race, which is a long way back! After we changed to new intermediates mid-way through the session I had one lap to set a time when the track was at its driest, but there were yellow flags after someone went straight on so I had to slow down and respect the warning. Then the track was too wet to go faster. We got caught out a little bit by the weather but it's nobody's fault; just yet more bad luck. In these conditions it's impossible to predict when the rain will be at its heaviest and we didn't see anything from the radar to suggest it would get worse. It's going to be a long race from the back, but we know the car is quick so our weekend is far from over yet."

 

Modificato 9 Giugno, 2013 da The King of Spa

[The King of Spa 637]

Canadian GP: Lotus race quotes Sunday, June 9th 2013, 21:40 GMT


Kimi Raikkonen - 9th: "My race didn't start very well and then my brakes were fading with the pedal going soft; similar to the problem we had on Friday. It wasn't ideal but at least the brakes were good enough to slow me down for the corners. Unfortunately though it meant I lost a lot of time and wasn't able to attack, plus we lost a few seconds in the pit stop which obviously didn't help either. Most of my race was just following the cars in front and defending from those behind, so not the most enjoyable day nor the most enjoyable result. It's been a bad weekend, but at least we scored a few points."

Romain Grosjean - 13th: "It was always going to be a tough race coming from the back, but it's still disappointing to miss out on the points. Things were looking good until we switched to the option tyres, but they dropped off far quicker than we expected which forced us to stop again. Sadly that effectively put an end to our race as by that time there was no way back. After a promising start on Friday it's not been the best weekend, but we had good pace last year at Silverstone so we'll come back looking to put things right."

Eric Boullier - team principal: "Today was certainly character building. On the plus side, Romain drove a measured and mature race through the field and should have finished in the points had we not had to make a second stop, which wasn't to our original plan. Kimi had a frustrating day, but still scored some points. We couldn't show the pace we wanted this weekend and will be all the more focused when we get to Silverstone as we are obviously very keen to get our championship challenge back on track."

Alan Permane - trackside operations director: "We clearly haven't been quick enough all weekend and we'll go back to Enstone to analyse why. We'll then react to those conclusions and hopefully get ourselves back up to where we want to be, which is fighting for podiums and wins. We have an aero test before Silverstone, a new bodywork package and other tweaks to come so there is plenty of potential to improve. We simply weren't quick enough this weekend."

Ricardo Penteado - Renault F1 team support leader: "That was a race to the finish, in many respects. Every lap we were changing settings to try to give an extra advantage over the competition, particularly from the starting positions we were in. The change in weather conditions changed fuel consumption so we had to play with that, plus we had to control the temperatures throughout the race as we were in traffic every lap. Getting P9 for Kimi keeps the points going, but we hope we can return to the front at the next race in Silverstone."

 

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Che non fosse a suo agio in Canada si sapeva, ma questa è una debacle.

[The King of Spa 637]

Lotus owner Genii Capital sells 35 per cent stake to Infinity Racing

 

Jon Noble @NobleF1

Just to clarify on the Lotus story: Infinity Racing has nothing to do with Red Bull title sponsor Infiniti

So the Lotus team that's nothing to do with Lotus road cars, is part-owned by Infinity Racing that's nothing to do with Infiniti. All clear?

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Maldonado e Groscoso nello stesso team. Brividi.

[KR2007 57]

Maldonado e Groscoso nello stesso team. Brividi.

le spese in riparazioni costerebbero più dello stipendio di Raikkonen

[lucaf2000 1642]

montoya junior e gors in lotus insomma...

mi vengono i brividi

 

[biuspeed 161]

Valsecchi porta i bulloni in giro per i box?! Che scandalo

[Apocalisse 40]

Maldonado e Groscoso nello stesso team. Brividi.

 

Attenzione ai nomi...

[The King of Spa 637]

La Lotus ha un nuovo partner tecnico: Altran UK