It was quite a rollercoaster Spanish GP for Team Lotus. Saturday was a high, when Kovalainen entered Q2 and qualified 15th, but it didn’t quite pay off in the end, although they had quite a strong start to the race. Heikki reflects:
“It’s a real shame my afternoon came to an end like that. I made a mistake on the entry to turn four and went off but up until that point the race was pretty good. Both Jarno and I were right in the mix early on and we were fighting in the midfield for a lot of the race but then the tyres started to go off and the early pace wasn’t there for the later stages of the afternoon.
“Maybe we should have pitted earlier on but we’ve still learnt a lot from this weekend and can take that to Monaco where I think it will be a very interesting weekend for everyone,” he said.
“Heikki made a small mistake on lap 52 and then Jarno had a cracked exhaust which meant we had to keep an eye on that, but overall we have made real progress this weekend and have amassed a great deal of data on the new package that will help us learn how to get the most out of all the changes, so it is another positive weekend for the whole team,” said Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer.
Deputy Team Principal Kamarudin Meranun sounded quite upbeat too: “There are a number of positives to take from this afternoon – we were able to fight with the established teams and have shown that we are consistently improving, little by little. That is the key goal for this year and we keep moving forward so we leave Spain pretty pleased overall.”
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How come Tony did not say anything? He is usually “absolutely delighted” regardless of what happened on the track.
He did said a few things on his Twitter;
“Good heikki is okay. Main thing. Good weekend. Lots to learn. Good pace. Better relaibility. Long way to go. But learning. Slow but sure.”
“What a 20 months. Lots to learn but things getting competitive. We have to be smarter and look at strategy all the time. Heikki was pushing hard hence error. Jarno had best race ever. Heikki best qualifying.”
We are good at complaining every time. But there are people who keep on going and strive to be better rather than sit down and babbling without end on how this and that should work.
this team is a joke
drop that name already
it’s a shame for a minardi wannabe wearing a legendary name
siok sendiri, pleased overall, hahahahahahahah
Everyone starts somewhere. If they put enough effort (and I believe they can) and bring in the right people, they’ll reach their goals.
Nice. It’s heartening to hear real progress than bickering for a name.
Progress…
Slow, but nevertheless, its still progress…
Rome wasn’t built in a day, they say…
Good job for making it into Q2…
the deputy statement sounds more logical than the team principal himself :)
i like the words “little by little” rather than “being in the midfield”
perhaps plenty of works has to be done by this team.
what a joke this team is…lets rename yourself as minardi eh?
stop following this team since they name to team lotus,i had enough of it
would have seen it coming from the qualification, but good to hear that they do not sound arrogant as before.
Too much publicity. Talk less, work more.
should they want us Malaysian to support em’ openly, maybe those in TL PR should drop Tony and appointing Kamarudin Meranun as TL official PR representative. he sound more sense and more logical that the boss himself.
All the best in Monaco..