{"id":1139,"date":"2010-05-09T09:15:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T17:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2010-05-09T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T17:15:42","slug":"moving-forward-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/09\/moving-forward-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Forward in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jarno<\/a>
\nAfter a very strong showing all weekend, race day in Barcelona<\/a> saw Lotus Racing continue to move ahead, with Jarno Trulli finishing 17th and first of the new teams, whilst Heikki Kovalainen suffered a gearbox failure on the grid and had to be retired before the race had started. Despite the best efforts of his pit-crew Heikki was unable to join the race, but the team\u2019s mood after the race was good, with Jarno achieving his first full race finish.<\/p>\n

\"Jarno<\/a>
\nJarno Trulli<\/a> (Lotus Cosworth T127-03: 17th, fastest lap 1.29.564): \u201cI\u2019m pleased we finished comfortably ahead of Virgin even though the car felt a bit difficult to drive today. I don\u2019t really know why but it didn\u2019t feel the same as it did on Friday \u2013 despite that we achieved what we set out to today, showed good race pace and finished well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jarno<\/a>
\nHeikki Kovalainen<\/a> (Lotus Cosworth T127-01: Retired): \u201cWe had a gearbox problem while we were firing up on the grid. The gearbox selected two gears at once – there was some sort of software issue which caused it to fail. It\u2019s unfortunate, because we have had such a good weekend, but these things happen. Next up it\u2019s Monaco, and I know we\u2019ll be stronger again there, so we can focus on the next race and hope the luck returns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jarno<\/a>
\nMike Gascoyne<\/a>, Chief Technical Officer: \u201cIt was a bit of a disappointing afternoon because we had a difficult race where we weren\u2019t really able to show our true pace. We had a gearbox problem on the grid with Heikki, which was caused by a procedural issue, not a reliability problem. That\u2019s frustrating as I think he would have had a strong race. Jarno made a great start, he had some contact going down into the first corner and throughout the race was struggling with the rear of the car. It was difficult for him in traffic, but he did a good job to bring the car home and get his first real race finish. Now we\u2019ll just have to go to Monaco next week and show what we know we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jarno<\/a>
\nTony Fernandes<\/a>, Team Principal: \u201cIt was a good day at the office today – disappointing for Heikki but on the positive side the reliability looks good and we had no hydraulic issues at all. We continue to have at least one car finish ahead of all the other new teams which has always been one of the goals and we learnt a lot again today. It\u2019s a shame Heikki wasn\u2019t there as it makes a big difference when we only have one car on track \u2013 both of them can help push us further ahead. We\u2019re all now looking forward to Monte Carlo and Turkey where we\u2019ll have all our upgrades together on both cars and build on the performance we put in during qualifying here.\u201d <\/p>\n

[press release from Lotus Racing]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a very strong showing all weekend, race day in Barcelona saw Lotus Racing continue to move ahead, with Jarno Trulli finishing 17th and first of the new teams, whilst Heikki Kovalainen suffered a gearbox failure on the grid and had to be retired before the race had started. Despite the best efforts of his … <\/p>\n

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