{"id":1186,"date":"2010-05-16T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T17:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2010-05-16T09:46:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T17:46:54","slug":"lotus-racing-monaco-grand-prix-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/16\/lotus-racing-monaco-grand-prix-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Racing Monaco Grand Prix Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Monaco<\/a><\/p>\n

Lotus Racing leave Monaco<\/a> with mixed emotions after a very impressive display during the race came to an early end for both cars with only a few laps remaining. Despite this, the team demonstrated impressive pace throughout the race, making good on the promise shown in practice and qualifying, and will see the race as another step forward in experience and performance.
\n\"Lotus<\/a>
\nHeikki Kovalainen<\/a> (Lotus Cosworth T127-01, retired lap 59) \u201cIt was a fantastic race right from the beginning. I had a bit of a struggle at the restarts to get the tyres up to temperature, but once I got everything working I was able to almost keep up with the Renault. I was pushing very hard, and the car felt fantastic \u2013 the balance was really good. Just before I retired I could feel the steering alignment was a bit uneven \u2013 on the right hand corners I had to use maximum lock, even in the tunnel, and it got the point where it didn\u2019t feel safe anymore. In Monaco you can\u2019t take a risk with it so I came in. It was a mechanical issue, but despite that I\u2019m really pleased with today. We again showed we\u2019re firmly the best of the new teams and we are nearly there with the next group, so I think we just need to keep attacking, and that\u2019s how we\u2019ll achieve results.\u201d
\n\"Lotus<\/a>
\nJarno Trulli<\/a> (Lotus Cosworth T127-03: Classified 15th) \u201cThis wasn\u2019t a great weekend for me. After we had a problem with the wheelgun in the pitstop I was stuck behind the HRTs and trying to find room to overtake \u2013 in the last lap Karun seemed slow through the second and third sector, and I\u2019d seen he was leaving room at Rascasse, so I tried to get through but we touched and that was that \u2013 the end of the race. It was one of those things \u2013 a racing incident, but I still feel like we\u2019re going in the right direction as a team, and I want to put the bad luck behind me when we get back on track in Turkey.\u201d
\n\"Lotus<\/a>
\nMike Gascoyne<\/a>, Chief Technical Officer: \u201cThis was our strongest performance yet compared to the midfield, so obviously mixed emotions for where we finished. Heikki had a very strong race and in the middle his performance was particularly good compared to the midfield group. It\u2019s a shame we had a problem on his car – the steering joint failed, something we\u2019ve not seen before – but overall it was a very positive weekend for him. For Jarno, he had a much more difficult weekend, clearly struggling with the balance of the car and I think as a team we have to take a look at everything to be able to do a better job for him. Obviously he was compromised by the slow pitstop, which dropped him down the field and affected his whole race. He was capable of going much faster and when he made the move he unfortunately fell victim to the nature of the Monaco circuit. So I leave feeling pleased we showed such good pace, and we move on to Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony Fernandes<\/a>: \u201cI take a lot of positives from the race today and it was another one where we had at least one car classified. Most importantly Heikki made a great step forward and it was fantastic watching him race with Petrov. He and the whole team felt it was the best race of the season for him and that boosts confidence further for the season ahead. We\u2019ve got some more new parts coming which will continue to take us forward, and hopefully Jarno\u2019s luck will turn, but even with that we\u2019re all pleased. It\u2019s also great to see so many of our fans out around the track – hopefully we gave them some good racing today, and in years to come we\u2019ll give them some good results as well.\u201d <\/p>\n

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

Lotus Racing leave Monaco with mixed emotions after a very impressive display during the race came to an early end for both cars with only a few laps remaining. Despite this, the team demonstrated impressive pace throughout the race, making good on the promise shown in practice and qualifying, and will see the race as … <\/p>\n

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