{"id":1368,"date":"2010-07-11T19:25:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T03:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2010-07-11T19:25:44","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T03:25:44","slug":"1368","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/11\/1368\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Racing British Grand Prix Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bette<\/a>
\nVIP guest Hazel Chapman<\/a> brought a touch of the luck that had been missing in recent races back to Lotus Racing as the team recorded a double car finish at today\u2019s British Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli made a great start and then put in a strong race to finish 16th, Heikki crossing the line just behind him in 17th. The day began with Hazel officially opening the team\u2019s new motorhome alongside Tony Fernandes, Kamarudin Meranun, Bette Hill and former World Champion Nigel Mansell<\/a>, the official FIA Steward for the British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

\"Lotus<\/a>
\nJarno Trulli<\/a> (Chassis T127-04) 16th \u201cI finished the Grand Prix and managed to fight with the other teams after a pretty difficult weekend, so I\u2019m very happy. It\u2019s just great for the whole team as they worked really hard with some difficult problems, but the work paid off. My pace felt very good, especially when you consider that I didn\u2019t have a chance to work on any set up changes, and I had to get used to the new section of the track in qualifying and during the first part of the race, so I think we all did a pretty good job!\u201d
\n\"Heikki<\/a>
\nHeikki Kovalainen<\/a> (Chassis T127-01) 17th \u201cI think my pace was good all the way through the race, but there was constant traffic in front of me. I lost my position on the first lap, which was frustrating, as I then got held up quite a bit. I don\u2019t mind being a lap down, but it\u2019s just a shame I couldn\u2019t really push. Overall I\u2019m very pleased that we managed to finish where we did and it has been a good day for the team here at Silverstone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pit<\/a>
\nMike Gascoyne<\/a>, Chief Technical Officer \u201cToday\u2019s been good – a strong two car finish is a great return on the all the hard work that\u2019s been put in, so well done to the whole team for that, and once again we\u2019re best of the news teams. Apologies to Heikki as we had a problem in his pitstop which dropped him behind the Virgin, but he drove a great race in the second half and managed to regain his place.<\/p>\n

\u201cJarno had a very solid race to make sure we had a two car finish and keep ourselves best of the new teams. The only negative was the safety car which came at the wrong time for us, because we\u2019d just pitted and it meant we dropped a lap down. But other than that it was a good strong Sunday, so well done to everyone in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hazel<\/a>
\nTony Fernandes<\/a>, Team Principal \u201cI\u2019m absolutely delighted. This has been a great day – a two car finish is just what I\u2019ve been wanting for the last few races, so I\u2019m very very happy! Obviously the pitstops didn\u2019t go to plan, but we recovered well and everything played out for us in the end. I think Heikki’s pace was very good and he raced really well, despite the unfortunate pitstop, and we got two cars home which really was the main thing. It was also a real honour for Hazel Chapman to come today and she\u2019s brought us something very special \u2013 our motorhome is a very welcoming place for everyone in the team, and all our guests, so I\u2019d like to thank her for coming along and instilling a bit of that old-school Team Lotus spirit in our home.\u201d <\/p>\n

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

VIP guest Hazel Chapman brought a touch of the luck that had been missing in recent races back to Lotus Racing as the team recorded a double car finish at today\u2019s British Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli made a great start and then put in a strong race to finish 16th, Heikki crossing the line just … <\/p>\n

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