{"id":726,"date":"2010-02-18T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2010-02-18T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T19:24:07","slug":"lotus-racing-day-2-of-testing-at-jerez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/18\/lotus-racing-day-2-of-testing-at-jerez\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Racing Day 2 of Testing at Jerez"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWet conditions in Jerez greeted Lotus Racing as the team arrived on track with Heikki Kovalainen taking over driving duties for Thursday and Friday. First out on track at exactly 9am, Heikki completed his installation lap and returned to the pits to give positive initial feedback to the team about his first drive in the Lotus Cosworth T127.<\/p>\n

30 laps later and a small mistake saw the Finn leave the track, bringing the team\u2019s day to an early close, but not before useful data had been accumulated and more insights into the car\u2019s performance had given Chief Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne reasons to be positive. \u201cUnfortunately a small off and a lack of spare parts curtailed the amount of laps we were able to do today, but fortunately we\u2019ve got spare parts arriving this evening. Up to that point we had got on top of some reliability issues from the previous day and the car was running very smoothly. Although we have lost some track time, the changing conditions made it very difficult, so we haven\u2019t lost too much and we\u2019ll be ready to continue with Heikki in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heikki added his thoughts, saying: \u201cMy initial feeling from the car is good – it fundamentally feels right. I\u2019m disappointed the day came to an early end, but feel good about the team and I\u2019m looking forward to getting back in the car tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team Principal Tony Fernandes made his first visit to the Jerez test to see the Lotus Racing team in action and left feeling very positive: \u201cStill a great day in many ways. You get the highs and the lows and you get the reality but overall I\u2019m happy. The team is very motivated, there\u2019s a lot of good morale and, while it\u2019s unfortunate Heikki went off, these things happen. Something else I\u2019m very pleased with is the reaction from the public to Lotus Racing. We\u2019re going out there to tell the world what we\u2019re up to and, judging by the phenomenal Twitter response we have had, we have already made an impact on the fans.\u201d <\/p>\n

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

Wet conditions in Jerez greeted Lotus Racing as the team arrived on track with Heikki Kovalainen taking over driving duties for Thursday and Friday. First out on track at exactly 9am, Heikki completed his installation lap and returned to the pits to give positive initial feedback to the team about his first drive in the … <\/p>\n

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