{"id":992,"date":"2010-04-03T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2010-04-03T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T17:11:55","slug":"another-step-forward-for-lotus-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/03\/another-step-forward-for-lotus-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Step Forward for Lotus Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Saturday\u2019s qualifying session saw Lotus Racing\u2019s sunny faces beaming through the rain as another important milestone was achieved, with Heikki Kovalainen going into his first Q2 with the team and finishing 15th (1.52.270) after a clever strategy took advantage of the heavy rain that started falling just before the session began. Jarno Trulli (18th, 1.52.884) narrowly missed out on Q2 but was satisfied he did all he could in tricky conditions.<\/p>\n

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

Heikki Kovalainen<\/a><\/strong> (T127-01): \u201cI\u2019m so pleased! I really like these conditions \u2013 it\u2019s very hard to judge your speed and you really have to take some risks, and all the time you\u2019re feeling like you might lose the car, but that\u2019s the challenge and I love it! On some parts of the track it was very wet and raining hard, and on others it wasn\u2019t so much. Getting to Q2 really exceeds expectations for me and the whole team \u2013 yes of course we\u2019ve been a little bit lucky today for sure, but it means we beat the other new teams, again! Although we were lucky, we played our strategy just right -if you look at the McLarens and Ferraris they didn\u2019t think it was going to rain that much and look what happened. They missed their window at the beginning of the session and we took full advantage of it. Now I can\u2019t wait to race tomorrow!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarno Trulli<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cIt was disappointing because I was doing very well. Unfortunately on my quickest lap a car spun in front of me, which impeded me through the second and third sector so I couldn\u2019t close my fast lap; and then the rain was getting worse, so there was no chance to improve on lap time. Still \u2013 we\u2019ll do our best tomorrow and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Mike Gascoyne<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cObviously we\u2019re all very very pleased to get a car into Q2 and Heikki did a tremendous job to get us there! I\u2019m disappointed for Jarno as he got traffic on the lap that would have got him in. I think we got all the calls on the tyres right on the pit wall and in Q2 we ran the whole session on intermediates, which was clearly the thing to do. We made a change five minutes before the end, and Heikki got in a good clear lap to get P15. Well done to the whole team, and especially to Tony, for such success at one of our two home races \u2013 I know he\u2019s very very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Team Principal Tony Fernandes<\/a> was almost lost for words: \u201cI\u2019m speechless! What a day! To get 15th place in our home country, in front of our home crowd is amazing. I\u2019m over the moon and just so excited. We gave the Toro Rossos a run for their money today and Jarno was just unfortunate to get blocked, otherwise he\u2019d have been in Q2 as well. Tomorrow\u2019s another day, and we\u2019ll see what happens, but it\u2019s a good step forward. Today we\u2019ll enjoy it, and we\u2019ll live for the day, and we\u2019ll see what happens tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Saturday\u2019s qualifying session saw Lotus Racing\u2019s sunny faces beaming through the rain as another important milestone was achieved, with Heikki Kovalainen going into his first Q2 with the team and finishing 15th (1.52.270) after a clever strategy took advantage of the heavy rain that started falling just before the session began. Jarno Trulli (18th, 1.52.884) … <\/p>\n

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