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Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has expressed his inevitable disappointment at Pirelli’s decision to change its tyres for the Canadian GP. Boullier is adamant that his team has simply done a better job than others of adapting to the tyres … Continue reading →
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has likened Pirelli’s changes to its tyres for the Canadian Grand Prix to the dimensions of football pitch being altered to benefit one of the teams
Lotus boss Eric Boullier has criticised the move by Pirelli to change tyres mid-season just because some teams have complained
Heading to what many call the jewel in the crown of the Formula 1 season, Team Principal Eric Boullier talks tyres and hunger… Follow @Lotus_F1Team There’s been a lot of talk about tyres and now it’s been announced that there are changes to come; how does this sit with the team? . Just imagine for a moment that, because a football team can’t run as fast as its opponent, the dimensions of the pitch are changed at half time
Lotus F1 co-owner Gerard Lopez says he was encouraged by the team’s form in Spain, although he concedes that the Ferrari is currently the strongest car on the grid. Although Raikkonen earned his fourth podium of the season in Barcelona … Continue reading →
This race may come to be viewed as a tipping point in the ongoing debate about whether the high degradation Pirelli tyres are good for F1 or not, as two of the three drivers on the podium did a four stop strategy. Pirelli has indicated that they have been “too aggressive” with the construction of the 2013 tyres and will make changes from the seventh round, Montreal, onwards.
The chorus of disapproval from affected teams, as well as calls from media and fans to do something about the high degradation tyres has led Pirelli to announce today that it is to make construction changes to its tyres from the Canadian Grand Prix in June onwards. The Italian company is conducting meetings at its Milan base to establish whether any compound changes are required as well. The news will come as a blow to Ferrari and Lotus, which mastered the delicate Pirelli rubber in Spain last weekend to take the podium slots, as well as Force India, but will ;More…
Lotus boss Eric Boullier wants his team to be “greedy” and start pushing for more wins, even though its consistent form has put it in title contention
Kimi Raikkonen has conceded that second place was probably all that Lotus deserved for its performance in Barcelona.
The owners of the Lotus F1 team have sold a 2 per cent stake in the business to one of Britain s most successful property investors.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, after watching his driver Kimi Raikkonen finish second in the Spanish Grand Prix by making one pit stop fewer than his rivals, Lotus Team Principal Eric Boullier has played down the furore over tyre wear in Barcelona.
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier says there is nothing wrong with the current Pirelli tyres and it would be unfair to start making changes to the compounds midway through the season
After their disastrous Bahrain outing, Barcelona proved a near perfect weekend for Ferrari. As Fernando Alonso delighted his home fans with victory, team mate Felipe Massa joined him on the podium, a superb drive nullifying his grid penalty. And as the Scuderia cut Red Bull’s championship advantage to only 14 points, Kimi Raikkonen’s second place for Lotus reduced Sebastian Vettel’s lead atop the driver standings to just four
Lotus thinks it would be unfair if Pirelli makes changes to the tyres later this season just because some teams are struggling to make the rubber last
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso delighted his home fans and got his title challenge back on track with an impressive victory in a Spanish Grand Prix which saw battles all the way down the field. Kimi Raikkonen scored his fourth podium in five races for Lotus to close the gap on Red Bull’s championship leader Sebastian Vettel while Felipe Massa made it onto the rostrum for the first time this season with an accomplished drive in his Ferrari. Paul di Resta produced another strong drive to finish seventh for Force India while McLaren’s Jenson Button made up for a bad start to ;More…
Kimi Räikkönen took his fourth podium finish of the season with second place in the Spanish Grand Prix; moving him to within a tantalising four points of Championship Leader Sebastian Vettel. Romain Grosjean’s race ended after just 8 laps following a suspension failure on the right rear of his car.
Andrew Ruhan, one of Britain’s most successful property investors, has bought a 2pc stake in the Lotus Formula One team for an estimated price of £1m.
Lotus is sure Romain Grosjean had the pace to help prevent it losing second in the constructors’ championship after the Spanish Grand Prix had his suspension not failed
ALONSO PUSHES FROM START TO FINISH TO WIN HIS HOME GRAND PRIX Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso won his home grand prix using a four-stop sprint strategy, ahead of Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen who stopped three times. Alonso claimed his 32nd win, which was his second at the Spanish Grand Prix, while his Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa claimed his first podium of the year despite starting from ninth on the grid following a penalty. Alonso also set a new record by becoming the only driver to win the Spanish Grand Prix from a far down as fifth on the grid, demonstrating how tyre strategy can be used to gain track position