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Jarno Trulli knew he was taking on a huge challenge when he joined the brand new Lotus team after many seasons with well-funded manufacturer outfits, and sure enough he has had a tough start to the 2010 season. AUTOSPORT heard Trulli's thoughts following practice in Melbourne. Q. How did it go today? Jarno Trulli: Another tough day for me. I lost most of this morning's session, which obviously cost me set-up work. I just had two runs quickly. And in the afternoon the track was mainly wet. Not a useful day for me. But let's see what we can do tomorrow. Q. Do you still feel like there's a lot of set-up chasing to be done? Are you coming into week…
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Jarno Trulli has admitted that his Lotus team is not currently quick enough to beat Virgin to the honour of being the fastest newcomer - but is sure it will not be long before his squad moves ahead. Although Virgin has tended to be slightly faster than Lotus so far in 2010, the latter has enjoyed much better reliability. Trulli pointed out that Virgin had been given the go-ahead for its Formula 1 project much earlier than Lotus - which did not get its entry until September 2009 - and that Lotus had deliberately concentrated on reliability before chasing performance. "Virgin has been quick," said Trulli after practice in Melbourne today. "Here it's difficu…
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Jarno Trulli has revealed that Lotus Racing will remain in something of a holding pattern development-wise while Formula One works through the 'flyaway' start to the season. While few teams are expected to bring major advances to their cars at the races in Australia, Malaysia and China, Trulli admitted that the newcomer would only really start bringing new ideas to the T127 when the calendar returned to Europe, but hoped that basic experience and track time would allow Lotus to edge closer to the more established outfits. "We were all very happy to finish the race with both cars - this is what our target was and we achieved it," he said of 'new' Lotus' de…
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Heikki Kovalainen was upbeat about Lotus's form after finishing four seconds off the pace in second practice for the Australian Grand Prix. The Finn, who gave the team its first race finish in the previous event in Bahrain, posted the 18th quickest time, outpacing the Toro Rosso of Jaime Alguersuari. Kovalainen was just three tenths of a second slower than Ferrari's Felipe Massa, 17th quickest. "The second session was much better for me, because the car functioned very well and we had the differential working 100%," said Kovalainen. "The car felt really really good and we were very pleased with the way it was behaving. "Obviously the rain disrupted …
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Jarno Trulli - 20th: "It's been a bit of a difficult day because we lost a bit of time this morning, and unfortunately this afternoon the track was pretty wet so we couldn't really find a good set up. When I went out I had a few issues with understeer but, though it'll be a little difficult tomorrow, we'll see what we can learn in final practice before qualifying starts." Heikki Kovalainen - 18th: "The second session was much better for me, because the car functioned very well and we had the differential working 100%. The car felt really really good and we were very pleased with the way it was behaving. Obviously the rain disrupted things a little bit, but e…
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The second practice session on Friday afternoon in Melbourne began under cloudy skies with light rain falling, curtailing track time for Lotus Racing throughout the afternoon session. Despite this the team ran a solid session and finished ahead of both other new teams having completed a total of 32 laps in second practice, with Jarno Trulli finishing the session 20th (17 laps / 30 laps total) with a best time of 1.30.695 and Heikki Kovalainen 18th on 1.29.860 (15 laps / 41 laps total). Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth T127-03): “It’s been a bit of a difficult day because we lost a bit of time this morning, and unfortunately this afternoon the track was pretty w…
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A sunny day in Melbourne welcomed Lotus Racing to their first practice session of round two of the 2010 Formula One™ season. Both drivers were keen to get going and test the cars on the semi-street track of Albert Park, and once again, a Lotus Cosworth was out first, Jarno Trulli being first car on track. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth T127-01): 26 laps, best time 1.31.654: “First session was good - pretty much how we were planning to do it. We had a little problem with the differential but we managed to work around it. It meant that the car wasn’t quite performing 100% but it’s no big deal, and we were able to put some good laps in and check the ca…
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Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus Cosworth T127-01): “After Bahrain I decided to go back to my European home in Switzerland, and spent nearly a week there. First, obviously, I was recovering from the Bahrain Grand Prix and then I had a few good training sessions before a quick day trip to Helsinki in Finland to meet some media. Then we flew to Australia on Saturday, and have been here since then; getting used to the time zone and doing a little bit of training and playing some golf while enjoying the sunshine. “It’s very good to come here, the Australians are always very very friendly people. At the gate there were hundreds of people lined up waiting for the drivers to…
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Jarno Trulli (Lotus Cosworth T127-03): “After Bahrain I went back to Europe and stayed in contact with the engineers to analyse the hydraulics issues we had in the race in Bahrain, try to see how we could improve the performance of the car and review the general operations of the team during the race weekend, which were really good! “Then I flew into Australia on Sunday night, so I’m still a little bit jetlagged – it’s a pretty hard trip coming over here – the ten hour time difference means it’s always difficult to adapt, but we just have to get on with it. “On previous visits over here I’ve made a few trips out to the countryside, having a look at the…
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Mike Gascoyne, Lotus Racing Chief Technical Officer: “Since Bahrain we’ve been working very hard back in the factory, pushing further on the new package for Barcelona, so the guys have been working hard in the wind tunnel as well as focusing on the expansion of our drawing office. We’re in the process of closing down the drawing office in Cologne, which means migrating all the data as well as the ongoing work. On top of all that we’ve been looking at some of the problems we had in Bahrain and how we can fix them, so overall we’ve been very busy. “Obviously doing all that and then coming straight to Australia, having to deal with the jetlag, the distance an…
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Lotus Racing arrived in Melbourne, Australia, set for round two of the 2010 Formula One™ World Championship. After exceeding expectations for a six month old team in Bahrain, with both Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen’s cars being classified and being the only new team to see one of its cars past the finish line, attention now turns to Albert Park’s street circuit and the challenges that it presents. After such a great opening performance the atmosphere in the team is better than ever and the huge number of visitors dropping by to say congratulations in Melbourne, and the massive volume of fans giving fantastic feedback online, attests to the ever growing popul…
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An informal chat with Lotus Racing's Jarno Trulli - discussing Bahrain, Australia and the forthcoming Melbourne Grand Prix - recorded on Thursday afternoon in the Lotus Racing hospitality in the Melbourne paddockFrom:mylotusracingViews:20918ratingsTime:02:15More inSports
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An informal chat with Lotus Racing's Jarno Trulli - discussing Bahrain, Australia and the forthcoming Melbourne Grand Prix - recorded on Thursday afternoon in the Lotus Racing hospitality in the Melbourne paddock From: mylotusracing Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:15 More in Sports
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A quick chat with Lotus Racing driver Heikki Kovalainen on the Wednesday of the Melbourne Grand Prix, talking about what he's been up to since Bahrain, his thoughts on Melbourne and looking ahead to MalaysiaFrom:mylotusracingViews:37099ratingsTime:05:10More inSports
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A quick chat with Lotus Racing driver Heikki Kovalainen on the Wednesday of the Melbourne Grand Prix, talking about what he's been up to since Bahrain, his thoughts on Melbourne and looking ahead to Malaysia From: mylotusracing Views: 15 0 ratings Time: 05:10 More in Sports
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