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Lotus ART had a new difficult race in Barcelona : Jules Bianchi had an accident with Giedo Van der Garde at the start of the race. The frenchman hit the wall hard but left his car unhurt. Esteban Gutierrez ended his race in P12 after having started on the last row of the starting grid. The next race will take place in Monaco next week. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART expected a hard race and the expectation was right. Jules Bianchi grabed the point of the 8th position despite having steering wheel problems and high engine temperature at the end of the race. He will start from pole position tomorrow. Esteban's race ended after a contact with Michael Herck while he was behind his teammate. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART didn’t enjoy for long the pole position made by Jules Bianchi as the Frenchman has been given a 10 places grid penalty after being accused of improving his time in a yellow flag area. Jules will start 11th while Esteban will start from the 16th place after having problem with his gear box during the qualifying session. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART finished its first meeting of the 2011 GP2 Main Series season with a podium and several encouraging signs for the rest of the season... Qualifying on the 4th line after long being a contender for the pole position, Jules moved climbed to the 3rd step of the podium after the first race. On Sunday, the French driver was on track for a repeat performance when Romain Grosjean sent him spinning at the beginning of the second lap. After this collision in which he was the innocent victim, Jules moved back up from second-to-last place to 7th and secured 5th place in the overall classification with 6 points, 7 points off race leaders Romain Grosjean and Sam Bird. Esteb…
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No points for Lotus ART boys today in the second GP2 race in Istanbul, but what a race from both of them ! Jules Bianchi, who started 6th, saw all his hopes ruined by a contact with another driver which forced the french man to battle his way up to 7th from 22nd. Meanwhile teammate Esteban Gutierrez drove a strong race to finih 10th from 24th on the grid. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART clinched its first podium of the GP2 Season, courtesy of Jules Bianchi. The french driver started 3rd and fought al race long to finish on the 3rd step of the podium. His teammate, Esteban Gutierrez, has been less lucky as his race ended in turn 1. Race 2 will take place tomorrow morning. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART had mixed feelings during the qualifying session of the Istanbul meeing : Jules Bianchi ended 4th after fighting a long time for the top spot while teammate Esteban Gutierrez finished the session 24th. The race will take place tomorrow aftenoon and will probably be full of action for both Lotus ART drivers. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART has ended 2 days of testing on the Barcelona track today. The team focused on setting up the GP2 at best in order to extract the maximum of the new Pirelli tires. Jules Bianchi and Esteban Gutierrez finish the tests full of confidence ahead of the start of the season in Istanbul on May 6th. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART is back from Silverstone with the job done. The team has spent two interesting days preparing the GP2 Series that will start in May in Istanbul. A lot of important datas has been gathered, it will help the team to optimize setups of both Dallara cars of Jules and Esteban. Next tests will take place in Barcelona on April 19th and 20th. This post has been promoted to an article
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Jules' title hopes disappeared when the frenchman was hit by Fauzy. The young Lotus ART finishes second of the Championship. Esteban Gutierrez drove a brilliant race from 12th on the grid to finish 4th. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus ART clinched a new podium in Imola today, courtesy of Jules Bianchi who finished 3rd after a difficult start caused by a slow Sam Bird in front of him. Esteban Gutierrez ended 12th which is not representative of his race pace. This post has been promoted to an article
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Jules Bianchi qualified 4th today in Imola while teammate Esteban Gutierrez ended 15th after an eventful session.
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With a perfect start to the GP2 Asia series, Lotus ART’s Jules Bianchi won race one at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit. After qualifying in second place the 21 year old Frenchman put in a stunning performance during the 36 lap race to come in first ahead of Lotus Renault GP reserve driver Romain Grosjean (DAMS). Unfortunately Bianchi’s luck ran out in race two, where GP2 rules dictate that the top eight from race one start in reverse order, despite finishing in fourth place, just narrowly missing his second podium in two days, he dropped to eighth place after being identified as one of three men that the stewards adjudged to have "not respected yellow flags". Lotus…
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Jules Bianchi finished 8th in the second race of the meeting after being penalised. Meanwhile, teammate Esteban Gutierrez came back home 14th. This post has been promoted to an article
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Jules Bianchi won the first race of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series. His teammate has been unlucky and had to retire. Results to follow. This post has been promoted to an article
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