Jump to content

litp.jpg

Lotus in the Peak
27th - 29th June 2025

  • Welcome to Midlands Lotus Owners Club (MLOC)

    Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to contribute to this site by submitting your own content or replying to existing content. You'll be able to customize your profile, receive reputation points as a reward for submitting content, while also communicating with other members via your own private inbox, plus much more!

    This message will be removed once you have signed in.

Mark H

By Mark H

Mark H

By Mark H •

Abu Dhabi Gp - Practice 3 - Lotus Renault Gp Report

Bruno Senna, R31-04

P11, 1:41.509, 21 laps

 

Vitaly Petrov, R31-06

P14, 1:41.594, 18 laps

 

Lotus Renault GP completed its preparations for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the third and final session of free practice on another hot afternoon in the Emirates.

 

The two Lotus Renault cars went out on the Pirelli medium tyre for their first eight laps of the futuristic-surrounded track. Vitaly put in a lap of 1min 43.851secs while Bruno recorded a lap of 1min 44.041secs on his second.

 

With 25 minutes remaining Bruno and Vitaly went out to try the soft tyre on their third and fourth run. Bruno was the quicker of the LRGP duo, with a 1min 41.509secs lap compared to Vitaly’s 1min 41.594secs - before making switches to the medium Pirellis for qualifying.

 

Lewis Hamilton set the pace at the front with a lap of 1min 38.976secs ahead of the Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber as the F1 field finalised its settings for the early evening qualifying, scheduled for 1700 local Abu Dhabi time.

 

http://www.lotusrena...ce-3-Lotus.html

Go to news articles

User Feedback

Recommended Comments

There are no comments to display.



Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Add a comment...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×

  • Latest topics

    Formula One

    Any F1 fans on this forum? Let's discuss anything about the sport here.

    Maddox
    Maddox | 
    General Talk 15

    Elise S3 Brakes

    The brakes on my Elise 240 FE never felt brilliant but at 2.5 years old in the cold and wet did nothing when pressed, a few pumps later and some braking happened. I took it in and the pads (oem from new) were glazed. I replaced them with Pagid RS42 and updated fluid. Difference was night and day.  Now, a year and maybe 3500 miles on and the pedal feel is a little wooden again (like can brake light or hard but nothing in between) and they are squealing really bad at town driving  speeds and lig

    Trebor_UK
    Trebor_UK | 
    Technical Talk 14

    Tyre comparison - short note on v105 vs ad08rs

    Elise S2 k series with standard geometry so set up to understeer gently. Which is exactly what I've been getting on runs out. Car is on the recommended yoko v105 tyres. There a two types the ones to get have a slightly stiffer sidewall and are recommended for mercs iirc. V105 is in my experience a very competent road tyre for all seasons and daily driving. Definitely recommended. V105 thoughts coming off a no longer available very old and hard and narrower front tyre.  As normal T

    MrWill
    MrWill | 
    Technical Talk 17

    Boot lid hinge pin? S2 Elise

    I opened my boot today and it didn't seem right then realised it was the drivers side hinge had become disconnected from the body part. Has anyone else ever had this issue or know how to solve it?

    foxy76
    foxy76 | 
    Technical Talk

    Litp Donation

    Hi AlI just wanted to tell you of Club member Robert Redden's (Trebor_UK ) kind donation to the LitP Rainbows Fund raiser of £100 Just how good is that A BIG thankyou Rob 👏👏👏

    Elisemadray
    Elisemadray | 
    General Talk 1

  • MLOC classifieds

    There have been no adverts submitted yet

  • MLOC garage

  • Member Statistics

    4,444
    Total Members
    1,800
    Most Online
    robbo101
    Newest Member
    robbo101
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Terms of Use