Lotus Racing Post-bahrain / Pre-melbourne Thoughts: Jarno Trulli

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 local vineyards and enjoying the weather. I love coming here - Australia's a great country with great people, so I always enjoy myself here. It's also good to try some good wines, some different local varieties, but I still prefer my own wine.....

"On the track itself – it's very important here to have good braking, good stability and really solid traction. There aren't so many high speed corners here – it's all about braking and accelerating out of slow speed corners, and as it's a bit bumpy you really have to have good braking points and good braking stability from the car. All in all I'm looking forward to building on the result in Bahrain, learning more about the car and enjoying the weekend."