Caterham F1 Era End

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CLOSING THE GAP - MONACO GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING
LR At Monaco

15 May 2010

Lotus Racing put on a very strong show in Monaco today, in both the final practice, and the afternoon's qualifying session, closing the gap to the established teams still further, and finishing Q3 less than one second behind Kamui Kobayashi's Williams. The day started well with Heikki finishing final practice under three seconds from the leading cars, despite not running the option tyres due to a gearbox issue that curtailed his final run. At the end of qualifying the team made good on the performance it showed in the morning, Heikki Kovalainen finishing 18th and Jarno Trulli 19th, firmly at the head of the new teams on track.

Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus Cosworth T127-01, FP3: 19th, 1.17.782, 18 laps / Qualifying: 18th, 1.17.094, 11 laps) "The first run was very good so on the second run I decided to go for it, take some risks and see what happened. The gap to the next car was about 0.9 so I thought if I really nailed a lap we might break into Q2, but to be really honest it was a bit out of control and it was just going over the edge and it became untidy. In the end I was able to put myself ahead of all the other new teams so I think that's fine."

Jarno Trulli (Lotus Cosworth T127-03: FP3: 20th, 1.17.865, 26 laps / Qualifying: 19th, 1.17.134, 12 laps) "It was a bit difficult out there today as I'd lost quite a lot of track time yesterday, which meant my last setup change was right before qualifying. Despite that, I did my best out there and we are much closer than a lot of people expected to the cars ahead. We have also shown a good improvement from where we started the season, so I'm reasonably happy with where we are."

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "A good day out there for us. We took another step forward in performance terms, showing in final practice and in qualifying that the upgrades we brought to the last race, combined with a good engine package, continue to help us close the gap to the teams ahead, this time to under three seconds. In qualifying I think we did as well as we could have hoped for - Heikki put in a very strong lap early on, and Jarno did the same at the end of the session to take us further away from the other new teams, so I'm very pleased."

Tony Fernandes: "I'm very happy, and I know I keep saying that after every qualifying session. Today we again finished best of the new teams but there was a real drive from Heikki and Jarno to try and get into Q2. In the past few races there's been an inevitability that we're not going to get there, but today there was a real belief that we had a chance, which caused Heikki to push really hard. He spun, but that showed that he was pushing. So it's been good today - to be 2.3 seconds away from the best time in Q1 is something we should all be proud about. It's also important that the whole team is very pumped up, they feel like we're making progress every race and after six races morale is very high.

"Looking forward to tomorrow, anything can happen here - obviously from where we're starting we need to make up seven places to get a point, and that's quite a hard task, but who knows, we may be able to spring a surprise. The drivers are very pumped up, we're learning a lot about the car, and after six races we are clearly moving forward and closer to the pack. Well done to Heikki, Jarno and the whole team."

缩小差距 - 摩纳哥大奖赛排位赛
轻铁在摩纳哥

2010年5月15日

莲花赛车在摩纳哥放在一个非常强大的展会上，无论是在最后一次练习，下午的排位赛，缩小差距的进一步建立团队，完成不少于1落后小林可梦伟的威廉姆斯第二第三季度。这一天好开端，科瓦莱宁完成从下3秒的领先的赛车最后一次练习，尽管没有运行选项，轮胎由于变速箱的问题，限制了他的最后运行。在排位赛的选手就表现在它具有良好的早上，科瓦莱宁和特鲁利完成18 19牢牢地轨道上的新车队负责人。

科瓦莱宁（莲花考斯沃斯T127 - 01，松下FP3：19，1.17.782，18圈/排位赛：18日，1.17.094，11圈）“的第一场比赛是非常好，因此在第二轮我决定去的话，承担一定的风险，看看发生了什么。之间的差距，未来的汽车约0.9，所以我想如果我真的投中了一个圈，我们可以打入第二季，但要真正诚实这是一个有点失去控制，而且正要过它的边缘，成为杂乱无章。最终我能够把自己放在前面的所有其他新的球队，所以我认为这很好。“

亚诺特鲁利（莲花考斯沃斯T127 - 03：松下FP3：20，1.17.865，26圈/排位赛：19日，1.17.134，12圈）“这是一个有点困难，因为我今天在那里丢了不少地段的轨道昨天的时间，这意味着我的最后格局的新变化之前排位赛的权利。尽管如此，我尽力了，我们有一个预期比前面的赛车有很多人密切。我们也表现出了良好的改善，我们从哪里开始本赛季，所以我与那些我们有理由感到高兴。“

迈克加斯科因，技术总监：“一个好的一天，我们在那里。我们又喝了在性能方面向前迈出的一步，在最后一次练习和排位赛的升级，表明我们带到了最后一场比赛，以良好的引擎包，继续合并帮助我们缩小差距的队伍前面，这下3秒的时间。在排位赛中我觉得我们做的好，因为我们可以有希望的 - 科瓦莱宁放在一个非常强大的单圈早期，和雅诺也做了同样在在会议结束带我们远离其他新的球队，所以我感到非常高兴。“

托尼费尔南德斯说：“我感到非常高兴，我知道我一直在说，在每次排位赛。今天，我们又完成了新的球队最好的，但有一个由海基和雅诺真正的驱动器，试图进入第二季度。在过去几场比赛中出现的是一个不可避免的，我们不会去到那里，但今天有一个真正的信念，我们有机会，造成科瓦莱宁非常努力。他裁掉，但表明，他推。因此它是好的今天 - 是2.3秒从第一季度的最佳时机，这点是值得我们都应该骄傲的。同样重要的是，整个团队非常信心十足，他们觉得我们正在取得进步每场比赛后6比赛的士气非常高。

“展望明天，任何事情都可能发生在这里 - 显然，我们已经开始从那里我们需要弥补7个名额，以得到一分，那是相当艰巨的任务，但谁知道，我们也许能够春天一个惊喜。司机非常信心十足，我们学习了很多关于赛车，并在6场比赛我们清楚地向前迈进，并接近包。干得科瓦莱宁，特鲁利和整个球队。“

DriftyFly

trulli加油啊。。。。。好期待你以前在这场地的表现monaco

lantro(kl)

我个人觉得LOTUS会在下一个赛季跑出个好成绩如果PETRONAS的SPONSOR和TECHNICAL转移。

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有没有搞错....Kamui Kobayashi怎么变成Williams了？是Sauber才对吧？

maocheng

有没有搞错....Kamui Kobayashi怎么变成Williams了？是Sauber才对吧？
半片叶子 发表于 16-5-2010 11:30

    我已经告诉他们这个问题了。。

maocheng

我个人觉得LOTUS会在下一个赛季跑出个好成绩如果PETRONAS的SPONSOR和TECHNICAL转移。
lantro(kl) 发表于 16-5-2010 10:10

    我们有LG的技术合作。

maocheng

STRONG RACE COMES TO AN EARLY END

Monaco, 16th May 2010

Lotus Racing leave Monaco with mixed emotions after a very impressive display during the race came to an early end for both cars with only a few laps remaining. Despite this, the team demonstrated impressive pace throughout the race, making good on the promise shown in practice and qualifying, and will see the race as another step forward in experience and performance.

Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus Cosworth T127-01, retired lap 59) “It was a fantastic race right from the beginning. I had a bit of a struggle at the restarts to get the tyres up to temperature, but once I got everything working I was able to almost keep up with the Renault. I was pushing very hard, and the car felt fantastic – the balance was really good. Just before I retired I could feel the steering alignment was a bit uneven – on the right hand corners I had to use maximum lock, even in the tunnel, and it got the point where it didn’t feel safe anymore. In Monaco you can’t take a risk with it so I came in. It was a mechanical issue, but despite that I’m really pleased with today. We again showed we’re firmly the best of the new teams and we are nearly there with the next group, so I think we just need to keep attacking, and that’s how we’ll achieve results.”

Jarno Trulli (Lotus Cosworth T127-03: Classified 15th) “This wasn’t a great weekend for me. After we had a problem with the wheelgun in the pitstop I was stuck behind the HRTs and trying to find room to overtake – in the last lap Karun seemed slow through the second and third sector, and I’d seen he was leaving room at Rascasse, so I tried to get through but we touched and that was that – the end of the race. It was one of those things – a racing incident, but I still feel like we’re going in the right direction as a team, and I want to put the bad luck behind me when we get back on track in Turkey.”

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “This was our strongest performance yet compared to the midfield, so obviously mixed emotions for where we finished. Heikki had a very strong race and in the middle his performance was particularly good compared to the midfield group. It’s a shame we had a problem on his car - the steering joint failed, something we’ve not seen before - but overall it was a very positive weekend for him. For Jarno, he had a much more difficult weekend, clearly struggling with the balance of the car and I think as a team we have to take a look at everything to be able to do a better job for him. Obviously he was compromised by the slow pitstop, which dropped him down the field and affected his whole race. He was capable of going much faster and when he made the move he unfortunately fell victim to the nature of the Monaco circuit. So I leave feeling pleased we showed such good pace, and we move on to Turkey.”

Tony Fernandes: “I take a lot of positives from the race today and it was another one where we had at least one car classified. Most importantly Heikki made a great step forward and it was fantastic watching him race with Petrov. He and the whole team felt it was the best race of the season for him and that boosts confidence further for the season ahead. We’ve got some more new parts coming which will continue to take us forward, and hopefully Jarno’s luck will turn, but even with that we’re all pleased. It’s also great to see so many of our fans out around the track - hopefully we gave them some good racing today, and in years to come we’ll give them some good results as well.”

强大的比赛来决定提前结束

摩纳哥，2010年5月16日

莲花车队离开后，百感交集在比赛中显示摩纳哥非常可观的两辆赛车都来为早日结束，只剩下几个圈。尽管如此，球队表现出令人印象深刻的整个比赛的步伐，在实践中作出的承诺和排位赛表现良好，并会与另一个在经验和业绩的一步比赛。

科瓦莱宁（莲花考斯沃斯T127 - 01，退休59圈）“这是一个梦幻般的比赛从一开始的权利。我有一个位在重新启动的斗争获得了轮胎温度，但是一旦我得到的一切工作，我几乎能跟上雷诺了。我推非常艰苦，赛车的感觉很棒 - 平衡也很不错。就在我退休我能感觉到转向对准有点不平衡的右边的角落，我不得不用最大的锁 - 即使在隧道，它抓住了问题的地方并没有感到安全了。在摩纳哥，你不能把它的风险，所以我进来这是一个机械的问题，但是，尽管我很满意今天的高兴。我们再次坚定地表明我们的新车队最好，我们几乎没有下一个组中，所以我认为我们只需要保持进攻，这就是我们将如何取得成果。“

亚诺特鲁利（莲花考斯沃斯T127 - 03：分类15日）“这不是一个我非常周末。当我们同在的时候，我背后的HRTs，并试图寻找空间超越进站wheelgun一个问题 - 在最后一圈卡伦似乎减缓的第二和第三部门，而且我看到他离开房间时拉斯卡塞，所以我就先通过，但我们感动，这是 - 在比赛结束。这是一个人的东西 - 一个比赛事故，但我仍想我们作为一个团队在正确的方向前进的心情，我希望把我后面的运气不好，当我们回到正轨在土耳其。“

迈克加斯科因，首席技术主任：“这是我们最强的性能相比，但中场，这么明显的混合情绪，我们完成了。科瓦莱宁有一个非常强大的比赛，中间他的表现特别好相比，中场组。这是一个耻辱，我们对他的汽车一个问题 - 转向节失败，这是我们从来没见过的 - 但总体来说它是一个对他非常积极的周末。对于亚诺，他有一个更加困难的周末，明确奋斗与赛车的平衡，我作为一个团队，我们必须采取一切看在能够为他做更好的工作的想法。很明显，他是受到损害的缓慢进站，下降，他从外地和影响了他的整场比赛。他是有能力去得更快，当他提出的动议，他不幸的受害者到摩纳哥赛道的特性。所以我感觉高兴离开我们发现这么好的速度，我们对土耳其的做法。“

托尼费尔南德斯说：“我从今天的比赛很多，它的阳性是一个又一个，我们至少有一辆汽车分类。最重要的是科瓦莱宁作出了很大的进步，这是看他和彼得罗夫精彩的比赛。他和整个团队认为这是对他个人的赛季最好的一场比赛，而本赛季的信心增强了进一步前进。我们已经有了一些新的部件未来将继续带领我们前进，并希望雅诺的运气会转，但即便如此，我们都感到高兴。它也是非常高兴看到周围的赛道，所以不少人离开了我们的球迷 - 希望我们给他们一些好的赛车今天，在今后几年，我们就会给他们一些好成绩。“

maocheng

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Lotus eyeing new engine supplier for 2011 - report
Racing series           F1
Date         2010-05-16

By Motorsport.com/GMM

Lotus could be contemplating a change of engine supplier for its second season in Formula One.

That is the claim of Heikki Kulta, the F1 correspondent for the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat.

Veteran Kulta, who has been attending grands prix since 1983, is known for his close relationships with Finnish drivers, including Lotus' Kovalainen.

He reported from Monaco that Lotus, the most impressive of F1's three new teams this year, will unveil one more big aerodynamic update for the British Grand Prix and then turn its attention to the 2011 car.

Kulta said Lotus is eyeing a change of engine supplier, having entered F1 with FIA-preferred Cosworth in 2010.

"I am very confident that next year we will have a good car, which we will be able to build over a longer period," Kovalained is quoted as saying.

"This car was a rush but next year our team will be seen in the real way," he added.

It has been reported that Renault is willing to supply another team, and the very best advertisement for its product was Saturday's 1-2-3 in Monaco qualifying.

Mercedes' V8 is known to be the most powerful in F1, but Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel said the driveability of the Renault V8 is paying off on the streets of Monaco.

"If you have the first three cars in qualifying with the Renault engine I think that's a positive note," said the German.

DriftyFly

trulli最后切那个弯够狠，
但是太危险了。。。。。

F60

楼主，
Trulli的泰山压顶的照片放上来。
让大家知道Lotus的厉害。
看谁敢欺负Lotus，
就表演给他看!

maocheng

楼主，
Trulli的泰山压顶的照片放上来。
让大家知道Lotus的厉害。
看谁敢欺负Lotus，
就表演给他看!
F60 发表于 17-5-2010 12:32

    ok..

maocheng

Alex^89614^

maocheng 发表于 17-5-2010 02:16 PM

   其他车队记得不要得罪LOTUS了不然后果会变这样

F60

ok..
maocheng 发表于 17-5-2010 02:08 PM

    看到了！
替Hrt的冒冷汗！
整辆车的底盘在他头上！

maocheng

看到了！
替Hrt的冒冷汗！
整辆车的底盘在他头上！
F60 发表于 17-5-2010 16:47

    Lotus Can Fly !!!

maocheng

其他车队记得不要得罪LOTUS了不然后果会变这样
Alex^89614^ 发表于 17-5-2010 15:08

   他已经说道歉给HRT。。

F60

Lotus Can Fly !!!
maocheng 发表于 17-5-2010 04:50 PM

    Fly都不会快！

Sikorsky

回复 313# maocheng


    有youtube重看莫？？太紧张了

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