Caterham F1 Era End

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Weather
Grey, cloudy, dry
Min/max track temperature: 19˚ / 20˚   

Total laps
FP3: KOV 17 / TRU 18
QUALIFYING: KOV 10 / TRU 12     

Fastest laps
FP3: KOV 1.29.772, lap 16, TRU 1.30.003, lap 17
QUALIFYING: KOV 19th - 1.29.254, lap 3 / TRU 20th - 1.29.342, lap 11            

FP3      

26/03/11 Runplan
Driver: Heikki Kovalainen
Chassis: T128-01  
1400 - 1402: Installation, 1 lap
1402 - 1417: System checks / brake blanking reduction
1417 - 1418: Run 2 / 1 lap
1418 - 1428: DRS issue - wing held in high drag mode
1428 - 1442: Run 3 / 9 laps
1442 - 1449: Front wing flap increase / rear brake blanking reduced
1449 - 1459: Run 4 / 6 laps

26/03/11 Runplan
Driver: Jarno Trulli
Chassis: T128-03  
1400 - 1402: Installation, 1 lap
1402 - 1422: System checks
1422 - 1441: Run 2 / 10 laps
1441 - 1447: Blown floor engine map change to qualifying / FW flap increase
1447 - 1500: Run 3 / 7 laps

QUALIFYING      
26/03/11 Runplan
Driver: Heikki Kovalainen
Chassis: T128-01  
Q1
1700 - 1710: Run 1, 6 laps (soft tyres)
1710 - 1713: Refuel
1713 - 1720: Run 2, 4 laps (soft tyres)

26/03/11 Runplan
Driver: Jarno Trulli
Chassis: T128-03  
Q1
1700 - 1710: Run 1, 6 laps (soft tyres)
1710 - 1711: Refuel
1711 - 1722: Run 2, 6 laps (soft tyres)

Heikki Kovalainen, Car 20: "Unfortunately the rear wing was stuck in the high downforce configuration for the second run which definitely masked the real pace there is in the car. We've also struggled with getting the most out of the tyres all weekend but I think the increased temperatures tomorrow will suit the car much more and we'll be in good shape to show what we can really do in the race."

Jarno Trulli, Car 21: "I've had a few issues with the power steering in practice but the team worked well to resolve that for qualifying and the car definitely felt better than it had this morning and yesterday. We'll clearly be much quicker when we can get the tyres up to full temperature so it'll be an exciting race for us tomorrow and I think we'll be in good shape to push the guys ahead who we were much closer to in the warmer conditions in pre-season testing."

Thierry Salvi, Renault Sport F1 Support Leader: "Firstly I want to say that the atmosphere in this team is very good. This means we are all able to work together very well and it's important that we can do that to get the best out of the car this year. From the engine perspective I think we are ok on usage and the drivers' feedback has been very good. Obviously to maximise the performance of the car the whole package can work better and I'm sure we can unlock the true potential of the car when we have worked through areas like the tyre usage."

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "Both drivers did a very good job in qualifying today, despite both of them being hampered by issues - Heikki had a rear wing problem whcih meant he couldn't improve on his second set of tyres, and Jarno reported loss of grip on his second set so we clearly were not able to maximise the car's real performance today. However, I think that we have definitely taken a step forward in qualifying. We have been struggling to get temperature into the tyres all weekend, and have had some issues with the power steering, but we made significant progress in qualifying. On the positive side the tyre warm-up issues will be much better in the race and looking ahead I am very confident that we can get back to the level of performance we showed in winter testing as we continue through the early part of the season."

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: "I am happy with qualifying. Obviously we are paying the price of the limited running we had in testing, but I have to admit I was a bit nervous before the session and having seen where we ended up I am pleased with what both drivers produced today. We continue to learn all the time and as this is essentially a completely new car we have to work hard on a number of areas to help us achieve our full potential, particularly on tyre management - the car looks like it has Malaysian blood as it clearly prefers hotter conditions! Despite that we are all looking forward to the race tomorrow, and with much more development to come here, in Malaysia and China, before we head back to Europe, I am happy with where we are today."

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Team Lotus Information 

Total distance - Melbourne to Sepang for Malaysian GP: 6,340.644 (kms)   

Total global population reach of CNN content: 2 billion   

Total number of Dell products shipped each day worldwide: 110,000

 

General 

Total race laps: 58   

Weather: Overcast, cloudy (am), sunny (pm)

Max track temp: 22˚    

 

Fastest laps: KOV - 1:35.230, lap 16 / TRU - 1.32.550, lap 52            

 

RACE       

 

Runplan

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen

Chassis: T128-01  

1200:   Car cover off

1300:   Race programme briefing

1400:   First engine fire-up / shift check / complete systems check

1630:   Pitlane open

1633:   Car leaves for grid / 1 lap warm up

1659:   Fire up

1700:   Lights out (option tyres)

Lap 17: Pitstop 1 - stay on option tyres

Lap 20: Retired - water leak

 

Driver: Jarno Trulli

Chassis: T128-03  

1200:   Car cover off

1300:   Race programme briefing

1408:   First engine fire-up / shift check / complete systems check

1630:   Pitlane open

1634:   Car leaves for grid / 1 lap warm up

1659:   Fire up

1700:   Lights out (prime tyres)

Lap 16: Pitstop 1 - change to option tyres

Lap 37: Pitstop 2 - stay on option tyres

Lap 58: Finished 15th

 

Heikki Kovalainen, Car 20 - qualified 19th, DNF: "Until the retirement I was very pleased with my own performance. I had a good start and was then staying with Alguersuari and Perez until the water leak brought my race to an end. I think this has been a bit of a tricky weekend for us, perhaps more difficult than we had anticipated, but we have some time now to analyse why the pace wasn't quite where we had expected it to be and to work on the reliability before we get to Malaysia. We're all ready to put in the hard work to make sure we keep moving forward, and these are still early days in the life of Team Lotus so we'll put in the hours and look for an improved performance in our home race in Malaysia."

 

Jarno Trulli, Car 21 - qualified 20th, finished 15th: "It was really good to finish the race and to show that there is some pace in the car, despite some of the problems we have had to work through this weekend. We now have a lot of very useful data we can use to help us move ahead in Malaysia and China and I think once we have got through these early teething troubles we will show that we have taken the step forward we want to this year."

 

Thierry Salvi, Renault Sport F1 Support Leader: "That is a good result for us. We were not able to finish the race with Heikki but with Jarno we saw some encouraging signs from the car's behaviour and I think we will be able to extract more performance from it in the next race after we have been through the data in more detail. For the first race with a Renault Sport F1 engine in a Team Lotus car this is a good day."

 

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "After a pretty tough weekend I am very pleased with both Jarno and Heikki's race performances. We had an issue with water leak on the radiator on Heikki's car and soon after his pitstop that unfortunately brought an end to his race. He had been very strong on the options so that was a shame, but he had looked good until that point which is obviously encouraging. Jarno struggled early on with the prime tyres so we swapped him onto the options and he quickly found his pace. Our speed in the race was much more representative of the pace we had shown in testing so for Malaysia the target is to make sure we achieve that level throughout the whole weekend. In summary it was good to get one car to the end with solid pace and thank you to the whole team for some very good work all week."

 

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: "I am happy. After a tense day to see Jarno have a strong finish in 15th and show good speed in the race is very pleasing. We knew we had a potential issue with the radiator on Heikki's car so when he had to pull over it was not a surprise, but the main thing for me today is that the pace we showed in the pre-season tests is back. We were able to stay with the midfield teams and that has been the stated target for this year so now we know we have a base to build on for the season ahead and some time to fix the radiator issue before we go home to Malaysia for the next race. With the work ethic and spirit in our team I am confident we will take another step forward in Sepang and we are all very excited about coming home again for the next race."

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今年还是一样。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

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•                                                                 News                    
                      Team Lotus takes to the streets of Putrajaya                
              
  

               

• Added:                Tue 29 Mar, 2011

   

                        

AirAsia Presents Team Lotus Demo: Putrajaya

If you're in Malaysia, you don't have to wait until thebeginning of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend to see Team Lotus inaction in its homeland.
We are holding the Putrajaya Grand Prix Demonstration event onSaturday 2nd April, where you will have the chance to come along,see Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli drive the Formula 1 carlive, and meet the team ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The event is being organised in collaboration with SepangInternational Circuit, and Team Lotus partner AirAsia, to introduceMalaysian youth and public to F1.
It will be held in Dataran Putrajaya, Precinct 3, Putrajayabetween 10am and 4pm on Saturday.
Putrajaya is not only the administrative centre of Malaysia, butis also its most modern city - with the state of the artarchitecture and spectacular landscape providing the perfectbackdrop for this exciting event.
As well as the demonstration laps and doughnuts by the Formula 1car and a meet the fans session with Heikki and Jarno, there willbe pocket bike, powerboard, stunt and drift demos, plus passengerrides and a Malaysian Super Series car parade.

Would you like to come behind the scenes with us at the AirAsiaPresents Team Lotus Demo? Five lucky fans will win a tour of thegarage area at 11:30am on Saturday 2nd April.

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TONY FERNANDES RECEIVES CBE FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH II

EMBARGOED UNTIL 1230 UK / 2030 MALAYSIA 31ST MARCH 2011

LONDON, 31 March 2011

The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award will serve to further facilitate the promotion of commercial and cultural ties between the United Kingdom and Malaysia, says Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes who was honoured with the award by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London today.

The award is attributed to his "services to promote commercial and educational links" between the UK and Malaysia.

“I am extremely humbled to have received this award today and I would like to thank Her Majesty The Queen for bestowing such an honour upon me. More than a personal honour, it will serve as a catalyst to further enhance relations between the UK and Malaysia, particularly in the areas of business, culture and education,” says Tony Fernandes CBE.

The iconic entrepreneur wears several hats including Team Principal of Team Lotus, Group CEO of the world’s best low cost airline AirAsia and founder of the fledgling Malaysian-based conglomerate Tune Group.

He adds: “I receive this award today not on my behalf, but on behalf of all the incredible people I work with, wherever they may be around the world. It is their dedication, passion, enthusiasm and hard work that drives me on every single day and it is also my great honour to have the privilege of working with them.”

Tony’s personal credo is "Dream the Impossible, Believe the Unbelievable and Never Take No for an Answer" and he believes deeply in providing opportunities throughout his businesses for talent to flourish, for meritocracy to reign and for helping people realise their dreams. "I realised mine, and I am determined to help others realise theirs too," sums up Tony’s approach to his work and personal life.

His business philosophy is simple: Serve the Underserved - a philosophy encapsulated in AirAsia's memorable tag line: "Now Everyone Can Fly." Having democratised air travel by freeing it from the clutches of the elite, Fernandes is determined to break down the affordability barrier in other aspects of daily life - hence Tune Hotels, Tune Money and Tune Talk, the radical Team Lotus approach to F1 - and the Epsom College campus in Malaysia.

The CBE is the second major award conferred on Fernandes in Europe. In 2010, the French government conferred upon him the title of Officier of the Legion d’honneur, the highest award for a non-French national, for his outstanding contributions to the aviation industry. Fernandes was also recently named "Asia Businessman of the Year 2010" by the international magazine Forbes, and has gathered a slew of other top awards from private bodies and media organisations for his innovative approach to business.

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Note to Editors:

This news release is embargoed until 1230 UK / 2030 Malaysia time. Official photo(s) of the investiture will be released by the Associated Press (AP). We have requested AP to urgently release it to meet your deadlines; we would appreciate it if you could also liaise directly with AP to ensure a speedy release. In the meantime, we have arranged for private photos which will be available as soon as we have them via http://www.flickr.com/photos/myteamlotus/

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AIRASIA TEAM LOTUS DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Putrajaya, 2 April 2011– AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost carrier, today formally announced the continuation of its involvement in Formula One™ by extending its partnership with Team Lotus for the 2011 season.

The announcement, made at the AirAsia Team Lotus live street demonstration event in Putrajaya was attended by Team Lotus Team Team Principal Datuk Seri Dr. Tony Fernandes and Team Lotus Deputy Team Principal Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun, AirAsia X Sdn. Bhd Chief Executive Officer, Azran Osman-Rani, Team Lotus Chief Executive Officer Riad Asmat and AirAsia Regional Head of Commercial, Kathleen Tan.

Also present were Alex Yoong, the Head of AirAsia Team Lotus Development Program and Team Lotus drivers Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen.   

The partnership marks the second year the airline is supporting the Malaysian Formula One™ outfit and AirAsia is also extending its involvement in motorsports, beyond its sponsorship of the Formula One™ team by committing to the long term development and growth of young talents through the AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program.     

The AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program, a joint initiative between AirAsia and Team Lotus is aimed at discovering bright, young talents with the passion and drive to excel in motorsports.

Those selected to be part of the program will be trained and exposed to all the underpinnings of a motorsports team.  

Speaking of the partnership, Kathleen said, “Motorsports have long proven to be a successful channel for brands to be associated with and AirAsia have long enjoyed a strong association with Formula One™. We are proud to continue the relationship we started a year ago with Team Lotus, a young dynamic Anglo / Malaysian team, backed by a brand synonymous with motor racing.

“Aside from the creative activation, digital and social media campaigns, the association with one of the world’s most successful motorsport brands also gives us an opportunity to tap into a wider consumer base, and allows us to market the AirAsia brand to promote our routes and network of our services in new and existing markets."

“While we continue to leverage on our partnership with Team Lotus, we are also excited at the opportunity offered through the AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program which provides us with the platform to develop more talent, more of our stars, our own content and ultimately, our own heroes.”

Riad Asmat, Team Lotus CEO and GP2 Team AirAsia Team Principal, said “On behalf of Team Lotus and Team AirAsia I am absolutely delighted that we have now unveiled the Team Lotus AirAsia Driver Development Program. Since the very first days of Team Lotus we have wanted to give young drivers from Asia and around the world the chance to develop their talents and use our experience to help them achieve their goals, on and off track. Through Team Lotus in F1™ and Team AirAsia in GP2 we have the perfect platforms to provide aspiring World Champions with a clear route to the very top and with AirAsia as our key partner in the Program we have a team of people to call on whose core philosophy is about making dreams come true.”

The launch of the program, which culminated with LIVE runs of the Team Lotus Formula One™ car by team drivers, Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, as well as AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program driver Alexander Rossi, on the streets of Putrajaya also included a flyby by AirAsia’s Team Lotus branded A320 aircraft. The event was also attended by the youngsters who are currently part of the AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program.  Besides the live run and the meet and greet session with Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, the public had the opportunity to go on the kart and pocket bike rides which were made available for free.

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About the AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program:

AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program

The AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program was initiated in early 2010 in conjunction with AirAsia. From the early days of just two drivers in 2010, 2011 now sees the talent development pool expand to seven drivers, giving an array of talent from around the world the chance to climb through the ranks, right up to the ultimate motor racing challenge – the Formula One World Championship.

The Driver Development Program’s primary objective is to use the expertise with Team Lotus to help grow the best young driving talent from across the globe. Around the drivers selected is an organisation that nurtures and supports the drivers through career guidance, coaching and sponsorship procurement.

Formula One drivers are athletes and the AirAsia Team Lotus Development Drivers mirror their F1 counterparts with the same physical and mental training to ensure their race preparation is perfect. The rigours of driving a Formula One Car are immense and the earlier a driver can learn the work ethic needed to succeed the more likely he will be successful in Formula One.

All ten drivers are part of the Team Lotus family and they are taught not only how to race, but also given in-depth insight into the inner workings of the F1 team – from vehicle dynamics to simulators, giving them an in-depth understanding of the relationship between them and the cars they compete in.

AirAsia has been an important part of the selection process of these drivers. The team at AirAsia have the same belief in nurturing youth so that our young drivers are not just the quickest racers on track but also the most well balanced, helping them prepare fully for the journey ahead of them as they strive to become Formula One World Champions of the future.

AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program (AATLDDP) Drivers’ Profiles

Name: Alexander Rossi
Age:  19 years-old
Country: USA
Hailing from Nevada City, California, Alexander is a graduate of the Skip Barber Racing School; the world’s largest racing school where he competed in the Skip Barber National Championship in 2006. He finished third overall in the series and with seven wins, Alexander became the youngest race winner for the race series at the age of 14.

In 2007, the teenager finished third overall at the Formula BMW Americas series. He returned to the series the following year and was crowned champion of the 2008 season after winning 10 races. He then went on to win the Formula BMW World Champion in the same year and won a test with the BMW F1 team as his reward.

2009 saw Alexander making his way to Europe where he competed in the International Formula Master where he finished fourth and was the highest placed rookie in the series.

The youngster then made his way into the GP3 in 2010 to race for the ART Grand Prix team and ended the season with two wins and in fourth place in the overall standings.

In 2011 Alexander will be competing in the very competitive World Series by Renault.

Name: Tanart Sathienthirakul
Age: 18 years-old
Country: Thailand
Touted as the best driving talent to come out of Thailand since Prince Bira, the champion junior karter for the Asian Karting Open Championship has been race karting in Europe for the last two years in the KF2 class.

Last year, he won the final round of the CIK-FIA World Championship and finished 6th overall.  For 2011, he will continue in racing in the highly competitive KF2 championship in Europe.

Name: Matt Parry
Age: 17 years-old
Country: United Kingdom
Matt’s foray into motor sports began with motocross bikes when he was eight and it was two years later when he decided that he preferred go-karts instead.

Said to be one of the emerging talents from the UK and number one on Motoring News’ list for the top 50 drivers to look out for, Matt was the 2009 Formula Kart Stars champion where he dominated the series right from the start. The same year also saw him start the Rotax World Finals in pole position where he finished in second place.

In 2010, Matt led the standings of the prestigious Super 1 British Championship throughout the season before being crowned champion.
This year he is moving up to cars with the Works Van Diemen team in European and British Formula Ford.

Name: Max Klinkby-Silver
Age: 16 years-old
Country: Denmark
Born in the UK to an English Father and Danish Mother, Max got his first go-kart when he was 12 years-old and started racing competitively in 2006.

He has grown into one of the most exciting kart talents around and in 2008 he moved from the junior category to the KF3 class. Last year he competed in the Master and the WSK Euro KF2 Championship.

Max is currently with team JRP and is competing in the International KF2 category and he recently qualified in Pole position for the prestigious Winter Cup out of 102 KF2 drivers.

Name: Weiron Tan
Age: 16 years-old
Country: Malaysia
Although Weiron only started karting at 13, in three short years he has become one of the most exciting karting talents from Malaysia.
In 2010, Weiron won the Yamaha International Challenge at the age of 15 although the competition was meant for those 17 and above. The same year also saw him emerge as the runner of the Asian Karting Open Championship in the KF2 category. For this year, Weiron will compete in Europe with the Works Kosmic Kart team.

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Name: Senna Iriawan
Age: 14 years-old
Country: Indonesia
Recipient of Rookie of the Year Award (Junior Class) at the 2009 Indonesian Karting Award, Senna is seen as one of the most promising talents from the country.

In 2010, he won the Asian Karting Open Championship (KF3 category) and also emerged as the Indonesian Junior Championship.
Like Daim, Senna will be spending 2011 between Europe and Asia to gain more exposure and experience.

Name: Daim Hishamuddin
Age: 12 years-old
Country: Singapore
The first to join the AATLDDP, Daim started fun-karting at the age of eight and just two years later as a rookie, the youngster impressed many after being crowned the Yamaha SL Cadet Cup champion in 2008.

The following year, he continued his success by emerging as champion in the Rotax Max Challenge Asia in the Micromax category. In 2010, Daim completed a hat trick by winning the Yamaha SL Cadet Cup to give him three championships in a row.
In 2011 the 13 year-old will be in racing in Europe for the first time in the KF3 category and will also be racing in the Asian Karting Open Championship.

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Team Lotus Putrajaya Street Demo 2nd April 2011

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General      

2010 Air/track temp (˚C): 30 /37   
Race laps: 56
Circuit altitude (m):31         
2010 ATM Press (HPa):1006         
2010 humidity (%): 60
2010 wind (kph):NW5               


2010 Timing


2010 Qualifying Result
P1  WEB (1:49.327 Q3)wet  
P2  ROS (1:50.673 Q3) wet
P3  VET (1:50.789 Q3)wet  
Team Lotus best: P15 KOV (1:52.270 Q2)wet  


2010 Race Result
P1  VET (1:37.813L53)      
P2  WEB (1:37.054L53)   
P3  ROS (1:38.129 L53)   
Team Lotus best: P17 (TRU 1:43.753L31)               




Quick TrackDescription   
Very high ambient temperature andhumidity
Grip normally gradually increasing during theweekend
No major bumps (re-surfaced after 2007 race)
Kerbs not a problem
Top speed can be reach either T1 or T15 depending on winddirection
Medium for brake severity
Since 2009, the race start was moved to 17:00 and sufferedpoor visibility due to bad weather and low cloud last 2years






Typical Balance Issue
Understeer in high speed section (T5/T6) andtraction instability   



Gears ratio (1st gear/others): 1st gear not used ontrack           






Circuit Particularity /Sensitivities   
Bumpiness: Low
Engine severity:Medium   
Overtaking chance: T15
GBX severity:Medium   
Kerbs: Smooth/medium
Lat/Long grip: Lateral   
RH setting particularity:None
Aero eff ratio:Medium               




Track and Base Setup
Track grip evo during WE: Medium /High
Aero settings:High   
Brake wear severity:Medium   
Brake cooling necessity:Medium               




Team LotusPartners   
Total number of passengers AirAsia has flown in just nineyears: 100,000,000+   


Team thoughts
Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: "Team Lotus returns homeand we are all excited about the race ahead. There will be threeteams here with links to Malaysia but only one team that hasMalaysian blood running deep in its veins, with Malaysian staffcontributing to our growth at every level and which has been builtfrom the ground up in the same style as Formula One's grandeeteams. We are enormously proud of what we have already achieved injust 18 months and we have done it through hard work anddedication, not by buying seemingly instant success throughstickers on a car. We will continue to work extremely hard as wedevelop the car and the team, this season and for many years tocome, but we will not rush into anything. Our team is growing inthe right way, just like AirAsia has done, and when we look back inyears to come history will show that by laying solid foundationsnow we will achieve long-term success."


Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "We left Australiawith mixed feelings about the race. Heikki's pace in the early lapswas a good step forward for us, and Jarno's race pace took us closeto what we showed in the pre-season tests we can do, but we didstruggle all weekend with the tyres and a couple of small issuesthat we have now had time to resolve back at the factory. Theconditions at Sepang should suit us more favourably. I think thetrack temperatures will help us show more of the car's true paceand as the layout it is quite similar to Barcelona - relativelyhigh aero and a good mix of low and high speed turns - I think wewill be able to extract more performance from the car than we wereable to in Melbourne. The whole team is excited about the challengeahead - they are energised by the huge local support we have andthat will help us all put in a performance that will do our fansproud."


Heikki Kovalainen (car 20, chassis T128-01): "Malaysia hasa combination of all kinds of cor­ners. The first few corners arevery slow chicanes, then turns four, through five, six, seven andeight are very fast and you need to have a really good balancethere. Then towards the end of the lap there's two very difficultbraking points, corners where you're turning and braking into thecorner. I think it's turns 11 and 13, both right-handers. You cantake a couple of deeper lines there. Those are the main points.Getting your braking stability right in those kind of corners isone of the key elements to making a good lap time inSepang.


" Physically it's one of the toughest races, maybe togetherwith Singapore which is also very dif­ficult. It's something westart preparing for im­mediately after Australia. I arrived inMalaysia immediately after Melbourne and I started preparing thehydration and working with my nutritionist to prepare for the raceitself. If you prepare properly it's no issue. I'm looking forwardto it - I enjoy be­ing in the heat and I'm not distracted by it atall ."


Jarno Trulli (car 21, chassis T128-03): "I'm really firedup for this weekend's race. This is our home race and we want to doour best to make the fans proud of us. There will be a lot ofsupport for us in the stands and having been here for a week I'vealready seen that the level of support has gone up a lot since lastyear, so whatever happens it will be a great weekend forus.


"I've been keeping busy since arriving and spent a coupleof days up in the Malaysian hills training on my bike with a localpro team and that's given me an outstanding preparation for what isalways a tough weekend in the car. Sepang is a very challengingtrack. It's technical and it pushes the drivers and the cars veryhard but we believe that the package we have can help us have agood weekend here in Malaysia and I am really looking forward toseeing how the car responds in the heat. In a perfect world wewould be able to do something amazing in front of our home fans,but let's see. It's still early days for us, and while we areclearly closer to the midfield teams than we were a year ago westill have some time to make up, so I think we are all beingrealistic and working very hard to continue moving forward thisyear."

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Team Lotus held the first Formula 1 street demonstration in theMalaysian city of Putrajaya this weekend.

Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli took our demo car to thepublic, blasting round a course laid on out on one of the mainroads of Malaysia's administrative centre. Alexander Rossi also hadhis share of laps as one of the AirAsia Team Lotus DriverDevelopment Program recruits unveiled during the event.
Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad ShaberyCheek was on hand at the event and believes the initiative to takeFormula 1 and Team Lotus as close as possible to the people isvital in shaping a motorsport culture in the nation.
He said: "It created a lot of enthusiasm in Malaysia as a whole.I'm sure it will create a lot of interest for Malaysians to watchFormula 1 but to be part of it as well. What we need is to exposethis kind of motorsport to be part of the Malaysian culture amongthe young people. Then we'll develop more people to be involvedwith motorsports and Formula 1 particularly. We hope that this isgoing to be a permanent feature of the Formula 1 race at Sepang,not only this year."
Team Lotus Team Principal Tony Fernandes explained why he chosePutrajaya as the site for this event: "Normally, everything is heldin KL. This gives the chance for a much smaller town to have a lookat a Formula 1 team. I wanted to capture the setting, and forpeople to see something other than the two towers.
"I think the Malaysian people relate to this team a lot - it'snot just a sticker on a car, there's life and blood here, we haveMalaysian shareholders and there are lots of Malaysians in theteam. We really enjoy coming here and it was nice to see that wehave support from the Minister of Sport and the SepangInternational Circuit as well as the peoples' support."
Datuk Seri also paid tribute to Team Lotus Team Principal TonyFernandes and CEO Riad Asmat for bringing the event to Putrajaya:"They are fantastic people; very creative. They come up with veryinnovative ideas for what should be done for the nation, and fortheir branding exercises. I think this is a fantastic event."
Mike Gascoyne, Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli also gavetheir thoughts about the street demonstration.
Mike said "It's a really fantastic venue and it was great tohave a lot of important people joining us, but the main reason forthese sorts of events is to get close to the public - to get thecrowds up close and personal to it. When we are at grands prix it'svery difficult for the public to get up close and feel what Formula1 is like. Here they can touch it!"
Heikki told us "We got the car out to the local public forthe first time, and they hopefully had a bit of fun. It's our homerace, we have a lot of Malaysian blood in the team and we spend alot of time here in front of our home crowd. It's very important -we just want to show the experience of Formula  1 so thepeople who can't go to the race track can still see F1 in thestreet."
Jarno summed up the day, saying "The main thing is that we showthe Malaysian people that we appreciate their support and we do ourbest in order to make them happy. Sometimes F1 looks a bit too faraway from people, so this is the best way to get close to them. Itwas extremely warm and the people were excited ahead of the grandprix weekend."

maocheng

faifai37

几时的事？怎么又错过了

maocheng

几时的事？怎么又错过了:ma ...
faifai37 发表于 5-4-2011 17:55

   错过什么？

faifai37

Condotti Shop Launch, KL。。。

这个是在pavilion吗？

maocheng

Condotti Shop Launch, KL。。。

这个是在pavilion吗？
faifai37 发表于 5-4-2011 19:05

   是的。昨天中午。。