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Brazil’s FP1 and FP2 saw Lotus Racing
enjoying one of their best Fridays of the season.
Trouble-free sessions in the morning and the
afternoon ended with Jarno Trulli and Heikki
Kovalainen topping the new teams’ time sheets in
19th and 20th places respectively.
Jarno Trulli (Chassis T127-04) FP1: 25 laps,
best time 1.15.603, 19th / FP2: 47 laps, best
time 1.14.984, 19th “That was a pretty good day.
It’s good to complete so many laps and have no
problems at all. When the car feels well
balanced, like it did today, you can push around
the whole lap and end up where we did, ahead of
the other new guys. I have to say this is one of
my favourite tracks. It’s very technical and I
think it suits my style well. We’ve made a few
changes to the setup for this weekend and that’s
given me more confidence in the car – I think
you can see the results of that in my laptimes,
and I think there’s more to come tomorrow.”
Heikki Kovalainen (Chassis T127-01) FP1: 26 laps,
best time 1.16.057, 21st / FP2: 43 laps, best
time 1.15.101, 20th “It was a good day for us.
It started well, with the confirmation of the
Renault engines next year, and then on track we
got through the whole programme with no problems.
The car felt good on both types of tyres and
with the different fuel loads and when you
compare our times with our direct competitors I
think we’re looking very strong. I really like
this circuit – it’s been evolving all day and
it’s a good challenge to find the right setup to
cope with the high speed and the low speed
sections. When you have a good day like we have
had today it’s a very rewarding circuit to
drive.”
Dieter Gass, Sporting Director: “We are all
pleased with the performance of both cars today.
There is obviously more work to do tonight, and
I think there is still more to come from the
cars, but the real variable will be the weather
tomorrow. The forecasts are looking very
interesting and it will be a good challenge for
the drivers, the mechanics and the engineers to
capitalise on any opportunities that arise on
track tomorrow.”
Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “It was
a very successful day for us, perhaps one of the
best Fridays of the year. Both cars ran without
any problems and the performance looks good on
the short and the long runs. We ended up exactly
where we wanted to be, and we are maybe looking
slightly more competitive with the midfield than
we have been. On the whole this was a very good
Friday.”
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