From Lotus F1 Team
Lotus F1 Team has stopped running early in the first day of testing at Barcelona and will not run for the rest of the day.
“We completed a few aero runs and then started timed runs, but I was very quickly aware that the car wasn’t responding as it should,” said Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 Team race driver.
“It’s not ideal to lose track time, but fortunately we will have the chassis which ran perfectly in Jerez so I should get some good track time tomorrow. It’s far better that we have an issue like this now rather than in Melbourne,” the Frenchman added
“This morning was our first shakedown of our second chassis,” explained Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director.
“Once the car was on track it was soon evident that everything wasn’t quite as it should be. As a precaution we are returning the chassis to Enstone for further investigation. Chassis E20-01, which we used in Jerez, is being sent over and we expect to be on track with that chassis tomorrow.”
Chassis E20-02 will be sent back to the factory in Enstone, UK.
Lotus F1 Team has stopped running early in the first day of testing at Barcelona and will not run for the rest of the day.
“We completed a few aero runs and then started timed runs, but I was very quickly aware that the car wasn’t responding as it should,” said Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 Team race driver.
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| Photo: Team Lotus F1 |
“It’s not ideal to lose track time, but fortunately we will have the chassis which ran perfectly in Jerez so I should get some good track time tomorrow. It’s far better that we have an issue like this now rather than in Melbourne,” the Frenchman added
“This morning was our first shakedown of our second chassis,” explained Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director.
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| Photo: Team Lotus F1 |
“Once the car was on track it was soon evident that everything wasn’t quite as it should be. As a precaution we are returning the chassis to Enstone for further investigation. Chassis E20-01, which we used in Jerez, is being sent over and we expect to be on track with that chassis tomorrow.”
Chassis E20-02 will be sent back to the factory in Enstone, UK.