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Jun172017 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Kubica plans to return to Formula 1

Kubica raced in the Formula One Championship between 2006 and 2010, and his career was interrupted by an injury to his right arm in a rally accident. The Pole recently returned to the cockpit of a race car as part of a private test with the Renault team. At the Ricardo Tormo racetrack, he drove 2012 laps in a 115 Lotus race car, and Renault’s Alan Permane said the former Renault and Sauber racer was fast enough to return to the race car as a regular racer. In an interview with Eleven Sports, Kubica said he is now in even better shape than he was before the injury. "I've worked a lot on my physical condition. I've never been in such good shape, not even in my best period, when I was still racing in Formula One. For example, my body weight is lower than in 2008. Testing showed

Sep142015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Hamilton had an additional 0,3 seconds advantage

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The latest version of the Mercedes engine, which only Lewis Hamilton performed at Monza, is 0,3 seconds better than the old one, which had to be used by Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg and used by Mercedes buyers of Lotus, Force India and Williams engines. per round, estimates Lotus ’Alan Permane. "They said the updates brought 0,3 seconds per lap. I myself didn't check the data with the Mercedes men in our garage," Permane explained, noting that his team is eagerly awaiting better engines. "Although we are happy with what we have, everything that will be better will be even better for us. We used Monza's third engine this year and it turned out flawlessly in both cars. But I don't know what the plan is for the future, and if the fourth new engine will be the latest version or

Avg242015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Maldonado himself is to blame for the retreat, Grosjean drove great

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Pastor Maldonado resigned in the second lap at Sunday’s race in Spa due to a loss of race car power, which he blamed himself for, according to Lotus. In the Eau Rouge, he drove off the track, breaking the clutch control system. For the seventh time this year out of eleven appearances, he had to finish the race early. "Maldonado's resignation was his own fault. A fault in the Eau Rouge cost him a malfunction of the system. The valves were damaged and he could not continue," said Alan Permane, Lotus' manager in charge of what was happening on the track. Another Lotus racer, Romain Grosjen, drove a great race unlike the Venezuelan. He finished fourth in Saturday's qualifiers, but had to start five places lower due to a gear change, but still came in third and thus the first podium for Lotus after

Mar192014 by Nika ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Lotus: We need to take a big step forward

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At Lotus, Malaysia will have to take a big step forward this weekend, COO Alan Permane admitted. '' Simply put, we ended up with such sad races as last weekend. We haven't finished finishing the car yet either. We are aware that we are far behind, but we have worked hard to make up for what we missed, '' says Permane. '' That's not the way we want to continue racing. In Malaysia, we need to take a big step forward and we work hard every hour to ensure that step. I am confident that progress will be known within two weeks. '' Deputy Chief Operating Officer Federico Gastaldi added: '' Even if the results don't show, everyone on the team has worked hard. Both of our cars ended up with a problem on the same component and both me and the Renault Sport f1 v

October312013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Hakkinen also boarded the Lotus

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Two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen, in an interview with the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, expressed astonishment over the conduct of the Lotus team at the race in India, where Alan Permane shouted on the radio at Kimi Raikkonen to resign from teammate Romain Grosjean. The Finn, who found himself in trouble at the time as his tires were completely worn out, replied that he was waiting for the right moment as he wanted to prevent Felipe Massa from following him, who followed Grosjean. Perman's behavior greatly angered Lotus and Raikkonen fans, so team boss Eric Boullier apologized to Raikkonen on Monday. Now Raikkonen's compatriot Mika Hakkinen has also expressed his opinion. "Alan Permane did not behave correctly. I understand that the passions at the end of a long and arduous di

October272013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Video: "Kimi, damn back off!"

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At the race in India, Lotus's tactics failed to ensure that Kimi Raikkonen found himself at the mercy of competitors riding on much less worn tires a few laps before the end of the race. Among them was Finch's teammate Romain Grosjean, who wanted to get past Raikkonen as quickly as possible. But the Finn didn’t give up at first and the Lotus racers were even slightly hit. Even before the touch, however, it overwhelmed Alan Perman, who was sitting on the team wall. Permane angrily shouted at the champion from the 2007 season: "Kimi, get out of the fu * king way!" or somehow in the style of "Kimi, damn back off!". The Finn, known not to remain indebted to anyone, replied, among other things: "Damn don't scream, I'll back off when I get a chance, but he caught me in a quick turn!" https: //www.yout

Jul132013 by Blaž Štremfelj1 How

Also Kimi in Silverstone

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Kimi Raikkonen will do a few runs in testing the young racers to help develop Pirelli tires. Let us remember that regular Formula One racers are allowed to drive one test day out of three. Lotus has decided to choose Kimi for this, which will help develop a new construction of Pirelli tires, which should be in use from the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards. The Finn will test on Friday, otherwise Davide Valsecchi and Nicolas Prost will also drive for Lotus. The team itself has a lot of promise from the test, where Lotus racing operations director Alan Permane believes that this is crucial for them: “This will be a very interesting test for us, as we have a lot of work in the plan. We want to get the most out of all three racers. Of course we also want to help Pirella

May182013 by Blaž Štremfelj2 Comments

Lotus aims for a better qualifying form

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Lotus is not resting at all, as they are already announcing new improvements and updates to the car for the upcoming Monaco racing weekend. This time, the team is focusing most of its efforts on a better qualifying form, as they want to be at the very top, and they do not want to repeat last year's mistake. Racing chief operating officer Alan Permane thus believes that a better race awaits them this year: “It’s no secret that we want to improve on qualifying. It is certainly no secret that we did a good job, as we already occupied the first starting line in China, and in Spain we were less than a tenth of a second behind the leading Mercedes. Of course, I can’t say that our qualifying form is excellent, but the fact is that we are among the fastest. Many questions are asked by tires and their wear, on this mo