(Lotus F1 Team)
The Lotus F1 Team head into tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix at
the Sakhir circuit after scoring their first points finish of the season last
time out at the Chinese Grand Prix where Romain Grosjean finished the race in 7th
place.
The Bahrain circuit has been a happy hunting ground for the
Enstone based outfit as in 2012 the team secured a double podium finish with
Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean finishing the race in 2nd and 3rd
place respectively a result which the pair repeated in 2013. Grosjean will
tomorrow’s race from 10th place on the grid.
Speaking following the session the Frenchman commented by
saying:
‘I’m really proud of the team and what they
achieved between FP3 and qualifying today. From our runs so far this weekend, I
was expecting to go out earlier so to achieve Q3 for the fourth time in a row
feels very good. I’m actually slightly disappointed, I think we could have
placed higher but we were lacking a little bit of grip. Tomorrow is all about
the rear tyres – as opposed to China, where it was all about the fronts. We’ll
be careful, prepare a car that’s well balanced and then we’ll see what it brings.’
Pastor Maldonado will start tomorrow’s race from 16th
place on grid following a difficult qualifying. Speaking following the session
he stated:
‘We had a problem unfortunately and weren't able
to get the maximum pace from the car, meaning that it felt like we were lacking
in power. It’s not the end of the world as we should be able to fix the problem
so we can focus on recovering positions through the race. We have enough tyres
to do a different strategy and have showed good potential on both long and
short runs throughout the weekend. The pace is there and points are definitely
possible so let’s do our best as always.’
© Ben Johnston 2015
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