(Sam Bloxham for the Lotus F1 Team)
The Lotus F1 Team have confirmed that as part of
restructuring programme ahead of the start of the 2015 Formula One season
Romain Grosjean will get a new race engineer.
Julien Simon-Chautemps moves across from Pastor Maldonado’s
side of the garage having previously been Kimi Raikkonen’s performance engineer
during the Finn’s time at the Enstone based outfit.
Simon-Chautemps replaces Ayo
Komatsu who has been Romain Grosjean’s race engineer since the Frenchman
returned to Enstone in 2012.
It is unclear where Komatsu will do next but it will no
doubt be announced soon. Romain Grosjean has confirmed that he had to change
his driving style last season due to the change in the technical regulations.
The Frenchman stated that he had to change his style due to
the fact that the E22 was an unpredictable car to drive.
However, he feels that
the changes that he made and his new race engineer will help him to be more
competitive this season.
The Lotus F1 Team have a new power unit supplier this
season with Mercedes taking over from Renault.
Grosjean also scored eight of the Lotus F1 Team’s 10 points
as they finished the season in eighth place in the championship.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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