[F1] Lotus F1 Racing

lotusien a écrit:L'attitude de la nouvelle équipe Lotus face au passé du nom de l'écurie est louable je trouve. Tout en sachant pertinament que l'équipe actuelle n'a rien à voir avec celle de Chapman, les anglo-malais ne renient pas ce passé et veulent rester dans la continuité autant que possible.

Mikasper a écrit:

C'est pas la 78 (celle de 77 ) : la boîte à air était différente, mais surtout, ces pontons étaient plus volumineux et dotés de juppes pour cause d'effet de sol, dont ce modèle était le premier à en bénéficier en F1.

Mikasper a écrit:Euh, je me permets d'insister, mais le modèle de Kova, c'est bien la 77 de 76.

En fait, la boîte à air est identique, contrairement à ce que j'écrivais, mais les pontons sont plus petits que sur le modèle que t'as posté.

Et avec le lien de Stats F1, y a plus de doutes : http://www.statsf1.com/fr/lotus/modeles.aspx

Trouble Free Friday in Valencia

Valencia, 25th June 2010

A special day in Valencia for Lotus Racing as the cars of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen took to the track for Friday practice sporting one-off engine covers bearing the “500 Races” logo, celebrating the 500th Grand Prix the Lotus marque has taken part in. The team ran exactly 100 trouble free laps in total, with Heikki finishing the session 19th, and Jarno just behind in 20th after going out on track in chassis T127-04 for the first time.

Heikki Kovalainen (Chassis T127-01) FP1: 21 laps, best time 1.44.491, 19th / FP2: 31 laps, best time 1.42.467, 19th “I feel really good. It’s been an excellent Friday. We’ve made really good progress with the car, and every set up change we made seemed to be pushing us in the right direction, and in the end the tyres seemed to be working well over the long run. The track itself is good, it’s nice – a semi street circuit, but with a little more room than Monaco! It’s smooth, with quite a good grip level and all in all it’s quite good fun.

“I did arrive late today because of the French strikes - we had to drive down from Geneva and arrived early this morning. But I feel fine - it’s just one night with a little less sleep than usual, so it’s no big deal. My physio Petri and I shared the driving, so I feel absolutely fine.

“For Qualifying tomorrow, we’re going to try to push it to the maximum. Our aim is to get closer to the back of the established teams as much as we possibly can so I’m always pushing, always to the maximum, and let’s see where we are tomorrow afternoon!”

Jarno Trulli (Chassis T127-04) FP1: 18 laps, best time 1.47.285, 22nd / FP2: 30 laps, best time 1.42.993, 20th “It was a better day for me today after some of the luck I’ve been having. I had one or two gremlins, but it was a good day to shakedown the new chassis properly and make sure everything was working well. We got a good idea of where we want to be on the setup and the direction for Saturday and Sunday, so I think this was much better for me. On track there was good grip out there this afternoon, and the car felt good, so I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “It was a good day for us. Obviously the first session was dominated by tyres and the condition of the track, with a lot of graining on the fronts, but, as expected, the track cleaned up and we were able to get through the whole program with no real issues on either car. We’ve got a lot of data from today and I think we’re where we expected to be, but I think there’s more to come from the car, so I’m optimistic about our performance over the weekend.”

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: “I’ll be in Spain tomorrow to join Clive Chapman, his family and the whole team to enjoy this momentous race. I wanted to come in today, but couldn’t get a seat on AirAsiaX so I’ve had to jump on board one of the competition’s planes to get me in, but I’m very excited about the weekend ahead, particularly after the very solid start today. It’s been good to see our reliability return on both cars today, and I’m hopeful we can put in a good showing tomorrow and on Sunday.”

Take a look at Jarno's Valencia preview on our YouTube channel - go to Jarno's Valencia preview on YouTube

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MOVING AWAY FROM THE COMPETITION

Valencia, 26th June 2010

Lotus Racing’s European Grand Prix Qualifying session ended with Jarno Trulli in 19th and team-mate Heikki Kovalainen in 20th, comfortably ahead of their fellow new teams, and, again, a respectable distance from the midfield. With Colin Chapman’s son Clive in the garage, in Spain to help the team celebrate the 500th Grand Prix Lotus has competed in, the team will be satisfied with a good performance in the Mediterranean heat, and will be looking to carry the good reliability they have enjoyed on track in Valencia through to tomorrow’s race, aiming to bring both cars home in what should be an exciting race.

Jarno Trulli (Chassis T127-04) FP3: 20 laps, best time 1.41.428, 20th / Qualifying: 19th, 1.40.658, 11 laps “I’m feeling quite a lot happier now - things have been getting better all weekend now I have the new chassis, and as I’ve not had any real problems I’ve been able to work on the setup, which obviously helped today. I do still have a bit of an issue with the brakes, but it feels like a new start from where I’ve been and I’m pleased with the performance today. We are another step ahead of the teams behind and I think we’ll be ok tomorrow.”

Heikki Kovalainen (Chassis T127-01) FP3: 19 laps, best time 1.41.303, 19th / Qualifying: 20th, 1.40.882, 11 laps “It was a little disappointing for me out there today. I didn’t feel as comfortable as I did yesterday, when I was very happy with the car. Today it seems I had to fight the car a bit, and I really had to attack to get some good times. But it’s ok. I’m not too worried, and tomorrow I will push again and try to bring the car home to the end of the race.”

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “I’m very pleased with Qualifying today – it was a very solid effort from the whole team. We were actually 2.5 seconds off the quickest time in Q1, and percentage wise that’s our best performance of the year so far. We’ve moved further away from the competition behind us, so overall it was a very solid performance, with the whole team continuing to move forward. Now we’ll have to match that with a two car finish in the race tomorrow.”

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: “There’s a lot of good points that have come out of today – the main one is that we’ve finished quite comfortably ahead of Virgin and HRT, and it was great to hear Jarno happy over the radio – his new chassis looks like it may have brought about a change in luck, so let’s hope that continues tomorrow. Our engineers tell me we’ve taken another step forward today, and hopefully we’ll get even more out of the new Cosworth engine in the race - it’s very encouraging to see the performance of both of the Cosworth powered Williams cars today, so hopefully we can keep pushing like them and get both cars home tomorrow.”

We’ve put up a couple of great new films on line – for a look back at last weekend’s Classic Team Lotus Festival and to mark the 500th Grand Prix Lotus has competed in go to: Classic Team Lotus Festival, and take a look at Jarno's Valencia preview on our YouTube channel - go to Jarno's Valencia preview on YouTube

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SUTIL80 a écrit:Cosworth déclare que Lotus va rester avec eux et que comme Williams, les nouvelles équipes ont un contrat de 3 ans.
http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/Lotus-courtisee-par-Ferrari-Renault-et-Mercedes.html

EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX

Valencia, 27th June 2010

After a very promising build up to the European Grand Prix, Lotus Racing leave Valencia relieved that Heikki Kovalainen and Red Bull’s Mark Webber both came out of a potentially very dangerous crash on lap 10 unscathed, and encouraged by Jarno Trulli’s race pace after a very unfortunate start to his afternoon’s work saw him make an early stop for a new front wing, before going on to finish 21st.

Jarno Trulli (Chassis T127-04) Qualified 19th, finished 21st “I don’t know exactly what happened at the beginning as I managed to get away from the mess at the front but I was hit from the back and at the same time lost my front wing. It all happened during the first lap, so I thought it was the end of the race for me, but I managed to get back to the pits, and the mechanics did a great job to fix the car. I went out but had a gearbox problem, so more good work from the boys got me back out and I was then able to run to the end. I did the whole race with one set of tyres, and I felt that the pace throughout was very good. The handling was great, so I’m happy about the performance and when I pushed I was able to put in some really good lap times.”

Heikki Kovalainen (Chassis T127-01) Qualified 20th, DNF “First of all it’s good news that both of us are ok. Mark had a hardcore flight, and it could have ended up much worse, so it’s good we’re both fine. It’s such a shame the race ended that early – I was going really well, pulling away from the guys behind by about half a second a lap, and with Mark we were racing for position so I was always going to defend. I didn’t do anything wrong and he just ran into me. I think he missed his braking point and he ran into me at a very bad angle – his front tyre hit my right rear and he took off. I had to make a mandatory visit to the medical centre, and shook hands with Mark there, but I’m absolutely fine, and glad Mark is too.”

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “Obviously it was a very disappointing end to our 500th race. Jarno got hit at the start, and we had to change the nose. He also took a hit at the back, and that caused a gearbox problem. We were able to fix that and send him out again, although he was three laps down. He was held up by some of the other slower cars, but at the end of the race he was able to push and really show the car’s pace.

“Heikki had an accident with Webber - he was defending his line and racing for position, and that’s what we will always do in that situation. It’s just a great shame, and we’re very glad that neither driver was hurt.”

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: “Heikki’s accident is part of racing. It’s a shame as both cars are coming on really well, but there is some good to take out of this. Despite being hit, Jarno managed to finish the race, and at the end it was great to hear him say ‘the car is bloody good!’

“Overall it’s been a very positive weekend, with a good Qualifying session and lots of very positive meetings and good decisions made for next year. It’s also been a pleasure having the Chapman family here, and now we’re all looking forward to bringing Lotus Racing back to the UK and racing in front of the British fans.”

We’ve put up a couple of great new films on line – for a look back at last weekend’s Classic Team Lotus Festival and to mark the 500th Grand Prix Lotus has competed in go to: Classic Team Lotus Festival, and take a look at Jarno's Valencia preview on our YouTube channel - go to Jarno's Valencia preview on YouTube

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lotusien a écrit:

SUTIL80 a écrit:Cosworth déclare que Lotus va rester avec eux et que comme Williams, les nouvelles équipes ont un contrat de 3 ans.
http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/Lotus-courtisee-par-Ferrari-Renault-et-Mercedes.html

Il semble que l'écurie soit très courtisée malgré ce contrat dont Cosworth parait sûr. C'est une récompense des progrès du team même si le week end dernier n'a pas vraiment sourit à Lotus. Entre un Jarno poussé au départ d'où casse de l'aileron avant et problèmes de boite et ensuite le carton de Webber avec Kova...
Sur ce coup, c'est un fait de course et une mésentente entre les 2 pilotes mais je donnerais un poil plus de tort à Webber qui s'est un peu précipité et a changé plusieurs fois de ligne avabnt de heurter la Lotus alors que Kova n'a pas zigzagué. A voir pour le point de freinage...

Venom a écrit:La boite a vitesses de la Lotus... mais c'est toujours une X-trac



https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/14/79/55/26/xtrac10.jpg

ahmedvortex a écrit:

Venom a écrit:La boite a vitesses de la Lotus... mais c'est toujours une X-trac



https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/14/79/55/26/xtrac10.jpg

c sur que c encore une X-trac , Lotus n'a fait que améliorer ( réadapté) le circuit hydraulics pour la saison actuel .
et je profite pour demander un numéro de fan le 59 si disponible , merci

Trulli: “We’ve exceeded expectations”
3 July 2010 by Keith Collantine

Jarno Trulli says Lotus are doing better than they expected in 2010 and believes the team will be even stronger next year.

Speaking at the Goodwood Festival of Speed here said:

To be honest I’m enjoying it. We have exceeded our expectations in terms of achievement because considering that we have joined the club of Formula 1 teams very, very late in the year the team are doing a very good job.

When we went to the first race we weren’t entirely sure where we would finish, and we finished with both cars. Later on I was a bit unlucky but the car is improving and the team are getting better, stronger and bigger.

In terms of a performance were were a second off and now we are a half to three-tenths. And we will get some more with the next updates so it’s looking up.

Now things are shaping up and they’re looking good for next year. You probably don’t see it but I can see from inside it’s looking promising for next season.

The way they operate is not like a new team. We have experienced people and experienced engineers. We are shaping up and we are preparing for next year but we knew that this year would be very hard.
Jarno Trulli

Trulli isn’t ready to pass judgement on the revised Silverstone circuit, scene of the next Grand Prix, as he’s only seen it on television so far:

I did take a little look on the TV when the Moto GP was there but no more than that. So I’m keen to go jogging or cycling next week before hitting the track with my Lotus.
Jarno Trulli

Trulli is visiting the Festival for the first time and is driving the car Emerson Fittipaldi won the world championship with in 1972. He said:

Everyone who has been involved in motor sport in the last 50 or 60 years knows about Lotus. Obviously I was young but I still remember the black and gold car with Ayrton and Elio de Angelis.

I think it’s crazy that there’s so many people here when it’s not even a racing event, it’s a demonstration event. You don’t only see the cars, you see past Formula 1 drivers and drivers from the whole world of motorsport.

This morning I was having breakfast and next to me is Michael Waltrip, the guy who let me drive a NASCAR for the first time a few months ago in the US. He said: “They invited me and it’s Goodwood so you have to be here.”

I want to enjoy this day, I’m not here for racing I’m here to see the people and feel the atmosphere. So I want to go out there and enjoy my driving a see the people waving and also feel the car because I’m driving an old Lotus 72.
Jarno Trulli