Lotus focused on working with rubber

Lotus focused on working with rubber

Chief operating engineer at Lotus F1 Alan Permane summed up the second day of the winter test in Jerez. Roman Grosjean drove 95 circles, evaluating the effectiveness of different settings and testing three rubber composition...

Alan Permane: "I am very pleased with today's work. Machine quick, we didn't have any problems with reliability - as a result, we have fully complied with the planned program.

We focused on working with the new Pirelli tyres, the novel was left with Soft, Medium and Hard, and with different settings machine, both mechanical and aerodynamic, checking how E21 responds to these changes. Because we traveled a greater distance, the team has gathered the necessary information, which will come in handy tomorrow when behind the wheel will sit Kimi".