Eric Bulle: Our racers dream of victories

On Thursday, Roman Grosjean without problems have performed a simulation of the race and in the evening the head of the Lotus F1 Team Eric Bulle commenting on the interim results of the tests of the new machine...
Question: Today E21 first drove the distance of the race, what were the sensations at the command bridge?
Eric BulleWe Radu progress. On the first two sections of the novel was similar to pilots top teams, and at last we were hoping to improve a little bit. Of course, we don't know what programs are rivals - this is only a test, but the first signs are very positive.

Next week, when the team will bring in Barcelona innovations that they are prepared to Melbourne, we will be able to see exactly what awaits us in the first race of the season.
Question: You also produce many new products to the final tests?
Eric Bulle: Yeah.
Question: In the paddock are actively discussing the new Pirelli rubber. What is your assessment?
Eric Bulle: This week, the wear rate was very high, but last year, during cool weather, the situation was similar - rubber, too, was granulated, because he worked outside the optimal conditions. We have gathered some information, and this work is very useful, but much better we will deal with the tyre in warmer weather.
Question: In the first two days you were prevented by technical problems - are you concerned about this?
Eric Bulle: Not too much. We decided to try out a few new products that didn't work the way we expected, but we have time to deal with this. We went back to the previous version, and now Roman has more laps than the other racers. We have a good fallback.
Question: How do you assess the prospects of the team in the upcoming season?
Eric Bulle: It's too early to judge, but feedback from riders very positive. Kimi could not drive as many laps as he expected, but he is satisfied with the operation of the machine, and today the same idea in the novel.
I can't say with confidence that we will be able to win the race since the beginning of the season, although we'd like to, but I think we have a competitive machine. Our racers are dreaming of success, and I think that no one will be surprised if we will be able to fight in the front ranks.