Last month, we heard Heikki Kovalainen’s views on the Lotus T128. The Finn said that this year’s car is now at the level that a modern F1 car should be, and that the mood at the Team Lotus camp is bouyant. To recap, the Malaysian owned team, which didn’t score any points in 2010, is targeting between 40 to 50 points this year.
Now we get to hear some comments from Jarno Trulli, who just finished testing the Renault powered T128 at Barcelona. The Italian says that TL has made a huge step forward.
“We have one of the best rear ends you can have in the paddock, because the gearbox is amazing, as well as the engine. Everything fits perfectly. The car looks good, and it looks quick as well,” he told Autosport. “If I have to compare to last year, it’s day and night. It’s a huge step forward, and everybody has been working really hard.”
The team wasn’t totally free of reliability issues in testing though, and Trulli gave hints that they won’t be starting the season in Australia in full flight. “So it might be difficult at the beginning, but maybe then we can get on top. Looking at the lap times it’s difficult to get a clear idea, but we can probably chase Force India and maybe Sauber. Obviously we are ahead of Virgin and HRT. This at the moment is the picture that we have,” he said.
Meanwhile, TL has announced Italian Davide Valsecchi, Brazilian Luiz Razia and Ricardo Teixeira as their test and reserve drivers this season. The former two drive for Team AirAsia in GP2, while Angolan Teixeira drove in Formula 2 last season.
..what eva points they manage to get this season..i still regard Dato Tony's pledge of making the team Malaysian made is worthy of high praises and really picking up the pieces where Petronas and Proton left off as half baked branding credentials..
ReplyDelete...heard you were friends with Fernandez ..is Sapura also behind this escapade.>??..i mean only personalities like dato' shahril and fernandez dare take on 'da govt'..
ReplyDelete...yupp...we were "kicking football" friends at birthday parties's of Soorya Dr David Mutthu at aged 11,12...then he left for Epsom n me Lindisfarne,Wales,a link up with Sapura??not that i know of though id only possibly think in fundings maybe, whats there to take on da govt here..u have ur race cars, we hav ours, dont u think?
ReplyDelete.but coming from me...anyway...branding quality of these relevances from da g..izz owayss n will owayzz be...mangkakhhhh!!!whoops...dats like hoo u kidding here????hahaha...kg dot com bolehhler...
ReplyDelete....surely an oil company can afford to develop a super race car engine , better off than a run down garage workshop bout to be closed in the UK?..dats why i think Jesus Rules!!haha
ReplyDelete..at least where wheels,speed,technology and beauty are concerned ..to most..thats life ..yo!hehe
ReplyDeletepitiful and sadd...boo hoo..nengok astro jer laa..at least we hav state of the art Tvs...hahaha
ReplyDeleteure fool of shit sumtimes, yaz!!haha
ReplyDelete...bad stomach sumtimes bro!!haha..at least i dont speak or write shit as most do!! and i hope like u , everyone else will use this platform only as to vent their angers and wat u nots....as out there..no guarantees yes?!
ReplyDelete..but hoo am i to stop ur whims and fancies..anyway!!!hehe..
ReplyDeleteobviously, this is the funniest f1 team ever known by f1 fans. just because u bought gear box from red bull, engine from renault doesn't mean you got pace like front runner. to make it well known in a short run they bought a lotus name from hunt family.
ReplyDeletethis is originally rejected team for 2010 entry. after failing to get a place in f1 they approach tony so tony could put some money to re brand the team. what a fake racing team they are.
...dats news to even me bro!!kudus!!but arent most teams fitted with different parts and pieces from different manufacturers...and i dont see the problem in coming up with sumthing like tune racing or race asia , do u??all the millions ending up in court for nothing!!n i think..juz being in F1 makes them demi god with the media and chickas...they know they juz fighting for last place really ..haha
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