Lotus Racing all set for Bahrain F1 GP debut
This coming weekend, the Formula 1 season of 2010 commences at the Bahrain GP in a newly redesigned layout of the Bahrain International Circuit. As of Saturday, the two Lotus Cosworth cars, together with the Lotus Racing team’s 60 personnel were making their way to the Kingdom of Bahrain in anticipation of the team’s debut this weekend.
Being an upstart team, expectations are accordingly modest, with the chief aim being to complete the race and slowly but steadily building from there. Driver Jarno Trulli commented, “It would be nice to score a point, but it is not going to be easy. We have to be realistic.”
Chief Technical Officer, Mike Gascoyne said, “Our test season was extremely productive – in general we’ve had very good reliability, and the team is in very good shape going to the first race.”
Lotus Racing remain confident of their continuing progress. Team Principle Tony Fernandes commented, “We are all looking forward to Bahrain; to have Lotus Racing on the grid will be a momentous occasion for all involved and, indeed, for our fans, whose support has been absolutely fantastic since we launched just under six months ago. Yes we are a little slower than the major leading teams, however we will get there, with passion, hard work and a clear vision – our aim for this first Grand Prix will be to finish and steadily but surely improve, race by race.”
Come Friday, Trulli and fellow driver Heikki Kovaleinen will hit the track and commence practice laps for the season’s opening race.
