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Lotus forced to abandon Barcelona for the week |
2012-02-22 06:03:00 |
| Lotus will not run for the remainder of this week's second pre-season test at Barcelona following the issue experienced with the team's second E20 chassis when it was shaken down for the first time by Romain Grosjean on Tuesday morning.
After discovering the problem, Lotus had initially planned to bring the first E20 chassis - which successfully completed the first Jerez test
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Chassis problem brings Lotus test to a standstill |
2012-02-21 21:38:00 |
| Lotus will miss the rest of Tuesday's test at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya because of an issue with their car. Driver Romain Grosjean had completed just a few laps in the second E20 chassis during the morning session when the team decided to abandon their test programme.
This morning was our first shakedown of our second chassis, explained trackside operations director Alan Permane. Once the car was on track it was soon evident that everything wasn't quite as it should be. As a precaution we are returning the chassis to Enstone for further investigation. Chassis E20-01, which we used in Jerez, is being sent over and we expect to be on track with that chassis tomorrow.
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Jerez day four - Alonso and Ferrari lead fray on final day |
2012-02-11 01:11:00 |
| Ferrari's Fernando Alonso ended this week's Jerez test as Friday's fastest runner. Alonso's best, a 1m 18.877s set on Pirelli's soft tyre, was seven-tenths quicker than the Toro Rosso of Jean-Eric Vergne, also on softs.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was third (on mediums), while Lotus's Romain Grosjean's Thursday best of 1m 18.419s (mediums) remained the week's fastest time from a 2012 car
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Jerez day three - Rosberg top, Grosjean leads 2012 runners |
2012-02-10 01:11:00 |
| Mercedes remained on top of the Jerez timesheets on Thursday, courtesy of driver Nico Rosberg, but it was Lotus's Romain Grosjean who was the fastest of those running in 2012 machinery. Grosjean set a best time of 1m 18.419s in the E20, as this week's multi-team test continued in Spain.
Defending 2011 world champion Sebastian Vettel was third quickest in the Red Bull ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne. Vettel, Hamilton and Vergne were all behind the wheels of their respective team's 2012 cars for the very first time.
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Rosberg keeps Mercedes on top |
2012-02-09 19:04:00 |
Nico Rosberg kept Mercedes at the top of the timesheets at the midway stage of day three testing at Jerez, with Romain Grosjean and Lotus this time the fastest of the 2012 runners.
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Romain Grosjean Q&A: No rookie but still much to learn |
2012-02-06 18:23:00 |
| Back in 2009 Romain Grosjean made his Formula One debut as Fernando Alonso's Renault team mate over seven Grands Prix, after being drafted in to replace Nelson Piquet. Two years later, he's returning to the frontline at the same team (now Lotus) and ready to drive alongside another world champion - 2007 titleholder Kimi Raikkonen. The Frenchman discusses his hopes for the season ahead
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The Lotus E20 breaks cover |
2012-02-06 03:13:00 |
| Lotus have officially unveiled the new car with which returning world champion Kimi Raikkonen and team mate Romain Grosjean will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The UK-based team hope the E20 - the 20th F1 chassis built at their Enstone factory - will allow them to improve on the fifth place they achieved as Renault last season
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Lotus name D'Ambrosio as third driver |
2012-01-25 01:24:00 |
| Lotus have announced that Jerome D'Ambrosio will become their third driver for the 2012 season, supporting racers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. D'Ambrosio spent last year competing for Virgin but was dropped from their race line-up at the end of 2011.
It's a great feeling to be joining Lotus F1 Team, said the 26 year-old Belgian. It's an exciting next step in my career. I contested a complete season in F1 as a race driver for a smaller team where I learnt a lot about Formula One. Now, I have the opportunity to work with one of the top teams with great potential for my future development.
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Online launch for Lotus's 2012 car |
2012-01-23 18:26:00 |
| Lotus will launch their 2012 challenger online ahead of the first multi-team test of the year. The car, which will be driven by the all-new line-up of returning 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and 2011 GP2 champion Romain Grosjean, will be unveiled on the team's new-look website on February 5.
An event will be held the following day in the paddock of the Spanish circuit of Jerez with Raikkonen, Grosjean, technical director James Allison and team principal Eric Boullier all on hand to meet the media. Later in the day, Raikkonen will give the new car its first spin, as he shakes it down ahead of the start of the opening winter testing session on February 7.
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Q&A with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne |
2011-12-16 00:18:00 |
| Formula One has not had a French driver on the grid since Sebastien Bourdais in 2009. Next season it will have at least three: Romain Grosjean at Lotus, Charles Pic at Marussia and - as of this week - Jean-Eric Vergne, aka 'Jev', at Toro Rosso.
Great things are expected of Vergne as he resumes his partnership with fellow Red Bull protege Daniel Ricciardo. But what is the 21-year-old from Pontoise expecting of his rookie F1 season?
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Grosjean lands 2012 Renault race seat |
2011-12-09 18:02:00 |
| Romain Grosjean will race alongside Kimi Raikkonen at Renault next season, when the team becomes Lotus. It will be Grosjean's second spell competing for the Enstone squad, the Frenchman having made seven Grand Prix starts for them in 2009, and leaves their 2011 drivers Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna without confirmed seats.
I am thrilled to be one of the team's race drivers in 2012, said Grosjean. There's a big grin on my face at the prospect of getting behind the wheel of next year's car
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Petrov signs up for 2011 Race of Champions |
2011-11-02 20:55:00 |
| Renault driver Vitaly Petrov is set to compete at this year's Race of Champions (ROC) event, which will take place in the German city of Dusseldorf next month. The ROC is an annual end-of-season competition which brings together the world's greatest drivers from various motorsport disciplines and pitches them head-to-head in identical machinery.
Russian Petrov will be the first driver from Eastern Europe to compete at the event and will join three Formula One champions - Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel - and Renault reserve Romain Grosjean at the event.
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Renault to give Grosjean two Friday drives |
2011-10-29 16:37:00 |
| Renault have announced that reigning GP2 champion Romain Grosjean will drive for the team during the first practice sessions at the final two races of the season in Abu Dhabi and Brazil.
Frenchman Grosjean made seven Grand Prix appearances for Renault in 2009, and having rejoined the team this year as a third driver, he will drive Bruno Senna's car for the first 90-minute session at Yas Marina next month
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Grosjean to get Friday outings |
2011-10-29 13:54:00 |
Romain Grosjean will be drafted in for some Friday running by Renault later this season, marking his return to the Formula 1 cockpit for the first time since 2009.
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