Spanish Grand prix 09/10/11 May 2014 Barcelona

www.lotusf1team.com Closer to Home After a top ten qualifying performance in Shanghai, Deputy Team Principal Federico Gastaldi expects another step forward in Barcelona. We are gradually It was close but no cigar in Shanghai? How satisfying has it been to see the Is it good for the team to move to races in getting where we Yes, we were running in the top ten and there were improvements come? Europe? many green shoots of recovery made evident over We won’t be satisfied until we are on the top step of Logistically, it’s certainly easier and you don’t miss want to be. the course of the last race weekend, we didn’t get the podium! We are all racers and that is what we not having the long-haul flights. For me, Barcelona is the points we wanted. Romain’s gearbox issue was all want. Even then, not everyone will be satisfied, as a fantastic place and we missed not visiting Barcelona something very rare for an Enstone team and we’ve you can only ever have one person on that top step! in the pre-season testing this year. Spanish is my first quickly identified the issue and taken preventative Certainly, seeing improvement is always a positive language and I have lived in Spain for many years so measures and we are working hard to ensure Pastor and our outlook is good. When you look at how our you could certainly say I’m a fan personally. Formula 1 has the car he wants underneath him. pace – particularly our race pace – has improved always receives good support in Barcelona and it’s relative to our rivals, there is a lot to shout about. certainly one of the busier events on track of the How difficult has it been for the team to keep season. improving in absolute and relative terms? Is there a temptation to switch focus to next It’s true, you always face a moving target in Formula 1. year’s car? How are you enjoying the new role now you Just finding improvements in your car over the course It’s still early in the year and we are determined to have four races under your belt? of the season is not good enough; you need to find achieve good results in 2014. Of course, even last year I have been humbled since my appointment as Deputy more improvements than your rivals do. We certainly we started looking at the 2015 car and we always look Team Principal by the amount of support I have have made tremendous gains in absolute and relative far in advance. All the signs are still that the E22 is received for the team from the world of Formula 1. terms since we started the year. Definitely, we had a great car wanting to come out, and we’re pushing I’ve also been very busy, that is for sure. The role is the most gains to make, but we still look to be very progress and development so that everyone will see a good one, and the team is fantastic to work with – much on an upward trajectory. this. which is something I’ve always known. Of course, it is a challenging time for all teams and for the sport, but we all keep pushing hard.

Federico Gastaldi DEPUTY TEAM PRINCIPAL Gain in Spain After seeing a top ten start thwarted by a rare gearbox issue at Shanghai, is determined to see the team’s progress rewarded in Barcelona…

Is it a case of glass ‘half full’ or ‘half empty’ How do you explain the progression made at What does returning to Barcelona mean for after China? the last race? you? The gearbox problem was obviously a big On the exterior the car looks the same however we Barcelona means the start of the European season. disappointment. But the overall picture for the whole had a number of mechanical upgrades and also That also means we can travel less, which is good weekend was 90% positive. We didn’t get a reward improvements that came from Renault Sport F1. Also, because I’ve now seen every single movie on the plane! at the end, but we know we made a step in the right we continue to learn and understand the E22 and how But seriously it’s easier for the engineers to bring new direction with the car. Before the problem in the race to exploit areas we can continue to improve on. parts to the track and it’s always nice to see European we were the second Renault team, also in front of fans. I’m happy to be back in Barcelona. I have some the and fighting with . That was It seemed the team made a bigger step than the good memories and it’s a track where I finished 4th positive. other Renault teams in China? back in 2012. It is a circuit everyone knows well, so as a Yes. On paper we made a big relative improvement in team we go to Barcelona intent on getting much more Do you think the car is now delivering its China but it wasn’t just one thing. We took the Renault performance from the car. We are concentrating on potential? updates and our own updates as well and moved this goal. We just have to push as hard as we can and I think it is getting there. It is still not as good as we forward. Altogether we made a big step, even though stay as positive as possible even when the going gets believe it can be. The aim in Barcelona is to keep there were no massive changes on the car - we’re just tough. As a team we have to stay united, it will make us improving, but we know we have a decent platform to trying to make everything work together better. There is stronger as a unit. work from and solve the remaining issues. Of course more to come for Barcelona. power unit wise we are not yet equal to the best and from our side we are still behind the top Renault team. The objective is to get our first points. ROMAIN GROSJEAN RACE DRIVER #8 The Señor wants more… After going the distance at the last two races, Pastor Maldonado is eager to pick up the pace and fight for points during the opening round of the European season in Barcelona… Everyone is fighting 100% to get back to What did you ‘takeaway’ from China? course my mother tongue is Spanish. So I hope to see a lot of - there are the two Mercedes and two Red Bulls and then others We had a good start and first lap, but then because of the flags around the track and some great support as usual. It’s who have shown good pace in recent races like Force India - but the front of the grid. lack of top-end speed we were struggling to overtake and always good to race in front of your fans and I am determined to if we get 100% from the car we can fight all of the other teams lost a lot of time behind slower cars, which compromised our continue my good record there. and come away with something good to build on. final result. Lap by lap our pace was improving, but it was not enough to pass more people. I think we need to work very hard What do you remember about the win in 2012? What are you expecting from the technical updates? to increase the top speed so that we can attack more during the It was a great day in my career, a strong race and victory over Clearly we expect the updates to be positive, but it’s difficult race. Otherwise the car is not too bad and it can only improve in his home event. We really deserved it to say how big the relative improvement will be because from here. We achieved a good step forward for the Chinese because we did it on merit and under big pressure from the everybody will bring updates and nothing stands still in race. Now we have time to review the data and try to do the Ferrari all race. People forget that we were outside the top Formula 1. The bottom line is that we must keep improving and same again in Spain, hopefully giving us a good chance to fight ten on Friday and then everything came together. We qualified pushing. We won’t get to the end of this season and look back for points. second - pole after was disqualified - and I to think we could have done more. Everyone is fighting 100% knew there was a chance to win the race. I just felt so calm and to get back to the front of the grid. When we get there it will be Tell us about the Circuit de Catalunya? ready to win. That weekend, after being 17th in first practice, even sweeter. The circuit has certainly been very good for me in the past, with shows why you must never give up in Formula 1. It also gave me the win in 2012 being the highlight. A top ten in qualifying will more confidence because my first year in F1 had been difficult, How important is it to get points as soon as possible? be our first focus and then it’ll be a very tough race in terms but as soon as the car was competitive I was up there, fighting It is vital because this team and the drivers are used to of tyre management, with a lot of pit stops and strategy. Last with the top drivers. My mentality changed and this now drives scoring lots of them. But more importantly it will act as a year most did four stops but Team were able to make me forward when times are tough. trigger for more confidence throughout the team and it three stops to finish second. Overall Catalunya is tough for the will mean we can act on that and feed off it. The races cars, drivers and teams because everyone knows the track so What would be a realistic target for Barcelona this after Barcelona are Monaco and Montreal where many well and you have to fight for every thousandth of a second. season? variables usually happen. We have to be in the right There are obviously races that are much closer to in I’m expecting to be more competitive. It will be very important to place to take advantage of these and to enable a a geographic sense, but Barcelona is special for me because start scoring some points, but if everything goes well and we get good platform for the summer. there is a huge community of Venezuelans close by and of some luck too then a top five is possible. It is going to be difficult

Pastor Maldonado RACE DRIVER #13 New Parts for the Puzzle Lotus F1 Team Technical Director will have plenty of new parts for the E22 to maximise when the European F1 season gets underway in Barcelona

All of the developments Describe the Chinese GP from a technical stand the car, Pastor wasn’t quite as happy with the chassis The latest generation of tyres are quite hard in point? balance as he had been in Bahrain. So he wasn’t as compound and it can be difficult to keep them in the so far have been an We made some good steps on engine mapping. The car comfortable in the car as Romain, but that may simply optimum operating window. On the other hand braking was a lot more driveable due to a much better torque be due to missing out on so much track time. is definitely better now. We’ve made some good improvement, and there delivery, which helped the drivers make a big step. On improvements in terms of how the drivers can control are plenty more to come… top of that we completed a lot of running on the Friday, Was there time to assess all of the new parts? the brakes and manage the power unit during braking. particularly with Romain, which meant vital set-up We had a huge amount to get through because we work could be undertaken and we also confirmed hadn’t run much in the Bahrain test. We assessed over Last year we finished in second place after a aerodynamic improvements on the car. These combined half of the new parts which is a positive and we have a three-stop strategy. What will be the way to go factors helped us to be more competitive, including P9 lot more lined up for Barcelona. this year? during the second session. In third practice we were It is difficult to say because the tyre constructions pretty quick in the wet, and then again in qualifying we Tell us more… are different this year and also a lot depends on showed improved pace. Our race performance also We’ve got further improvements on engine mapping, temperatures. The E21 was very kind on tyres as we improved, moving us ahead of Toro Rosso and McLaren which should give us another step forward. We’ve got know, the E22 we are still really discovering so it is in Shanghai. We have made steady progress in terms a new cooling and bodywork package coming - quite a difficult to know for sure. What is certain is the fact that of closing the gap to all of the leading teams since big upgrade - plus some updates to the rear wing and the left hand fronts at Barcelona will be key because of Australia. various other bodywork parts. All of the developments the long constant radius Turn 3. that we’ve brought for the car so far have been an Where might Romain have finished? improvement, which is highly satisfying and validates Barcelona and then Monaco: Two very We were unfortunate to miss out on a point or two the hard work being done back at the factory. We different tracks, will they suit the E22? with Romain due to the gearbox failure in the race. It also received more horsepower from Renault Sport They may look very different, but they are both handling was a new and rare issue but we’ve made preventative F1 in China and I hope we’ll get a further step-up in and downforce dominated circuits. Power is always measures to avoid a similar scenario in the future. Barcelona, which will make a massive difference. important; more so in Barcelona than Monaco, but it Pastor’s weekend was hampered a little by his mistake plays a smaller role than at other circuits so we are on Friday and an issue on Saturday, which necessitated Where can more performance be found? expecting to be reasonably competitive at both events. a change of power unit. As a result Pastor lost most of There are a lot of aero improvements we want to bring FP3 and all of qualifying, putting him on the back foot to make the car more predictable for the drivers. We for the race. Although we’ve improved the drivability of also want to do more work on tyre temperatures.

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5 The high speed nature of turn 3 puts a lot of stress through the tyres, The exit of T urn 5 is a good test of the car’s A more technical part of the track with especially the front left. Overtaking is traction and a wide exit downhill into turns 7 some large kerbs which are best avoided. The and 8 sees the car needing a good change of track drops down through the penultimate possible here at the start but it direction before lining up for the flat out T urn 9. right hand corner and then in to the final E22 SET UP must be audacious and bold. chicane where extra late braking can gain a 3 138 2.4 1 FRONT WING Sufficient front wing is needed to eliminate 6 240 3.3 6 218 3.2 few thousandths of a second. understeer through the first and final turns. Long right hand T9 turn 3. Too much understeer here will kill the left front tyre. 2 3 135 2.4 T3 T4 T13 2 REAR WING Similar levels of downforce are required to With downhill braking T12 Bahrain, which itself runs a little bit higher than Shanghai. T5 A reasonably long straight means an effective DRS system into this corner it’s helps, despite the straight not being nearly as long as that very easy to lock the seen in China. There are two DRS zones at this track. One on T11 T14 T15 front tyres - as the T8 main straight and the other between T9 and T10. driver brakes and 3 T6 T7 3 126 2.3 T10 3 SUSPENSION There is no particular major kerb usage turns in the road T2 2 70 2.0 meaning the car can run low.. Turn 16 is one of the essential falls away from the corners. From a vehicle dynamics point of view the track is not massively demanding. car, so the inside T1 1 T16 front tyre can easily BRAKES There are no real issues at all with braking here. 8 319 0.0. 6 210 3.0 4 lock. Lots of shallow The demands are not particularly heavy and we know what kerb use on exit. to expect.. There are no particular concerns over wear. It’s essential to have a good car through T urn 16 The momentum gained through the The biggest braking zones on the track are in to Turn 1 and This is a quick part of the circuit with a swift to maximise the run down the long straight. In previous sequence can offer a potential Turn 10. change of direction in between the first right and qualifying it’s taken pretty much flat out, but overtaking attempt in to T10 – La Caixa, 5 TYRES ’s P Zero white medium and orange hard tyres left. T urn 1 is one of the few corners on the track with high fuel and a bit of tyre degradation it a tight left hander. Traction is all have been nominated. These are the two hardest in the where overtaking is possible under braking. Carrying becomes more of a compromise for entry speed. important on the exit for a run through range and the same combination that were used in Sepang this year. With an abrasive surface and some long constant high speed from the exit of turn 2, combined with the next technical challenge of T11-15. radius corners, particularly at Turn 3, Barcelona can be a good line heading into the very quick turn 3 right tough on tyres, particularly the lefthandside rubber. Ambient hander is crucial to a good lap time. temperatures can be high at Barcelona. The last wet race here was in 1996 and only three of the 23 held at Circuit De Catalunya have featured rain (1991, 1992 and ’96). Engine SET UP INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE MGU-H FUEL CONSUMPTION

The circuit itself is one of the medium demand tracks. long pit straight allows the MGU-H not to drain the battery Despite not visiting the track this year in testing it is too much. With a variety of different speed corners fuel primarily straightforward to prepare and teams should consumption isn’t expected to be a major problem here. The EASY SEVERE EASY SEVERE EASY SEVERE not expect any surprises. It is relatively easy to recover key areas to performance are instead good PU response in MGU-K BATTERY ENERGY RECOVERY energy in Barcelona, thanks to the tight corners such as the quick corners such as Turn 3 and Turn 8 while retaining Turn 10 and the chicane where the driver will brake heavily. good rear stability under braking and the downshifts in the

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