AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX13/14/15 MARCH 2015 MELBOURNE TYRE USAGE LOWEST STARTING TOTAL KILOMETRES COVERED BY THE E23 POSITION FOR A WINNER SO FAR THIS SEASON (INCLUDING TESTING) TH 3.8 EASY HARD TH TH HIGHEST G-FORCE 4,000 BRAKE WEAR AT TURN 11 FOR 4,229 10 12 2 SECONDS 11 3,000

EASY HARD AVERAGE STARTING 2,000 DOWNFORCE POSITION FOR THE WINNER RANKED TEAM 1,000 ENSTONE 0 1520 LOW HIGH VICTORIES T06 T08 T09 2.83 4 JER BAR BAR

SC 50% 13 327 65 PROBABILITY WINNERS FROM POLE TOP SPEED (KPH) GEAR CHANGES PER LAP

T1 The gravel trap at the end of the start-finish straight sees a lot of action over the weekend. It’s particularly attractive to cars 7 265 3.0 FUEL EFFECT on the first lap.

T3 Turn 3 offers a good overtaking opportunity. 3 115 2.3 T11 The high speed chicane of 0.38 4 135 2.4 Lauda SEC /10KG turns 11 and 12 is taken in excess of 200 km/h, with a reasonable kerb 2 Clark providing an extra 6 215 3.6 (2014 average: 0.34sec/10kg) challenge.

T13 This final sector is relatively FUEL CONSUMPTION low speed compared to the 6 240 3.6 rest of the track; conversely, Hill there’s a good amount of gain 3 Waite to be made here. Ascari Whiteford 1.72 T15 The last two turns, 15 and 16, are KG/LAP where you want the car to work Stewart best. These are very slow, and are 2 92 2.0 where the most lap time can be gained from the car. If you increase DRS Jones Prost (2014 average: 1.69kg/lap) grip through here by 5% you see a difference of around 0.2s per lap 1 DRS FULL THROTTLE which is huge.

T16 The end of the straight is the fastest section of the track, with speeds 8 327 0.1 4 173 2.7 exceeding 320km/h achieved. 61 There’s then significant braking into % OF LAP turn 1.

(2014 average: 56% of lap)

MEMORY LANE: 2013 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Kimi Raikkonen took his second ever win for the Team in Australia, TH getting his 2013 season off to the perfect start. A two stop strategy proved 11 crucial in a win he described as one of his ‘easiest’ wins. Taking the lead after 5.303 307.574 his rivals took their third stop, he cruised to his 20th career victory ahead of ’s and ’s Sebastien Vettel. Team-mate CIRCUIT LENGTH (KM) RACE DISTANCE (KM) 7km recovered from a tough start to take tenth. 6km

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1m 24.125s 29 3km 58 CHI ITA SIN LAP RECORD (, 2004) NO. OF OVERTAKES (2014) AUS MAL BAH SPA MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL JAP RUS USA MEX BRA ABU NUMBER OF LAPS AUSTRALIA 23 26 29 CLOUDY SUNNY SUNNY FRIDAY 13TH MARCH SATURDAY 14TH MARCH SUNDAY 15TH MARCH 60 4 12 1 FREE PRACTICE 1 12:30 - 14:00 FREE PRACTICE 3 14:00 - 15:00 RACE START 16:00 FREE PRACTICE 2 16:30 - 18:00 QUALIFYING 17:00 LOTUS F1 TEAM STATISTICS WHAT’S IN A NUMBER? CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS ™ 2015 FIA WORLD 1995 Benetton/ (Michael Schumacher, ) 1994 Michael Schumacher (Benetton/Ford) ® WHA2005 Renault (Fernando Alonso, )T’S 1995IN Michael Schumacher (Benetton/Renault) CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR 3 2006 Renault (Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella) 4 2005 Fernando Alonso (Renault) AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 13 - 15 March 2006 Fernando Alonso (Renault) (Kuala Lumpur) 27 - 29 March ON THE DAY OF THE 2015 AUSTRALIAN GP () 10 - 12 April

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 17 - 19 April days since a Lotus F1 Team car finished days since the last win (Catalunya) 08 - 10 May A133 inN a points score positionUMB (2014-USA, Maldonado) 728 (2013-Australia,ER? Raikkonen) () 22 - 24 May (Montréal) 05 - 07 June days since the last podium and race leader days since the last start (Spielberg) 19 - 21 June 483 (2013-USA, Grosjean) 2058 (2009-Hungary, Alonso) (Silverstone) 03 - 05 July

GERMAN GRAND PRIX (TBC) 17 - 19 July days since the last (2013-India, Raikkonen) (Budapest) 24 - 26 July 504 (Spa-Francorchamps) 21 - 23 August

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX (Monza) 04 - 06 September 2015: NUMBER 15 IN THE LIFE OF THE TEAM (Singapore) 18 - 20 September CAR # (Suzuka) 25 - 27 September was the only driver TH PODIUM place courtesy of (Sochi) 09 - 11 October to race with number 15. (Benetton/Ford) in the1989 San Marino GP. It happened during the 2002 season. WIN obtained by Schumacher (Benetton/Ford) (Austin) 23 - 25 October 15 15 in the 1994 Europe GP. () 30 October - 01 November QUALIFYING POLE achieved by (Benetton/Renault) () 13 - 15 November 21 drivers qualified 37 times in the 15th grid in the 1997 GP. TH FASTEST LAP by Schumacher (Benetton/Ford) (Yas Marina) 27 - 29 November position, Giancarlo Fisichella leading the list 15 with 4 occurrences. in the 1993 GP. started from 15th in the last race of 2014. LOTUS F1 TEAM ROMAIN GROSJEAN, b: 17.04.86; Geneva, Switzerland; nat: French; debut: Europe 09 (Renault); starts: 64; best placing: 2nd USA 13, Canada 12; 08 best qual: 2nd Hungary 12; fastest laps: 1; recent points: Monaco 14 points: 236 PASTOR MALDONADO, b: 09.03.85; Maracay, Aragua, ; nat: Venezuelan; LOTUS F1 TEAM debut: Australia 11 (Williams); starts: 76; wins: 1; poles: 1; 13 recent points: USA 14; points: 49 HISTORY IN NUMBERS BENETTON RENAULT F1 TEAM Debut: 1981 San Marino Grand Prix Debut: 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix Debut: 2002 Australian Grand Prix MERCEDES AMG F1 TEAM Final Race: 1985 Australian Grand Prix Final Race: 2001 Japanese Grand Prix Final Race: 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , b: 27.06.85; Wiesbaden, ; nat: German; debut: Bahrain Race Weekends: 70 (57 Starts) Race Weekends: 260 Race Weekends: 159 (158 Starts) 06 (Williams); starts: 166; wins: 8; poles: 15; fastest laps: 9; HISTORY 06 recent points: 14; points: 887.5 Wins: 0 Wins: 27 Wins: 20 , b: 07.01.85; Stevenage, England; nat: British; debut: Australia Podiums: 3 Podiums: 102 Podiums: 57 07 (McLaren); starts: 148; wins: 33; world champ: 14, 08 (McLaren); poles: 38; 44 fastest laps: 20; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1486 Pole Positions: 1 Pole Positions: 15 Pole Positions: 20 Front Row Starts: 1 Front Row Starts: 33 Front Row Starts: 34 Fastest Laps: 2 Fastest Laps: 36 Fastest Laps: 13 INFINITI Driver’s Championships: 0 Driver’s Championships: 2 Driver’s Championships: 2 , b: 01.07.89; Perth, Western Australia; nat: Australian; Constructor’s Championships: 0 Constructor’s Championships: 1 Constructor’s Championships: 2 debut: Britain 11 (HRT); starts: 69; wins: 3; best qual: 2nd China, Australia 14; IN NUMBERS Points: 26 Points: 861.5 Points: 933 03 recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 268 , b: 26.04.94; Ufa, Bashkortostan, ; nat: Russian; debut: Australia 14 (Toro Rosso); starts: 19; best placing: 9th , Britain, Australia Drivers: 9 Drivers: 17 Drivers: 10 26 14; best qual: 5th Abu Dhabi, Russia 14; recent points: Belgium 14; points: 8 Jenson Button WILLIAMS Teo Fabi Fernando Alonso , b: 25.04.81, São Paulo, Brazil; nat: Brazilian; debut: Australia 02 (Sauber); starts: 210; wins: 11; poles: 16; fastest laps: 15; Alessandro Nannini 19 recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 950 Johnny Herbert Giancarlo Fisichella , b: 28.08.89; Nastola, Finland; nat: Finnish; debut: Australia 13; starts: 38; best placing: 2nd Germany, Britain 14; 77 best qual: 2nd Germany, Austria 14; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 190 Jr. Nelson Piquet Sr. Romain Grosjean Michael Schumacher , b: 03.07.87; Heppenheim, Germany; nat: German; debut: USA 07 (BMW Sauber); starts: 139; wins: 39; world champ: 10, 11, 12, 13; 05 poles: 45; fastest laps: 24; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1618 KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN, b: 17.10.79; Espoo, Finland; nat: Finnish; debut: Australia 01 (Sauber); starts: 211; wins: 20; world champ: 07 (Ferrari); poles: 16; JJ Lehto fastest laps: 40; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1024 07 Jean Alesi MCLAREN FERNANDO ALONSO, b: 29.07.81; Oviedo, ; nat: Spanish; debut: Australia 01 Giancarlo Fisichella (); starts: 234; wins: 32; world champs: 05, 06 (Renault); 14 poles: 22; fastest laps: 21; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1767 Jenson Button JENSON BUTTON, b: 19.01.80; Frome, England; nat: British; debut: Australia 00 (Williams); starts: 266; wins: 15; world champ: 09 (Brawn); 22 poles: 8; fastest laps: 8; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1198 LOTUS RENAULT GP LOTUS F1 TEAM Debut: 2011 Australian Grand Prix Debut: 2012 Australian Grand Prix SAHARA F1 TEAM Final Race: 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix Final Race: N/A SERGIO PÉREZ, b: 26.12.89; Guadalajara, Mexico; nat: Mexican; debut: Australia Race Weekends: 19 Race Weekends: 58 11 (Sauber); starts: 74; best placing: 2nd Malaysia, Italy 12; best qual: 4th Bahrain Wins: 0 Wins: 2 11 14, Belgium 12; fastest laps: 3; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 188 NICO HÜLKENBERG, b: 19.08.87; Emmerich, Germany; nat: German; Podiums: 2 Abu Dhabi 2012, Kimi Räikkönen debut: Bahrain 10 (Williams), starts: 76; best placing: 4th Korea 13, Belgium 12; Pole Positions: 0 Australia 2013, Kimi Räikkönen poles: 1; fastest laps: 1; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 232 27 Front Row Starts: 0 Podiums: 24 Fastest Laps: 0 Pole Positions: 0 Driver’s Championships: 0 Front Row Starts: 2 Constructor’s Championships: 0 Fastest Laps: 5 , b: 30.09.97; Hasselt, Belgium; nat: Dutch; debut: Australia 15 Points: 73 Driver’s Championships: 0 33 Constructor’s Championships: 0 CARLOS SAINZ JR, b: 01.09.94; Madrid, Spain; nat: Spanish; debut: Australia 15 Drivers: 3 Points: 628 55 Vitaly Petrov Drivers: 5 Kimi Räikkönen SAUBER F1 TEAM Romain Grosjean , b: 02.09.90; Kumla, Orebro, Sweden; nat: Swedish; debut: Australia 14 (Caterham); starts: 16; best placing: 11th Monaco 14; Jerôme D’Ambrosio 09 best qual: 16th Russia 14 , b: 21.08.92; Brasília, Brazil; nat: Brazilian; debut: Australia 15 Heikki Kovaleinen Pastor Maldonado 12 Statistics by Forix.com

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