INDIAN Grand prix 25/26/27 OCTOBER 2013 NEW

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round 12 round 13 round 14 round 15 SINGAPORE JAPANESE Grand prix 20/21/22 SEPTEMBER 2013 Grand prix 6/7/8 SEPTEMBER 2013 4/5/6 OCTOBER 2013 11/12/13 OCTOBER 2013 MONZA YEONGAM SUZUKA 2 Keep Pushing 10 Deli Delight Kimi Räikkönen Q&A Tech Talk: An Engineer’s Guide to the Buddh International Circuit 4 On a Roll Q&A 14 Inside Line Facts, Figures and all the Bridging the Gap Latest from Enstone 6 Eric Boullier Q&A round 16 round 17 round 18 round 19 16 Look Who’s Talking UNITED STATES Top of the Stops Social Media Activation ABU DHABI BRAZILIAN 8 Alan Permane Q&A INDIAn Grand prix Grand prix Grand prix 17 Grand prix 1/2/3 NOVEMBER 2013 15/16/17 NOVEMBER 2013 22/23/24 NOVEMBER 2013 Reporting for Duty 25/26/27 OCTOBER 2013 NEW DELHI YAS MARINA AUSTIN INTERLAGOS Media Contacts KIMI RÄIKKÖnen Rac Drivers’ Championship e Driver #7 Position P3 (177 points) • Closest Championship Gap to Championship Leader 120 points (S. Rivals F.Alonso, P2 (207 points); Vettel) L. Hamilton, P4 (161 points)

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Our Finn heads to looking forward to the cuisine and hoping for a stronger qualifying position than of late

What do you think of the Buddh International You spoke over the weekend of the car feeling Circuit? more to your liking, which much be a positive It’s quite an interesting track; one of the better ones looking to the remaining races of the season? from the modern circuits. It’s quite similar to Korea; The car felt pretty strong all weekend and we’ve made long straights, not terribly challenging corners and hard good progress with it recently. It’s still not exactly as I braking. It’s not as technical as Korea which was another want it and we’re trying to get rid of some understeer new track for me last year, but it’s good. It’s always nice which is something I don’t like. In Japan it was hard to to go to a new place like India. It’s certainly a good track to show our real pace at the beginning of the race as I was go fast with a strong car in front of all the others! stuck behind slower cars for quite a long time. After the final pit stop when I got a bit of free air the car was H ow was your first – and only – race at the track working much better. It ran well in the last half of the race so far? and I was very happy with it. It was okay but it could have been better. We struggled for grip over the weekend last year and we made life difficult W e saw some more great overtaking moves from with the change of setup before qualifying. After that there you… y a good was nothing really to do on Sunday. In the race itself we had Unfortunately when you don’t have an ideal qualifying it th enough speed to challenge for the top positions, but we got makes life a bit harder on Sunday. It’s not easy to overtake It’s certainlast wi stuck behind slower cars and overtaking was impossible. I at Suzuka and we weren’t so fast in a straight line which track to go f t can remember spending a lot of the race trying to get past made it more tricky, but I got past a few people which was ar in fron Felipe [Massa] so that wasn’t ideal. important after the slow start. With Nico [Hulkenberg] a STRONG c I managed to get a good run on him leading up to the he others! Did you get to see much of India? chicane which is what made the difference. We did what of all t No, it was my first visit and I spent my time in the paddock we could. and the hotel. We only come to race and India is a very big country! The thing I like is eating Indian food, which I really What’s the target for India? enjoy . Hopefully we finally get it right in qualifying as the last five qualifying sessions have not been that great for me. Japan was quite a straightforward race for you? If we don’t, it’s going to be a difficult Sunday afternoon, It was a pretty normal race I would say and it’s good that although of course we’ll keep pushing. If we do get it right, we got some points. I had a very poor start where I left then we can really go for it! the line with a lot of wheelspin and lost a few places. This wasn’t ideal and it meant I got stuck in traffic, but I managed to gain some places back later on.

42 3 Romain Grosjean Rac Drivers’ Championship e Driver #8 Position P8 (87 points) • Closest Championship Rivals F. Massa, P7 (90 points); J. Button, P9 (60 points) • Gap to Championship Leader 210 points (S. Vettel)

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After a where he led for almost half of the race, Romain Grosjean heads into the remaining four rounds of the season determined to let the good times roll…

Your performance in Japan was pretty fantastic; a good thing. There are some decent straights with how are you feeling heading into the remaining wide corners at the end of them to help with overtaking, four races of the season? although it’s still not the easiest place in the world to I’m feeling really good with the car, my confidence is pass somebody. Then there’s the linked Turn 10 / 11 getting higher with every race and I’m very happy with the combination, which is a bit like Turn 8 in Turkey in that it team, so I’ll keep working hard to improve the areas that seems to go on forever. It’s quite a fun track to drive. need improving and we’ll keep pushing for top results right to the end of the season. What are your expectations for the Indian Grand Prix? H ow good was that race start in Japan? Our car is really performing well at the moment so I think The start was fantastic; the clutch kicked in, I put my foot we could be strong again. It’s fair to say we struggled down and whoosh! It was superb to go past both the Red there a little last year with finding grip and getting the Bulls like that and it’ll be one of my best memories of right setup for the cars, so hopefully we can perform the year. I saw Mark [Webber] in my mirrors and started better this time. The tyre allocation was quite hard for the to pull away which was a big surprise in itself, so I was track in 2012, but this year it’s softer which should help us screaming “come on baby, let’s go!” in the cockpit. After and make for better racing. the first lap I honestly thought it was going to be my day, but that first win will come soon… What do you think of India as a country? It’s certainly a different experience from a lot of the places H ow wide were you driving your car to try to we visit and it’s great to see a different culture. keep the Red Bulls behind you? You never want to concede a place, but when you’re Aside from racing what will you be interested in? leading the race or fighting for a podium position you can I have a great love for cuisine so I’m always interested find ways to make your car very wide! Sebastian [Vettel] in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, had a lot more pace than me but we were able to fight a spices and ingredients in India. bit more in the battle with Mark [Webber]. It’s a shame we Our car is really caught the back markers when we did as I think we’d have H ow much are you looking ahead to 2014? he had an even stronger fight if it wasn’t for them. Right now I’m working on doing the very best I can at performing well at t each remaining race in 2013 and I think that’s the best hink we What are your thoughts on the Buddh approach for now. As soon as the season’s over I’ll get a moment so I t International Circuit? little rest and recharge my batteries, then we’re back to trong again I like it. I first visited the track as third driver for the see the new cars launched and to start testing them. It will could be s team during the inaugural race weekend in 2011 and was be a very interesting challenge with all the new rules that really impressed by the facility, then of course I drove it are coming in for next season. A new era is coming for the for the first time last year. The layout includes a nice mix sport and that’s always very exciting. of corners with a bit of gradient change which is always

4 5 Eric bo ullier TEam princ Constructors’ Championship position P4 (264ipa points)l Closest Championship rivals Mercedes, P3 (287 points); McLaren, P5 (83 points) Gap to Championship Leader 181 points (Red Bull) “ Everything’s going to plan for a strong end to the year” After another positive performance in Japan, Team Principal Eric Boullier reckons Team is on target for a strong end to the season Everything seems to be looking good There’s been a lot of talk regarding for the team in terms of on-track the team’s finances recently… performance at the moment? There has been a lot of talk, and there are a We’ve certainly been delivering well on track lot of positive things happening behind the at the last few races so there’s some good scenes. We’ll certainly be shouting from the positivity coming out of Enstone looking to rooftops when everything is finalised as we the remaining four races of the year. should be exceptionally well placed looking We did see a little dip in performance at the to the future. final two European races of the year leaving us with some ground to make up in both H ow strong is the team’s technical Championships, but certainly we look to be strength looking to 2014? well placed relative to our opposition. It’s true we’ve had a few people leave in 2013, but we’ve also been recruiting We’ve certainly H ow satisfying was it to see an ourselves. There’s been quite a lot of T Enstone car leading for half of the movement recently; not just within Enstone, been delivering as a great SIGH RS lead Japanese Grand Prix? but between other teams too. It’s part of the well on track at the it w A It was particularly satisfying. As Team sport and always has been. The strength last few races so ce Principal you are aware of all the work that of our technical department can be seen there’s some good to see ONE OF OURh Cat ra goes on behind the scenes to try to make by the successful introduction of the long positivity coming for so much of t your car faster than the opposition. It’s a wheelbase E21. This change was driven by relentless battle, so for everyone at Enstone a new approach to how we develop the car out of Enstone it was a great sight to see one of our cars and it’s been a valuable proof of concept as leading for so much of that race. For Romain we look to develop next year’s model. I’m himself it was a fantastic performance. confident we can continue our recent run of It’s no secret that he hasn’t always had the form and improvement next year. easiest time of it as a Formula 1 driver, but it’s clear to see how much his approach What’s the aim for the remaining matured this year and the results of this can races this season? be seen in how he is delivering on track. Podiums, podiums and podiums; we need It’s great to have both drivers delivering so points to help us with our Championship fight well with a car which is one of the best on and you score the most points when you’re the grid. spraying the champagne! Of course, we want to be winning races and we’ll give our all I s the team any closer to making an whenever there is a sniff of victory, just like announcement regarding 2014 driver in Japan. There’s one fundamental problem line-up? with trying to win at the moment, and that’s There are no announcements yet but there the pace of the Red Bulls. We’ll keep pushing is plenty going on behind the scenes. and if we can beat them again this year it We know that Kimi is headed elsewhere for would be a tremendous performance. next season, but we also know that Romain would bring good continuity as well as the What is possible in the Constructors’ strong performance potential we’ve seen Championship? recently. There are a number of other good If we continue as we have done for the last drivers on the market at the moment, so few races, then mathematically second in we’re in a strong position of being able to the standings becomes a very attainable assess the possibilities. target. Of course, we all know that anything A race seat with Lotus F1 Team is pretty hot can happen in this sport, but second place property at the moment, so we’re confident would be an amazing result so we’ll push we’ll have a strong line-up in 2014. as hard as we can and you never know what might happen.

6 7 A lan PERMANE Trackside Operations Director “I t’s clear the E21 is working well on all variety of circuit layouts” After a strong showing from the squad in Japan, Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane looks ahead to India

What’s the feeling after the Japanese tyres also being a step softer than last year’s soft Grand Prix? tyre, we have softer tyres to both qualify and race There was a lot to be positive about after our with. It could be a far more interesting race with performance at Suzuka. Romain had a fantastic strategy split between two and three stops. day – leading for 26 laps and genuinely looking like he was in contention for the win for a portion H ow much are we still learning how to of the race – whilst Kimi was able to demonstrate get the maximum performance out of the similar pace in clear air as he worked his way up tyres; especially with the mid-season the order superbly at a track where overtaking is change to the construction? a challenge. After strong performances in both Even without any change we’d still be discovering Japan and Korea before it, we head to the next how to extract the best performance, as you two races with good confidence. never stop learning in this area. We certainly learnt more about the tyres in Suzuka where we What do you think of the Buddh made changes to the setup overnight between International Circuit? Friday and Saturday, and this is knowledge we It’s a good track with a mixture of challenges, take to India. but nothing particularly tricky. There’s a steep We’re qualifying uphill section into Turn 3 followed by a sizeable The relative performance order seems to better, racing better straight, a long banked right-hand corner and have changed a little between the teams some quick changes of direction through Turns recently? and we’ve been on 5-9 and 13-14. It’s a circuit where we expect the From our perspective there’s no doubt that the podium for the E21 to work well. Although we saw in Suzuka the long wheelbase car has benefitted our last three races at a that we can compete on the harder tyres, our car performance. It’s difficult to put a figure on it with variety of tracks from generally favours the softer compounds making the fundamental change it has been, but it’s an this a race where we’re very much looking endorsement of all the simulator and modelling Singapore to Suzuka forward to continuing our run of strong recent work we did in this area. We’re qualifying better, performances. racing better and we’ve been on the podium for the last three races at a variety of tracks from Last year we struggled with a lack of grip Singapore to Suzuka. These are about as different and straight-line pace? as you can get – one being a street circuit with DRS overtakes are tricky at Buddh. There was super soft tyres, the other a very quick, flowing a double DRS zone last year, but even though circuit on hard tyres – but it’s clear that the E21 the crew have bndeen there’s a long straight it’s not the easiest place to is working well on all variety of layouts. Add this overtake. That said, we’ve seen some reasonably to our increasing knowledge of the tyres, a few working hard a heir good attacking moves in the last few races and aerodynamic tweaks and both drivers being at the it’s good to see t the softer allocation should help with passing top of their game, and we’re looking good. s paying off opportunities too when differing degradation effort levels from different cars are factored in. Pit stops seem to be another area where the team has upped its game recently? H ow much difference should the revised It’s an on-going battle to make the pit stops as tyre allocation make? quick as possible, but also reliably so. This is The change from hard and soft last year to something which every team spends a lot of time medium and soft this year should make for looking at and we’ve made progress in two areas; quite a different race, where we saw one-stop new equipment and a performance increase strategies driven by the hard tyre allocation. from the crew themselves. We have a relentless Last year the performance gap between the practice programme where we constantly tyres meant that everyone qualified on the soft evaluate procedures and the speed of the stops. and raced on the hard after a single stop. This The crew have been working hard at this so it’s year, the soft and medium compound open up good to see it paying off. the strategic permutations. With this season’s

8 9 INDIA TECH TALK round 16 INDIAn Buddh international Grand prix circuit 25/26/27 OCTOBER 2013 AN ENGINEER’S VIEW NEW DELHI This never-ending combination Another section requiring good change of is similar to T urn 8 in direction from the car, which needs to be stiff T11 T12 FRONT WING Front wing downforce levels T urkey; long, fast and with to ensure receptive response. must be sufficient to eradicate understeer; T10 particularly through the high-speed Turn 10-11 energy building and combination where it would cost a lot of lap time. compounding in the tyres. An uphill corner heading REAR WING The Buddh International Circuit T14 is comparable to a Suzuka or Barcelona level of straight into T urn 11, 4 165 2.6 T13 Yet another wide section of downforce; similar to that used in Korea, which is track to promote overtaking. a couple of steps away from maximum load. forming one of the most T9 3 135 2.5 exciting parts of the circuit SUSPENSION There are no significant bumps T6 or kerbs that require special attention, but good overlooked by a grandstand T8 Pit lane change of direction through the medium speed with a capacity of 13,000. T15 corners is required, so suspension would tend to One of the longest in Formula 1 at over be at the stiffer end of the range. Through this long curve, T7 T5 600 metres, with a resultant influence understeer is the enemy and BRAKES There are significant braking demands 5 187 3.2 on pit stop strategy. at Turns 1 / 4 / 5, but overall it isn’t a hard circuit car setup is focused on for brakes. There is a long straight for the brakes to cool before Turn 4 and they also will not be countering this. 2 100 2.0 unduly stressed heading into Turn 1. T1 TYRES Pirelli has allocated the medium and T16 soft tyres this time around. Previously the hard tyre was brought with the soft, presenting a challenge for the team. This right / left duo requires quick change of direction from ENGINE The first part of the circuit requires good top speed and power, since 75% of this the car. T2 T4 sector consists of straights. The second part 2 72 1.6 of the track is twistier and requires a more driveable and responsive engine. The resultant engine requirements will be similar to Korea in T3 this respect. Dust and grit from the surface can 7 317 2.5 also be ingested into the airbox, so filters will be regularly inspected to avoid blockages. Arriving at the end of the longest straight, T urn 4 is another wide corner which should assist with overtaking. It’s also the Extra wide to promote overtaking, T urn 3 is also one heaviest braking point on the circuit with cars going from 320 of the slowest corners and leads on to the longest down to 90kph in just 140 metres; another aspect which should straight, meaning overtaking opportunities should aid passing manoeuvres. present themselves.

GEAR 5 234 3.2 G-FORCE KERS ACTIVATED DRS ZONES SPEED (km/h)

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sees the Including a special guest appearance from Kimi Räikkönen, able year which ing off a memor a unique piece of Formula 1 themed artwork from renowned Capp occupy P3 in the enchman currently street artist M-City and a brand new, Enstone-inspired track young Fr with la Renault 2.0 standings Eurocup Formu , from superstar DJ Avicii, this was one event not to be missed! season remaining round of the a single steban Ocon is set nior Team star E Lotus F1 Ju the Macau GP e 60th edition of to compete in th next month.

Ocon Accepts Macau Challenge

here to check In addition to becoming the first “I am very happy and proud to have Click Frenchman to compete in an FIA- the opportunity to do the Macau out the highlights rules F3 competition since the GP,” said a delighted Esteban upon current generation of machines hearing of his latest challenge. “I were introduced at the beginning will have a lot to learn, but as of the 2012 season, Esteban will always I’ll do my best to score the also be following in the footsteps best possible result.” 1100 Longest full throttle burst between T3 and T4 of Enstone compatriot Romain Grosjean by making the jump To keep up with Esteban’s progress, straight from Eurocup Formula head to the Lotus F1 Junior Team Renault 2.0 to the Macau GP as his section of our official website. F3 debut.

400 Distance from start line to first corner (m) 312 255 72 62 55 15 3.6 Top speed (km/h) Highest apex at Lowest apex at % of lap at Total straight Percentage of lap Highest G-Force at speed at T12 (km/h) speed at T3 (km/h) full throttle per lap (%) spent braking (%) T10/T11 for 6 seconds 12 13 Media Resources & Activities

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