One of the biggest surprises of the 2012 campaign has been the pace of the Lotus E20.
When it was announced that 2007 World Champion, Kimi Raikkonen, was returning to the sport with Lotus, nobody imagined that he would be in a position to be challenging for podiums, let alone race wins, so early into his return.
That is not to say that Kimi was going to struggle to the same extent that Michael Schumacher would – after all, Kimi had continued to race in other categories of motorsport. However, nobody really believed that Lotus would be able to design a car that will put the Iceman towards the front of the grid.
Lotus, formerly Renault and Benetton, are a team with experience of producing cars capable of winning Grands Prix as well as World Championships, but have so far gone without a championship since Fernando Alonso’s win in 2006. Since then, the...
When it was announced that 2007 World Champion, Kimi Raikkonen, was returning to the sport with Lotus, nobody imagined that he would be in a position to be challenging for podiums, let alone race wins, so early into his return.
That is not to say that Kimi was going to struggle to the same extent that Michael Schumacher would – after all, Kimi had continued to race in other categories of motorsport. However, nobody really believed that Lotus would be able to design a car that will put the Iceman towards the front of the grid.
Lotus, formerly Renault and Benetton, are a team with experience of producing cars capable of winning Grands Prix as well as World Championships, but have so far gone without a championship since Fernando Alonso’s win in 2006. Since then, the...
- 8/17/2012
- by Gareth Davies
- Obsessed with Film
Fernando Alonso started on Pole at Silverstone and couldn’t bring it home, but he had no such issue on Sunday in the Ferrari. Harried by Jenson Button’s McLaren until the final few laps, Fernando drove brilliantly to extend his lead in the Drivers Championship. Vettel followed him over the line in 2nd but is under investigation after passing Jenson Button off the racetrack on the penultimate lap.
Button drove brilliantly from 6th, eating slowly into Alonso’s lead but to no avail in the end finishing 3rd pending Vettel’s result. Raikkonen drove well in the Lotus but strategy stopped him catching the leaders, running 2 stints on the soft tyre and only one on the preferred harder option which performed better on the cars.
Sauber once again showed their dominance of the midfield, getting 5th and 6th with Kobayashi and Perez who took a penalty at the start...
Button drove brilliantly from 6th, eating slowly into Alonso’s lead but to no avail in the end finishing 3rd pending Vettel’s result. Raikkonen drove well in the Lotus but strategy stopped him catching the leaders, running 2 stints on the soft tyre and only one on the preferred harder option which performed better on the cars.
Sauber once again showed their dominance of the midfield, getting 5th and 6th with Kobayashi and Perez who took a penalty at the start...
- 7/23/2012
- by Jon Bentham
- Obsessed with Film
Mark Webber drove a beautiful race to win at a surprisingly sunny Silverstone Gp, snatching the win from Fernando Alonso in the dying stages of the race with a perfect strategy. Alonso led the race up until the 48th lap of 52 but had to finish the race on the Soft tyres which led to his downfall as Webber completed the race on the harder compound which kept their life to push him to the win.
Red Bull started the race on the soft compound unlike Alonso on the harder which meant they could run the strategy of completing the last 2 stints on the preferred hard tyres. Alonso pushed as much as he could but unfortunately his soft tyres started gaining in the last few laps enabling Webber to close in and pass through the Drs section with a lot more grip.
Sebastian Vettel started closing on Alonso but ultimately was...
Red Bull started the race on the soft compound unlike Alonso on the harder which meant they could run the strategy of completing the last 2 stints on the preferred hard tyres. Alonso pushed as much as he could but unfortunately his soft tyres started gaining in the last few laps enabling Webber to close in and pass through the Drs section with a lot more grip.
Sebastian Vettel started closing on Alonso but ultimately was...
- 7/8/2012
- by Jon Bentham
- Obsessed with Film
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