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2 N

o P

lace

Lik

e It

Kim

i Räi

kkön

en Q

&A

4 Fe

els

Like

Hom

e

Rom

ain

Gro

sjea

n Q

&A

6 A

bove

and

Bey

ond

Er

ic B

oulli

er Q

&A

8 [U

n]P

redi

ctab

le

Ja

mes

Alli

son

Q&

A

10 T

ech

Talk

Pro

sper

ing

in th

e P

rinc

ipal

ity –

An

engi

neer

’s g

uide

to th

e

C

ircu

it de

Mon

te C

arlo

12 N

o M

agic

, Jus

t Am

biti

on

G

erar

d Lo

pez

on th

e pa

st, p

rese

nt

an

d fu

ture

14 W

orth

a T

hous

and

Wor

ds

Ic

onic

imag

es fr

om a

cros

s th

e ye

ars

22 5

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nd C

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ing

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num

bers

25 I

llus

trat

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the

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26 I

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all

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3

Bar

celo

na w

as y

our

seco

nd p

odiu

m

in a

row

for

the

team

; how

was

it

from

you

r pe

rspe

ctiv

e?To

be

hone

st, I

was

a li

ttle

disa

ppoi

nted

. I e

xpec

ted

us to

be

a bi

t str

onge

r in

the

race

, esp

ecia

lly a

t the

beg

inni

ng. I

n th

e la

st s

tint w

e w

ere

very

goo

d, b

ut it

was

to

o la

te. W

e w

ere

not f

ast e

noug

h to

ra

ce a

nd th

at’s

why

we

coul

dn’t

fight

fo

r a

win

. But

we

show

ed in

the

end

that

we

have

goo

d sp

eed.

You

wer

e fl

ying

at t

he e

nd –

was

th

ere

anyt

hing

mor

e yo

u co

uld

have

do

ne to

cat

ch F

erna

ndo?

Our

str

ateg

y w

as to

be

fast

at t

he

end

of th

e ra

ce, a

nd w

e w

ere.

Whe

n yo

u’re

in th

is s

ituat

ion

you

wis

h th

e ra

ce w

as a

litt

le lo

nger

, but

if it

was

lo

nger

then

the

othe

r te

ams

wou

ld

have

use

d di

ffer

ent s

trat

egie

s.

I was

pus

hing

as

hard

as

I cou

ld

and

to c

atch

up

alm

ost 2

0 se

cond

s fe

lt g

ood,

but

ther

e’s

a lit

tle

bit o

f a

disa

ppoi

nted

feel

ing

afte

rwar

ds,

as in

just

a fe

w m

ore

laps

you

cou

ld

have

bee

n fig

htin

g fo

r fir

st p

lace

. Th

at’s

rac

ing

and

at le

ast w

e sc

ored

so

me

good

poi

nts.

We’

re g

oing

in th

e ri

ght d

irec

tion.

Seco

nd a

nd th

ird

alre

ady;

do

you

feel

a w

in is

aro

und

the

corn

er?

To b

e on

the

podi

um tw

ice

alre

ady

is g

ood.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly y

ou’r

e no

t al

way

s go

ing

to g

et th

ere.

If y

ou

get t

he c

hanc

e, y

ou s

houl

d ta

ke

it be

caus

e it’

s no

t eve

ry r

ace

that

yo

u w

ill b

e ab

le to

figh

t for

that

po

sitio

n. H

opef

ully

we

can

keep

do

ing

wha

t we’

re d

oing

now

and

at

a ce

rtai

n po

int I

’m s

ure

that

thin

gs

will

go

exac

tly

righ

t and

we’

ll ge

t th

ere.

So

far

we’

ve m

ade

good

ste

ps

forw

ard

and

the

car

has

been

str

ong

ever

ywhe

re.

How

are

you

r pr

ospe

cts

head

ing

to

Mon

aco?

Mon

aco

is a

litt

le b

it di

ffer

ent a

nd it

’s

hard

to s

ay h

ow it

will

go

ther

e. T

he

team

has

don

e a

good

job

so fa

r an

d w

e st

ill h

ave

wor

k to

do

and

thin

gs

to im

prov

e. S

o fa

r it’

s go

ing

wel

l and

I’m

hap

py w

ith it

. OK

, we’

re n

ot 1

00%

sa

tisfie

d w

ith it

bec

ause

we

are

not

win

ning

but

that

’s a

ver

y no

rmal

th

ing

and

I’m p

leas

ed fo

r th

e te

am.

How

do

you

defi

ne th

e M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x?It

’s u

sele

ss to

put

rac

es in

diff

eren

t ca

tego

ries

, bec

ause

all

of th

em a

re

as im

port

ant t

o m

e. H

owev

er, a

s a

spec

ial r

ace

ther

e is

not

hing

like

M

onac

o. T

here

is n

o be

tter

feel

ing

than

to g

et th

ings

goi

ng w

ell i

n th

ere.

To

rac

e in

the

stre

ets

of M

onte

Car

lo

is r

eally

diff

eren

t fro

m e

very

whe

re

else

; a c

halle

nge

I loo

k fo

rwar

d to

ev

ery

year

. It i

s ve

ry, v

ery

diff

icul

t, al

mos

t im

poss

ible

, to

have

a c

lean

w

eeke

nd th

ere.

You

won

in M

onac

o in

200

5 –

how

di

d th

at fe

el?

I’ve

only

man

aged

to g

et it

rig

ht

once

bef

ore,

you

rea

lly d

o ge

t the

gr

eate

st fe

elin

g by

win

ning

it. M

y w

in

in 2

005

rank

s up

ther

e w

ith m

y m

ost

mem

orab

le. S

o to

win

it a

gain

wou

ld

be ju

st a

s sp

ecia

l.

Wha

t’s

the

chal

leng

e be

hind

the

whe

el?

It’s

suc

h a

twis

ty a

nd n

arro

w tr

ack.

Yo

u ha

ve to

be

extr

a sh

arp

and

focu

ssed

in e

very

sin

gle

met

re

you

go fa

st th

ere.

It g

ives

suc

h a

good

feel

ing

a fa

st la

p in

Mon

aco.

O

vert

akin

g ha

s be

en a

lmos

t im

poss

ible

ther

e in

the

past

so

to

real

ly e

njoy

rac

ing

ther

e yo

u ha

ve to

be

at t

he fr

ont.

Wha

t abo

ut th

e at

mos

pher

e?M

onac

o is

alw

ays

spec

ial.

It’s

an

inte

rest

ing

plac

e to

go

to, w

ith a

lot

of fa

ns a

nd a

lot o

f par

ties

goin

g on

– o

r so

I’m

told

. It’s

a c

ompl

etel

y di

ffer

ent a

tmos

pher

e fr

om a

nyw

here

el

se.

Wha

t’s

your

app

roac

h to

the

wee

kend

?W

e ha

ve to

focu

s on

qua

lifyi

ng.

It’s

a d

iffic

ult p

lace

to r

ace

as it

’s

so n

arro

w a

nd p

assi

ng is

nea

rly

impo

ssib

le. I

was

stu

ck b

ehin

d R

uben

s [B

arri

chel

lo] i

n 20

09 a

nd w

e ha

d K

ERS

then

, but

you

just

cou

ldn’

t ge

t pas

t. W

e’ll

have

to s

ee h

ow th

e ty

res

perf

orm

and

if th

ere

are

any

good

str

ateg

ies

to b

e m

ade,

but

the

mos

t im

port

ant t

hing

is q

ualif

ying

w

ell.

It’s

diff

icul

t to

know

how

goo

d th

e ca

r w

ill b

e in

Mon

aco

as y

ou c

an’t

sim

ulat

e its

cha

ract

eris

tics,

cer

tain

ly

not a

t any

of t

he c

ircu

its w

e’ve

vis

ited

so fa

r th

is y

ear.

We

can

say

the

E20

has

been

fast

eve

ryw

here

els

e so

le

t’s h

ope

it’s

also

fast

at M

onac

o.

Two

podi

ums

from

the

last

two

race

s fo

r Fo

rmul

a 1’

s m

ost p

opul

ar r

etur

nee

in 2

012.

Her

e, K

imi l

ooks

ahe

ad to

Mon

aco.

2

KIMI RAIKKONEN Q&A

“ The

re is

no

bett

er fe

elin

g th

an to

get

thin

gs g

oing

w

ell i

n M

onac

o”

Kim

i Räi

kkön

en R

ace

Dri

ver,

No.

9

THER

E IS

NO

THIN

G

LIK

E M

ON

ACO

”“

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5

How

do

you

feel

aft

er a

noth

er s

tron

g re

sult

in S

pain

?I t

hink

we

can

be q

uite

hap

py w

ith th

e re

sult.

Not

sat

isfie

d, b

ut h

appy

. Bot

h ca

rs in

the

top

four

is g

ood

for

the

team

and

goo

d fo

r th

e ch

ampi

onsh

ip.

It’s

good

for

me

as w

ell t

o fin

ish

anot

her

race

, and

to g

ain

som

e m

ore

expe

rien

ce a

t the

fron

t of t

he fi

eld.

W

e ha

ve a

lso

show

n ou

rsel

ves

to b

e on

e of

the

mos

t con

sist

ent t

eam

s in

the

padd

ock,

whi

ch is

a v

ery

good

str

engt

h.

We

can

still

impr

ove

our

car

and

that

’s

wha

t eve

ryon

e is

wor

king

har

d fo

r.

Did

you

feel

any

pre

ssur

e af

ter

mis

sing

mor

ning

pra

ctic

e an

d ha

ving

to

go

stra

ight

into

qua

lifyi

ng in

B

arce

lona

?Fo

r su

re, m

issi

ng th

e th

ird

prac

tice

adde

d a

littl

e bi

t of p

ress

ure

for

qual

ifyin

g, b

ut th

en w

hat c

an y

ou d

o?

That

’s r

acin

g. S

omet

imes

you

hav

e is

sues

but

it d

idn’

t cos

t us

muc

h in

qu

alify

ing;

may

be a

litt

le b

it m

ore

in th

e ra

ce –

bec

ause

the

set-

up

coul

d ha

ve b

een

slig

htly

bet

ter.

Not

m

uch,

but

slig

htly

. I th

ink

we

can

lear

n fr

om th

at, b

e ha

ppy

abou

t the

re

cove

ry w

e m

ade

and

feel

opt

imis

tic

abou

t the

futu

re.

How

diff

icul

t was

it r

acin

g w

ith a

da

mag

ed fr

ont w

ing?

My

star

t was

oka

y bu

t not

fant

astic

.In

to th

e fir

st c

orne

r Se

rgio

[Per

ez]

was

on

my

outs

ide,

but

then

he

trie

d to

ope

n th

roug

h tu

rn tw

o fo

r tu

rn

thre

e. U

nfor

tuna

tely

I w

as o

n hi

s le

ft a

nd h

e ca

me

into

my

car

and

I tou

ched

his

rea

r w

heel

s w

ith m

y fr

ont w

ing.

He

had

a pu

nctu

re a

nd

it co

st m

e qu

ite a

lot o

f dow

nfor

ce,

whi

ch w

e tr

ied

to r

ecov

er in

the

pit

stop

, but

nev

er m

anag

ed c

ompl

etel

y.

It d

idn’

t hel

p es

peci

ally

as

we

wer

e st

rugg

ling

with

the

fron

t tyr

es, s

o it

was

wor

se th

an it

sho

uld

hav

e be

en.

It w

as q

uite

a lo

t bet

ter

afte

r th

e pi

t sto

p I h

ave

to s

ay. T

he fi

rst s

tint

didn

’t lo

ok fa

ntas

tic, b

ut th

en I

coul

d pl

ay w

ith th

e br

ake

bala

nce

and

diff

to h

elp

the

car

to s

uit m

e a

bit

bett

er. F

or s

ure

it w

as n

ot a

dre

am,

but i

t was

oka

y. It

was

goo

d en

ough

to

kee

p th

e M

erce

des

of M

icha

el

[Sch

umac

her]

beh

ind

me

and

then

go

on

to p

ass

Nic

o [R

osbe

rg],

and

also

set

the

fast

est l

ap s

o it

can’

t ha

ve b

een

too

bad!

How

do

you

feel

hea

ding

to M

onac

o w

ith a

car

that

’s w

e’ve

see

n ha

s be

en

good

this

yea

r?I t

hink

Mon

aco

is g

oing

to b

e a

fant

astic

eve

nt a

nd it

is a

spe

cial

rac

e fo

r m

e fo

r su

re. T

here

are

cer

tain

to

be

a lo

t of F

renc

h fa

ns, a

nd I’

m

look

ing

forw

ard

to th

eir

supp

ort.

It’s

also

a v

ery

spec

ial e

vent

in it

s ow

n ri

ght,

and

the

atm

osph

ere

is q

uite

cr

azy!

As

a dr

iver

you

hav

e to

sta

y

calm

and

rel

axed

and

try

to d

o yo

ur

job.

It’s

a tr

ack

that

doe

sn’t

allo

w a

ny

mis

take

s. Y

ou h

ave

to r

espe

ct it

and

th

at is

the

key

ther

e I t

hink

. Hop

eful

ly

we

can

have

ano

ther

goo

d re

sult

. It

’s a

ver

y pa

rtic

ular

and

dis

tinct

tr

ack,

how

do

you

thin

k th

e E2

0 w

ill

perf

orm

ther

e?W

ell t

his

is w

hat w

e w

ill d

isco

ver.

I t

hink

Mon

aco

is a

spe

cial

ist t

rack

an

d it’

s ve

ry d

iffic

ult t

o sa

y if

a ca

r w

ill

suit

ther

e or

not

. It’s

bum

py o

n th

e st

raig

hts

and

it’s

a ve

ry lo

w g

rip

trac

k su

rfac

e. A

ll th

ese

thin

gs m

ean

that

yo

u ne

ver

know

wha

t to

expe

ct. O

n a

mor

e no

rmal

rac

etra

ck y

ou k

now

m

ore

wha

t you

are

goi

ng to

hav

e.

I hop

e w

e w

ill h

ave

a pl

easa

nt s

urpr

ise

and

that

the

car

will

sui

t Mon

aco’

s un

ique

cha

lleng

es. T

hat w

ould

be

nice

.

How

hav

e yo

u be

en fi

ndin

g th

is y

ear

– yo

ur c

omeb

ack,

firs

t poi

nts,

firs

t po

dium

. It’s

bui

ldin

g an

d bu

ildin

g…It’

s ni

ce, f

or s

ure.

Tha

t’s w

hy w

e en

joy

Form

ula

1: fo

r th

e pr

essu

re, f

or th

e ba

d ne

ws

but s

omet

imes

the

good

re

sult

s. It

is a

ll of

thes

e up

-and

-do

wns

that

mak

e it

spec

ial.

Hon

estl

y I e

njoy

the

life

in F

orm

ula

1. I

hope

I c

an s

tay

here

for

a w

hile

bec

ause

th

is is

whe

re I

feel

qui

te h

appy

pr

ofes

sion

ally

. I h

ope

one

day

I can

ha

ve m

y fir

st v

icto

ry, t

hen

mor

e an

d th

en w

in th

e w

orld

titl

e.

4

R O M A I N G R O S J E A N Q & A R

omai

n G

rosj

ean

Rac

e D

rive

r, N

o. 1

0

“We

have

als

o sh

own

ours

elve

s to

be

one

of th

e m

ost c

onsi

sten

t tea

ms

in

the

padd

ock,

whi

ch is

a

very

goo

d st

reng

th”

I HO

PE

WE

WIL

L H

AVE

A

PLE

ASA

NT

SUR

PR

ISE”

“ Aft

er th

e fi

rst t

wo

race

s R

omai

n ha

d co

mpl

eted

a m

ere

four

rac

e la

ps.

Now

five

rac

es in

to th

e se

ason

he

can

look

bac

k on

two

stro

ng p

oint

s sc

orin

g G

rand

s P

rix,

wit

h a

four

th p

lace

fini

sh in

Bar

celo

na th

e la

test

res

ult.

N

ext s

top

Mon

aco

as th

e Fr

ench

man

get

s re

ady

for

the

clos

est t

hing

to a

ho

me

Gra

nd P

rix…

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Eric

, the

aim

at t

he s

tart

of t

he

seas

on w

as to

fini

sh fo

urth

in th

e C

onst

ruct

ors’

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip –

the

team

are

cur

rent

ly in

thir

d pl

ace

and

clos

ing

on s

econ

d…A

fter

a d

iffic

ult f

irst

few

rac

es –

w

here

our

pac

e on

trac

k di

d no

t co

nver

t to

resu

lts

at th

e ch

eque

red

flag

– it

’s tr

ue to

say

we

have

had

two

stro

ng r

esul

ts a

nd if

we

cont

inue

to

scor

e lik

e th

is w

e m

ay h

ave

to r

evis

e ou

r ex

pect

atio

ns. T

hat s

aid,

not

hing

st

ands

stil

l in

Form

ula

1 an

d w

e w

ould

be

fool

hard

y to

und

eres

timat

e th

e op

posi

tion.

We

have

had

two

good

res

ults

, yes

, but

we

have

not

sc

ored

a w

in. T

hing

s ch

ange

ver

y qu

ickl

y so

we

won

’t be

res

ting

on o

ur

laur

els.

Hea

ding

into

the

Span

ish

Gra

nd P

rix

ther

e w

as a

lot o

f exp

ecta

tion

on

the

team

, and

Fri

day’

s pa

ce s

eem

ed to

co

mpo

und

that

. Was

it s

omew

hat

frus

trat

ing

not t

o ha

ve a

chie

ved

bett

er in

the

race

?W

e di

d lo

ok g

ood

on F

rida

y, b

ut

then

the

race

is o

n a

Sund

ay.

Con

ditio

ns c

hang

e, y

our

riva

ls fi

ne

tune

thei

r ca

rs a

nd s

etup

s. N

o-on

e w

ins

anyt

hing

from

bei

ng fa

stes

t in

prac

tice

or s

ettin

g th

e be

st la

p tim

es

on a

long

fuel

run

dur

ing

a pr

actic

e se

ssio

n. It

’s th

e ra

ce th

at m

atte

rs

and

that

’s w

here

our

focu

s lie

s.

How

dif

ficu

lt w

ill it

be

to s

core

a w

in

in 2

012?

In te

rms

of th

e nu

mbe

r of

win

ners

so

far

this

sea

son

you

coul

d sa

y it’

s ea

sier

than

bef

ore!

Tha

t’s n

ot th

e ca

se. I

t’s s

o cl

ose

this

sea

son

and

you

can

be a

her

o on

e w

eeke

nd a

nd

a ze

ro th

e ne

xt. O

ur s

tren

gth

has

been

that

we

have

bee

n th

ere

or

ther

eabo

uts

at e

very

cir

cuit.

So

far

we

have

n’t s

uffe

red

the

perf

orm

ance

fl

uctu

atio

ns th

at s

ome

of o

ur r

ival

s ha

ve s

een.

If w

e co

ntin

ue li

ke th

is w

e w

ill b

e ve

ry w

ell p

lace

d fo

r sc

orin

g go

od c

ham

pion

ship

poi

nts.

Of

cour

se, s

cori

ng p

oint

s is

one

thin

g.

They

’re

very

val

uabl

e an

d w

hoev

er

has

the

mos

t win

s th

e ch

ampi

onsh

ip.

But

we

all r

eally

wan

t to

have

a w

in.

Do

you

thin

k th

e te

am’s

firs

t win

of

the

year

can

com

e in

Mon

aco?

We

are

cele

brat

ing

our

500t

h G

rand

P

rix

in M

onac

o so

wha

t a s

tory

th

at w

ould

be!

Mon

aco

is a

uni

que

even

t and

it r

eally

is th

e je

wel

in

the

Form

ula

1 cr

own.

His

tori

cally

En

ston

e te

ams

have

sho

wn

good

pac

e in

Mon

aco,

but

last

yea

r’s

car

was

n’t

stro

ng in

slo

w s

peed

cor

ners

so

we

may

hav

e so

me

wor

k to

do.

In te

rms

of th

e te

am a

nd o

ur d

rive

rs, w

e’re

all

read

y fo

r a

win

. We’

re lo

okin

g at

eve

ry

aspe

ct o

f the

car

and

how

we

run

it an

d w

e’re

all

focu

sed

trem

endo

usly

on

ach

ievi

ng o

ur g

oals

. A w

in w

ould

be

a fa

bulo

us th

ing.

Wha

t wor

k is

sti

ll to

be

done

?B

oth

our

driv

ers

are

impr

ovin

g w

ith

ever

y ra

ce a

s th

ey h

ad b

oth

been

aw

ay fo

r tw

o ye

ars.

We’

ve s

een

how

go

od th

ey a

re w

ith th

eir

resu

lts,

but

th

ey a

re b

oth

gett

ing

bett

er a

ll th

e tim

e. It

’s fa

ntas

tic th

at th

ey a

re b

oth

so c

lose

on

pace

, in

qual

ifyin

g an

d in

the

race

s. C

ar d

evel

opm

ent i

s of

co

urse

an

ongo

ing

proj

ect a

nd w

e ha

ve p

lent

y of

dev

elop

men

ts a

nd

refin

emen

ts fo

r w

hat i

s a

very

goo

d st

artin

g po

int w

ith th

e E2

0. W

e ar

e al

so fo

cusi

ng h

eavi

ly o

n pi

t sto

ps, i

n pa

rtic

ular

the

tool

s an

d co

mpo

nent

s us

ed d

urin

g st

ops

to e

nsur

e w

e ar

e no

t mis

sing

any

tric

ks to

spe

ndin

g th

e sm

alle

st a

mou

nt o

f tim

e po

ssib

le

in th

e pi

tlan

e. H

ow d

iffe

rent

is th

e fe

elin

g fo

r yo

u an

d th

e te

am r

elat

ive

to la

st

seas

on?

This

tim

e la

st y

ear

we

also

had

so

me

good

feel

ings

from

pod

ium

s in

Aus

tral

ia a

nd M

alay

sia,

but

we

had

a de

sign

con

cept

whi

ch w

ould

fr

ustr

ate

our

pote

ntia

l. Th

is y

ear

we

have

had

a g

reat

sni

ff o

f vic

tory

and

th

at is

dri

ving

eve

ryon

e fo

rwar

ds,

mak

ing

us a

ll w

ork

hard

er. W

e’re

hu

ngry

and

we

know

wha

t we

wan

t.

IF W

E K

EEP

SC

OR

ING

LIK

E TH

IS W

E M

AY

HA

VE T

O R

EVIS

E O

UR

EXP

ECTA

TIO

NS”

“ Foll

owin

g a

seco

nd e

vent

whe

re b

oth

cars

sco

red

stro

ngly

, Tea

m P

rinc

ipal

, Er

ic B

oull

ier

pond

ers

the

team

’s e

xpec

tati

ons

for

the

seas

on a

nd lo

oks

forw

ard

to th

e ne

xt c

hapt

er in

the

smal

l Pri

ncip

alit

y of

Mon

aco.

6

ERIC BOULLIER Q&A E

ric

Bou

llie

r Te

am P

rinc

ipal

& M

anag

ing

Dir

ecto

r

“ We’

re lo

okin

g at

eve

ry

aspe

ct o

f the

car

and

how

w

e ru

n it

and

we’

re a

ll

focu

ssed

trem

endo

usly

on

achi

evin

g ou

r go

als”

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J A M E S A L L I S O N Q & A

“ So

far,

the

E20

has

prov

ed

to b

e a

very

pre

dict

able

, st

raig

ht-f

orw

ard

car

to

driv

e –

a qu

alit

y it

sha

res

wit

h th

e R

30”

Jam

es A

llis

on T

echn

ical

Dir

ecto

r

How

goo

d is

it to

hav

e a

stro

ng p

oint

s ha

ul fr

om th

e la

st tw

o ra

ces?

I thi

nk w

e ca

n be

ver

y ha

ppy

with

the

num

ber

of p

oint

s w

e’ve

acc

umul

ated

in

the

last

cou

ple

of r

aces

and

I’m

de

light

ed w

ith th

e co

nsol

idat

ion

that

’s g

iven

us

in th

e C

onst

ruct

ors’

C

ham

pion

ship

. I’m

als

o qu

ite

optim

istic

for

the

rest

of t

he s

easo

n as

the

Cir

cuit

de C

atal

unya

was

an

othe

r lo

catio

n w

here

the

car

has

been

goo

d an

d bo

th o

ur d

rive

rs

have

bee

n st

rong

. I’m

hap

py th

at w

e ha

ven’

t suf

fere

d -

so fa

r at

leas

t - th

e flu

ctua

tion

in fo

rm th

at h

as h

it m

any

team

s th

is y

ear.

Giv

en th

e ex

celle

nt

resu

lts

both

in B

arce

lona

and

Bah

rain

it

seem

s ch

urlis

h, to

say

the

leas

t, to

exp

ress

dis

appo

intm

ent a

t not

ye

t hav

ing

snea

ked

a w

in! B

ut w

e’re

ho

pefu

l tha

t will

com

e in

tim

e.

Why

wer

en’t

we

so q

uick

in th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e ra

ce…

It is

gen

uine

ly h

ard

to te

ll. P

erha

ps

we

had

over

estim

ated

our

rel

ativ

e pa

ce o

n Fr

iday

. Per

haps

the

low

er

trac

k te

mpe

ratu

res

on S

unda

y ha

d a

smal

l effe

ct. P

erha

ps o

ur c

ar d

id

not r

eact

so

wel

l to

the

gree

n tr

ack

that

res

ulte

d fr

om o

vern

ight

rai

n on

Sat

urda

y ev

enin

g. T

hese

are

im

poss

ible

que

stio

ns to

ans

wer

. All

we

can

say

for

cert

ain

is th

at w

hile

w

e w

ere

pret

ty q

uick

in B

arce

lona

, w

e w

ere

not g

ood

enou

gh to

win

the

race

. It i

s w

orth

men

tioni

ng in

add

ition

th

at R

omai

n’s

win

g w

as r

eally

qui

te

subs

tant

ially

dam

aged

aft

er th

e fir

st

corn

er. W

e w

ere

not a

ble

to r

ecov

er

the

lost

dow

nfor

ce th

at c

omes

with

lo

sing

bits

of y

our

car,

but

we

wer

e

able

to r

e-ba

lanc

e th

e ca

r by

cra

nkin

g th

e fr

ont f

lap

angl

e up

in th

e fir

st p

it st

op. S

o al

thou

gh h

e w

as fi

ghtin

g w

ith

one

hand

beh

ind

his

back

, he

was

ab

le to

mak

e pr

ogre

ss fr

om th

at p

oint

fo

rwar

d. Lo

okin

g ah

ead

to M

onac

o, w

hat’s

in

stor

e fo

r th

e ca

r?W

e’ve

got

a b

igge

r re

ar w

ing

as y

ou

need

mor

e do

wnf

orce

at M

onac

o th

an

you

need

any

whe

re e

lse.

If y

ou lo

ok

clos

er, o

r if

you

are

a ve

ry k

een

fan

of

body

wor

k ch

ange

s th

en y

ou’ll

see

that

th

e ar

ea a

roun

d th

e si

de p

ods

and

the

rear

dru

ms

will

be

diffe

rent

too.

Oth

er th

an h

ow th

e ca

r lo

oks,

wha

t ab

out t

he c

hang

es u

nder

the

skin

for

Mon

aco?

We

have

to m

ake

mod

ifica

tions

to th

e su

spen

sion

to e

nabl

e th

e ne

cess

ary

lock

to g

et a

roun

d Lo

ews

Hai

rpin

an

d R

asca

sse.

We

have

als

o m

ade

som

e ch

ange

s, fo

r K

imi i

n pa

rtic

ular

, to

mak

e th

e st

eeri

ng a

litt

le m

ore

reac

tive

for

Mon

aco.

Last

yea

r’s

car

didn

’t ex

cel i

n sl

ow

corn

ers

– w

hat’s

our

eva

luat

ion

of

the

E20

in th

is r

egar

d?If

you

take

Bar

celo

na, w

e w

ere

real

ly

very

str

ong

in th

e fir

st tw

o se

ctor

s;

whi

ch a

re m

ore

of th

e sw

eepi

ng

part

s of

the

trac

k, a

nd le

ss g

ood

rela

tivel

y in

the

thir

d se

ctor

, whi

ch

is th

e sl

ower

, tw

iste

r pa

rt. P

erha

ps

if w

e lo

ok b

ack,

of t

he fi

ve r

aces

w

e’ve

don

e so

far,

the

race

whe

re

we

wer

e le

ast i

mpr

essi

ve w

as C

hina

an

d th

at’s

a tr

ack

with

rel

ativ

ely

few

sw

eepi

ng c

orne

rs a

nd lo

ts o

f low

er

spee

d tr

actio

n ev

ents

. So

ther

e is

a

trai

n of

thou

ght t

hat M

onac

o m

ight

no

t pla

y to

the

stre

ngth

s of

our

car

. H

owev

er th

ere

are

othe

r th

ings

abo

ut

Mon

aco

that

are

diff

eren

t ent

irel

y,

whi

ch a

re m

uch

hard

er to

gau

ge. F

or

star

ters

the

corn

ers

are

so s

low

that

th

e st

reng

th w

e’ve

see

n in

ver

y fa

st

corn

ers

com

pare

d w

ith m

oder

ate

corn

ers

is n

ot r

eally

any

sor

t of f

orm

gu

ide

for

com

petit

iven

ess

arou

nd

Mon

aco’

s tw

ists

and

turn

s. S

econ

dly,

dr

iver

ski

ll pl

ays

a re

lativ

ely

bigg

er

part

at M

onac

o th

an a

t mos

t tra

cks,

an

d w

e ar

e fo

rtun

ate

to h

ave

a pa

ir

of d

ecen

t ped

dler

s. F

inal

ly, a

larg

e pa

rt o

f Mon

aco

is c

onfid

ence

from

th

e dr

iver

. Con

fiden

ce th

at th

ey c

an

lean

on

the

car

and

know

that

it’s

not

go

ing

to m

isbe

have

. So

far,

the

E20

has

prov

ed to

be

a ve

ry p

redi

ctab

le,

stra

ight

-for

war

d ca

r to

dri

ve -

a

qual

ity it

sha

res

with

the

R30

. So

hope

fully

they

will

be

able

to le

an o

n it

to g

ood

effe

ct. W

e’ll

have

to s

ee.

How

hap

py a

re y

ou w

ith th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f Kim

i and

Rom

ain

- bo

th fi

ve r

aces

into

thei

r re

turn

s af

ter

two

year

s aw

ay.

Wel

l I’m

rea

lly v

ery

happ

y th

at o

ur

driv

ers

are

brea

thin

g ri

ght d

own

one

anot

her’

s ne

cks!

It m

akes

a v

ery

wel

com

e ch

ange

to th

e la

st c

oupl

e of

se

ason

s, o

r m

ore,

whe

re w

e’ve

onl

y re

ally

had

one

car

cha

lleng

ing.

Hav

ing

both

of t

hem

abl

e to

sco

re b

ig p

oint

s in

ev

ery

race

is v

ery

valu

able

to u

s. T

he

fact

they

are

so

clos

e to

one

ano

ther

w

ill a

lso

mea

n th

ey b

oth

have

to k

eep

righ

t at t

he to

p of

thei

r ga

me

all y

ear,

w

hich

can

onl

y be

goo

d fo

r th

e te

am.

I’M R

EALL

Y VE

RY

HA

PP

Y TH

AT

OU

R

DR

IVER

S A

RE

BR

EATH

ING

RIG

HT

DO

WN

ON

E A

NO

THER

’S N

ECK

S!”

“ Aft

er a

noth

er p

ositi

ve w

eeke

nd in

Bar

celo

na, L

otus

F1

Team

Tec

hnic

al D

irec

tor

Jam

es A

lliso

n re

flec

ts o

n th

e te

am’s

per

form

ance

at t

he S

pani

sh G

rand

Pri

x an

d lo

oks

ahea

d to

the

jew

el in

the

Form

ula

1 cr

own;

the

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix.

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16 17 18

19

TECH TALK MONACO

1. R

EAR

WIN

GW

e w

ill h

ave

a M

onac

o-sp

ecifi

c ‘b

ig’

rear

win

g to

gai

n m

ore

dow

nfor

ce a

t the

sl

ower

ove

rall

spee

ds w

e se

e he

re.

2. B

RA

KES

Bra

kes

are

not a

big

con

cern

. It’s

on

ly lo

w s

peed

so

you’

re n

ot b

raki

ng

sign

ifica

ntly

as

you

wou

ld fr

om a

long

st

raig

ht in

to a

firs

t gea

r co

rner

, and

it’s

al

so a

sho

rter

rac

e th

an m

ost,

so w

ear

is n

ot a

n is

sue.

You

nee

d to

mon

itor

tem

pera

ture

bec

ause

ther

e ar

en’t

high

sp

eed

sect

ions

to c

ool d

own

the

brak

es

and

the

rele

ntle

ss s

top

/ sta

rt n

atur

e ca

n co

mpo

und

heat

gen

erat

ion.

3. S

USP

ENSI

ON

Mon

aco

has

the

grea

test

und

ulat

ions

re

lativ

e to

any

oth

er c

ircu

it, s

o yo

u ne

ed a

sof

t car

whi

ch a

llow

s th

e ty

res

to b

e on

the

tarm

ac a

s m

uch

as

poss

ible

. Thi

s m

eans

sof

ter

roll

bars

an

d sp

ring

s, w

ith th

e ai

m o

f max

imis

ing

mec

hani

cal g

rip

with

out l

osin

g to

o m

uch

aero

dyna

mic

gri

p.

4. T

YRES

This

will

be

the

first

tim

e w

e se

e P

irel

li’s

red-

mar

ked

supe

rsof

t tyr

e at

a r

ace.

We’

ll al

so r

un th

e so

ft

com

poun

d. T

yre

wea

r is

ver

y lo

w h

ere,

du

e to

the

smoo

th tr

ack

surf

ace

and

low

spe

ed la

yout

.

5. F

RO

NT

WIN

GFr

ont d

ownf

orce

is v

ery

impo

rtan

t he

re a

nd w

e ru

n m

axim

um fr

ont

win

g w

ith m

ore

bala

nce

to th

e fr

ont

beca

use

of th

e un

ders

teer

indu

cing

ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

the

circ

uit.

6. E

NG

INE

You

need

an

engi

ne w

ith v

ery

good

re

spon

se. R

athe

r th

an u

ltim

ate

pow

er

bein

g th

e go

al; d

riva

bilit

y is

kin

g. Y

ou’ll

ne

ver

go s

low

er w

ith m

ore

pow

er, b

ut

it’s

the

leas

t pow

er s

ensi

tive

circ

uit

of th

e ye

ar. T

he e

ngin

e al

so s

pend

s a

rela

tivel

y sh

ort a

mou

nt o

f tim

e at

full

thro

ttle

so

the

chal

leng

e is

to d

eliv

er

torq

ue th

roug

h th

e lo

wer

rev

lim

its

of th

e en

gine

. How

ever

, as

Mon

aco

is a

bum

py s

tree

t tra

ck, t

he e

ngin

e ne

eds

a go

od li

mite

r se

ttin

g so

it is

ca

pabl

e of

dig

estin

g al

l the

bum

ps. F

uel

cons

umpt

ion

also

nee

ds to

be

wor

ked

out a

ccur

atel

y as

the

trac

k ge

ts q

uick

er

and

quic

ker

over

the

wee

k-en

d.

AN

EN

GIN

EER

S VI

EW: A

LAN

PER

MA

NE

TRA

CK

SID

E O

PER

ATI

ON

S D

IREC

TOR

TUR

N 1

The

firs

t co

rner

is v

ery

tigh

t an

d ha

s be

en t

he s

cene

of

man

y in

cide

nts

over

the

yea

rs. T

he d

rive

rs n

eed

to k

eep

thei

r w

its

abou

t th

em t

o av

oid

any

dram

a.

TUR

NS

4 +

5Th

e bu

mpy

tra

ck b

etw

een

turn

s fo

ur a

nd f

ive

mea

ns t

hat

the

driv

ers

need

to m

odif

y th

eir

line

to a

void

uns

ettl

ing

thei

r ca

r un

duly

.

TUR

N 6

The

slow

est

corn

er o

n th

e ci

rcui

t, a

nd o

f the

ent

ire

seas

on. S

uspe

nsio

n an

d st

eeri

ng m

ods

have

to

be m

ade

to t

he c

ar ju

st t

o m

ake

it t

hrou

gh

this

turn

.

TUR

N 9

Take

n fl

at o

ut, t

he tu

nnel

is th

e fa

stes

t par

t of t

he tr

ack.

The

con

tras

t of

natu

ral,

arti

fici

al, t

hen

natu

ral

light

is a

big

cha

llen

ge f

or t

he d

rive

rs.

Trac

k te

mpe

ratu

re is

als

o di

ffer

ent f

rom

the

rest

of t

he c

ircu

it.

TUR

N 1

0Ex

itin

g th

e tu

nnel

int

o th

e ch

ican

e is

the

sce

ne o

f m

any

out-

brak

ing

man

oeuv

res.

An

oppo

rtun

ity

to p

ress

uris

e th

e ca

r ah

ead,

but

a p

lace

w

here

mis

take

s ar

e of

ten

seen

.

TUR

N 1

4Th

e Sw

imm

ing

Poo

l, ‘L

a P

isci

ne’,

is e

nter

ed v

ery

quic

kly,

bef

ore

brak

ing

hard

for

turn

15.

TUR

N 1

8Tu

rn 1

8, L

a R

asca

sse,

is t

he s

econ

d sl

owes

t pa

rt o

f th

e ci

rcui

t w

ith

the

cars

run

ning

ver

y cl

ose

to th

e in

side

wal

l.

STA

RT/

FIN

ISH

STR

AIG

HT

A g

ood

exit

is

esse

ntia

l le

adin

g on

to

the

star

t fi

nish

str

aigh

t. H

igh

trac

tion

dem

ands

her

e.

MO

NA

CO

C

IR

CU

IT

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With

wor

ld m

arke

ts s

till s

uffe

ring

fr

om th

e af

term

ath

of th

e gl

obal

ec

onom

ic c

risi

s, it

’s a

cha

lleng

ing

time

to e

nter

one

of t

he w

orld

’s

mos

t exp

ensi

ve a

nd e

xpen

ditu

re

hung

ry s

port

s. T

his

wee

kend

in

Mon

aco

how

ever

Lot

us F

1 Te

am

will

take

to th

e tr

ack

com

plet

e w

ith b

rand

ing

from

som

e of

the

wor

ld’s

big

gest

com

pani

es.

The

Cha

irm

an o

f Gen

ii G

roup

an

d Lo

tus

F1 T

eam

, Ger

ard

Lope

z is

oft

en s

een

in th

e Fo

rmul

a 1

padd

ocks

of t

he w

orld

as

wel

l as

on th

e pi

t wal

l. “W

e en

tere

d Fo

rmul

a 1

at p

roba

bly

the

wor

st ti

me

in g

ener

al, a

t the

end

of

the

bigg

est f

inan

cial

cri

sis

for

a lo

ng ti

me,

with

a lo

t of q

uest

ions

ar

ound

mar

ketin

g bu

dget

s in

ge

nera

l and

taki

ng o

ver

a te

am

whi

ch h

ad o

nly

one

stic

ker

at th

e pr

esen

tatio

n ce

rem

ony.

For

sur

e it

was

a d

iffic

ult s

tart

ing

poin

t.“W

e ca

me

into

For

mul

a 1

bein

g pa

ssio

nate

abo

ut th

e sp

ort,

but w

ith th

e ad

vant

age

of h

avin

g a

very

hom

ogen

eous

pl

atfo

rm o

f bus

ines

s an

d w

e al

way

s lo

oked

at t

he b

usin

ess

side

of F

orm

ula

1 as

a m

atri

x.“I

t is

an a

maz

ing

mat

rix

whi

ch

has

on o

ne s

ide

the

geog

raph

ies

in w

hich

mos

t com

pani

es w

ant t

o be

suc

cess

ful –

Eur

ope,

Asi

a, th

e

Mid

dle

East

, Sou

th A

mer

ica

and

so o

n -

and

on th

e ot

her

side

the

attr

activ

enes

s to

mee

t peo

ple.

We

appr

oach

For

mul

a 1

as a

con

duit

for

busi

ness

.”Th

at c

ondu

it ha

s pr

oven

ef

fect

ive

in th

e pr

epar

atio

ns

for

the

2012

sea

son,

with

pa

rtne

rshi

ps w

ith U

nile

ver

and

Mic

roso

ft b

eing

ann

ounc

ed.

“We

sign

ed U

nile

ver

with

thei

r C

lear

and

Rex

ona

band

s in

pr

obab

ly th

e bi

gges

t spo

nsor

ship

ag

reem

ent t

his

year

in F

1. W

e th

en s

igne

d M

icro

soft

, whi

ch is

hu

ge n

ews

as it

is a

bra

nd th

at

has

neve

r be

en in

F1

befo

re, a

nd

we

still

hav

e sc

ope

for

mor

e.

“The

re h

as b

een

a lo

t of i

nter

est i

n th

e te

am in

201

2. E

very

one

has

been

in

tere

sted

to s

ee h

ow K

imi w

ould

fa

re o

n hi

s re

turn

, and

the

answ

er is

ve

ry c

lear

for

ever

yone

to s

ee. T

his,

an

d th

e sh

ear

com

petit

ive

aspe

ct o

f th

is y

ear’

s ca

r at

eve

ry tr

ack

we’

ve

visi

ted

with

bot

h K

imi a

t Rom

ain

at th

e w

heel

mea

ns w

e ar

e ha

ving

so

me

very

inte

rest

ing

conv

ersa

tions

.”Fo

rmul

a 1,

like

bus

ines

s,

is d

rive

n by

res

ults

. Res

ults

w

hich

did

n’t c

ome

thic

k an

d fa

st la

st s

easo

n, b

ut in

201

2 th

e pr

ospe

cts

are

look

ing

good

.“I

n 20

11 w

e pu

shed

on

with

de

velo

pmen

ts b

ehin

d th

e sc

enes

.

The

addi

tion

of th

e 60

% w

ind

tunn

el,

whi

ch w

as im

plem

ente

d du

ring

th

e co

urse

of l

ast s

easo

n, w

as

a si

gnifi

cant

inve

stm

ent a

nd it

s ef

fect

s ar

e be

ing

seen

in th

is y

ear’

s ca

r. T

hen

ther

e’s

the

‘Dri

ver

in th

e Lo

op’ s

imul

ator

whi

ch is

ano

ther

si

gnifi

cant

ass

et w

e ha

ve th

is s

easo

n.“L

ast y

ear

we

saw

flas

hes

of s

tron

g po

tent

ial f

rom

the

R31

and

the

team

, but

ult

imat

ely

we

fell

shor

t of

our

goa

ls. T

hat i

s th

e na

ture

of

this

hig

hly

com

petit

ive

spor

t, an

d w

e ar

e pu

shin

g fo

rwar

ds le

avin

g no

sto

ne u

ntur

ned

in o

ur q

uest

to

rein

stat

e Lo

tus

as th

e te

am to

bea

t.“E

very

one

is p

ushi

ng in

the

righ

t di

rect

ion,

and

the

car

is q

uick

ther

e is

no

ques

tion

abou

t it.

We

are

push

ing

hard

er b

ecau

se w

e ha

ve a

ver

y ag

gres

sive

dev

elop

men

t pr

ogra

mm

e, a

nd w

e w

ant t

o ke

ep

thin

gs ti

ght w

ith e

very

one

arou

nd u

s.

“We

star

ted

the

seas

on w

ith tw

o di

ffic

ult w

eeke

nds.

Diff

icul

t fro

m th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

e th

at it

was

cle

ar w

e ha

d ve

ry g

ood

pace

, but

the

resu

lts

did

not f

ollo

w fo

r va

riou

s re

ason

s. W

e ne

eded

wha

t we

term

ed a

‘nor

mal

’ w

eeke

nd. O

nce

that

hap

pene

d –

and

from

our

per

spec

tive

the

last

two

Gra

nds

Pri

x ha

ve b

een

mor

e ‘n

orm

al’

for

us –

the

resu

lts

have

com

e.”

It’s

now

alm

ost t

wo

and

a ha

lf y

ears

sin

ce th

e an

noun

cem

ent t

hat

Gen

ii C

apit

al w

as to

pur

chas

e a

maj

orit

y st

ake

in w

hat w

as th

en th

e

Ren

ault

F1

Team

, and

alm

ost 1

8 m

onth

s si

nce

it w

as r

evea

led

that

Gen

ii w

ould

bec

ome

the

sole

sha

reho

lder

. The

Cha

irm

an o

f Gen

ii G

roup

and

Lo

tus

F1 T

eam

, Ger

ard

Lope

z di

scus

ses

wha

t has

bee

n an

d w

hat i

s to

com

e.

GEN

II IN

A B

OTT

LE

13

No

Mag

ic, J

ust A

mbi

tion

SO W

HA

T O

F TH

E FU

TUR

E?If

you

look

at t

he h

isto

ry o

f En

ston

e, th

ere

wer

e W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

s w

on in

19

94-9

5 an

d 20

05-6

. Thi

s te

n ye

ar c

ycle

obv

ious

ly a

ppea

ls

and

we

are

set o

n re

peat

ing

this

his

tory

. We

wan

t to

take

a

step

nea

rer

our

goal

in

2012

. If w

e fi

nish

in fi

fth

plac

e in

the

Con

stru

ctor

s’

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip w

e w

ill b

e di

sapp

oint

ed.

If w

e fi

nish

four

th w

e ca

n re

flec

t on

a go

od s

tep

forw

ards

. If w

e fi

nish

in th

ird

posi

tion

we

will

be

very

ha

ppy.

We

know

the

com

peti

tion

is in

tens

e, b

ut

that

is w

hy w

e co

mpe

te.

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1984

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix,

Ayr

ton

Senn

a, T

olem

an T

G18

4P

ossi

bly

one

of th

e m

ost f

amou

s ra

ces

to b

e he

ld in

the

Pri

ncip

ality

, th

e fir

st p

oste

r de

pict

s th

e 19

84

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix.

Eas

ily th

e m

ost n

ail-

bitin

g an

d in

tens

e ra

ce

of th

e To

lem

an e

ra, t

his

was

the

even

t whi

ch m

arke

d th

e ri

se to

pr

omin

ence

of f

utur

e th

ree-

time

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

Ayr

ton

Senn

a.

Hav

ing

qual

ified

in P

13 o

n th

e gr

id

arou

nd th

e fa

mou

s ro

ads

of M

onte

C

arlo

, Sen

na p

rodu

ced

a w

et

wea

ther

dri

ving

mas

terc

lass

to

guid

e hi

s To

lem

an T

G18

4 th

roug

h th

e na

rrow

str

eets

and

into

co

nten

tion

for

the

lead

of t

he r

ace,

ev

entu

ally

fini

shin

g in

P2.

The

re

sult

was

not

onl

y th

e fir

st

podi

um a

nd a

ll-tim

e be

st fi

nish

ac

hiev

ed b

y th

e To

lem

an te

am,

but a

lso

sign

alle

d th

e st

art o

f a

spec

tacu

lar

care

er fo

r Se

nna,

who

se

t his

firs

t fas

test

rac

e la

p du

ring

th

e G

rand

Pri

x in

add

ition

to

clin

chin

g hi

s in

augu

ral p

odiu

m

finis

h. 19

95 M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x, M

icha

el

Schu

mac

her,

Ben

etto

n B

195

In a

sea

son

dom

inat

ed b

y th

e B

enet

ton

and

Will

iam

s te

ams,

the

1995

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix

saw

the

inte

nse

riva

lry

betw

een

Mic

hael

Sc

hum

ache

r an

d D

amon

Hill

co

ntin

ue a

t the

lege

ndar

y M

onte

C

arlo

ven

ue. D

espi

te b

eing

out

qu

alifi

ed b

y hi

s B

ritis

h co

unte

rpar

t by

alm

ost a

sec

ond

the

Ger

man

slot

ted

in ti

ghtl

y be

hind

in P

2,

rem

aini

ng w

ithin

touc

hing

di

stan

ce u

ntil

the

first

rou

nd o

f pit

stop

s. W

ith H

ill h

avin

g du

cked

in

for

re-f

uelli

ng, S

chum

ache

r co

ntin

ued

to th

unde

r ro

und

the

3.34

km c

ircu

it as

the

diff

erin

g st

rate

gies

of t

he p

air

beca

me

appa

rent

. As

the

Ger

man

rac

ked

up th

e la

ps, t

he p

ace

diff

eren

tial

betw

een

the

two

cars

in q

ualif

ying

w

as r

evea

led

as b

eing

dow

n to

va

stly

diff

eren

t fue

l loa

ds, w

ith

Schu

mac

her

only

hav

ing

to m

ake

one

stop

to H

ill’s

two.

Hav

ing

swep

t pas

t fol

low

ing

the

Bri

t’s

first

trip

to th

e pi

ts, t

he B

enet

ton

driv

er n

ever

look

ed b

ack;

re

tain

ing

the

lead

to ta

ke v

icto

ry in

th

e B

195

by o

ver

thir

ty s

econ

ds.

2006

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix,

Fe

rnan

do A

lons

o, R

enau

lt F

1 Te

am R

26W

ith to

p tw

o fin

ishe

s (in

clud

ing

thre

e w

ins)

from

the

first

six

rac

es

of th

e se

ason

, Fer

nand

o Al

onso

w

as e

ager

to n

otch

up

his

first

M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x vi

ctor

y in

200

6.

Des

pite

an

earl

y ch

alle

nge

from

cl

oses

t riv

al a

nd c

urre

nt L

otus

F1

Team

dri

ver

Kim

i Räi

kkön

en,

Alon

so to

ok c

ontr

ol o

f the

rac

e fr

om p

ole

posi

tion

and

was

not

to

be b

ette

red

for

the

dura

tion

of th

e se

vent

y ei

ght l

aps;

eve

ntua

lly

brin

ging

his

R26

hom

e w

ith a

he

alth

y fo

urte

en s

econ

d le

ad to

cl

aim

his

mai

den

Form

ula

1 vi

ctor

y ar

ound

the

Mon

aco

stre

ets.

2010

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix,

Rob

ert

Kub

ica,

Ren

ault

F1

Team

R30

The

R30

had

pro

ven

to b

e a

sign

ifica

nt im

prov

emen

t on

its

pred

eces

sor,

but

was

stil

l lac

king

th

e ul

timat

e pa

ce to

thre

aten

the

top

team

s. In

the

hand

s of

the

high

ly r

ated

Rob

ert K

ubic

a ho

wev

er, t

he c

ar c

ould

see

min

gly

defy

all

odds

. The

201

0 M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x sa

w th

e yo

ung

Pol

ish

driv

er w

rest

le h

is m

achi

ne

betw

een

the

barr

iers

to ta

ke a

n im

pres

sive

P2

on th

e gr

id –

the

team

’s b

est q

ualif

ying

pos

ition

of

the

seas

on. A

flyi

ng s

tart

for

Red

B

ull d

rive

r Se

bast

ian

Vett

el s

aw

the

Ren

ault

dri

ver

lose

a p

ositi

on

into

St.

Dev

ote,

eve

ntua

lly

sett

ling

into

P3

whe

re h

e w

ould

re

mai

n th

roug

hout

an

actio

n pa

cked

rac

e w

hich

saw

just

tw

elve

of t

he tw

enty

four

sta

rter

s cr

oss

the

finis

h lin

e.W

hils

t nev

er

thre

aten

ing

the

lead

ers

Kub

ica

had

once

aga

in d

emon

stra

ted

his

undo

ubte

d ta

lent

, and

in d

oing

so

conf

irm

ed th

at th

e R

enau

lt te

am

was

slo

wly

but

sur

ely

retu

rnin

g to

form

. 20

12 M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x, K

imi

Räi

kkön

en &

Rom

ain

Gro

sjea

n,

Lotu

s F1

Tea

m E

20W

hat w

ill th

e 20

12 M

onac

o G

rand

P

rix

have

in s

tore

for

Kim

i, R

omai

n, a

nd th

e Lo

tus

F1 T

eam

E2

0?

To c

eleb

rate

our

500

th r

ace,

Lot

us F

1 Te

am h

as

com

mis

sion

ed a

set

of f

ive

orig

inal

art

wor

ks il

lust

ratin

g th

e te

am’s

his

tory

at t

he M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x

Wor

th a

Tho

usan

d W

ords

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Bro

ught

to y

ou b

y Fo

rix.

com

(bef

ore

Mon

aco

GP

201

2)

499

race

sta

rts

38

Nel

son

Piq

uet i

s th

e ol

dest

dri

ver

to h

ave

won

for

LF1T

, all

3 w

ins

havi

ng o

ccur

red

whe

n he

was

ove

r 38

yea

rs o

ld.

Two

driv

ers

beca

me

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

s w

hile

dri

ving

for

LF1T

– M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r an

d Fe

rnan

do A

lons

o.

Thre

e ha

d be

en c

ham

pion

s be

fore

rac

ing

for

LF1T

Nel

son

Piq

uet,

Jacq

ues

Ville

neuv

e an

d K

imi R

äikk

önen

, an

d tw

o w

ere

to b

e ch

ampi

ons

afte

r le

avin

g LF

1T –

A

yrto

n Se

nna

and

Jens

on B

utto

n.

2879

laps

led

0.21

5se

cond

sTh

e sm

alle

st w

in m

argi

n –

0.21

5 se

cond

s –

Fern

ando

Alo

nso

2005

San

Mar

ino

GP

.

24

LF1T

has

won

at 2

4 ci

rcui

ts. M

onte

Car

lo,

to

geth

er w

ith S

uzuk

a, is

the

mos

t suc

cess

ful

ve

nue,

with

4 w

ins.

1372

5ki

lom

etre

s le

d

64.2

15se

cond

sTe

o Fa

bi is

cre

dite

d w

ith s

hort

est l

ap e

ver

reco

rded

by

a LF

1T d

rive

r, w

ith th

e tim

e of

1’0

4.21

5 du

ring

the

seco

nd

qual

ifyin

g se

ssio

n fo

r th

e 19

85 S

outh

Afr

ican

GP

at K

yala

mi.

1981

The

first

rac

e w

as th

e 19

81 It

alia

n G

P, w

here

Bria

n H

ento

n’s

finis

hed

10th

in a

Tol

eman

/Har

t.

Th

is w

as th

e on

ly r

ace

run

by H

ento

n fo

r LF

1T.

4817

6la

ps r

aced 47 w

ins

32 R

enau

lt h

as p

ower

ed L

F1T

to th

e m

ost w

ins,

32,

follo

wed

by

Ford

, 14,

and

BM

W, 1

.

259.

578

km/h

Fern

ando

Alo

nso

esta

blis

hed

the

fast

est l

ap e

ver

by a

LF1

T dr

iver

du

ring

the

first

qua

lifyi

ng fo

r th

e 20

04 It

alia

n G

P a

t Mon

za, w

ith

an a

vera

ge s

peed

of 2

59.5

78 k

m/h

.

37 At

37

race

wee

kend

s LF

1T d

rive

rs d

id n

ot

qu

alify

for

a G

P. A

mon

gst t

hem

em

erge

s th

e

so

le n

on-q

ualif

icat

ion

in A

yrto

n Se

nna’

s ca

reer

,

at th

e 19

84 S

an M

arin

o G

P.

109

race

s le

d

250

Mon

aco

2012

is th

e

250t

h ra

ce s

tart

ed

w

ith R

enau

lt en

gine

s.

3 Con

stru

ctor

s’C

ham

pion

ship

s19

95: B

enet

ton/

Ren

ault

(M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r, J

ohnn

y H

erbe

rt)

2005

+ 2

006:

Ren

ault

(F

erna

ndo

Alon

so, G

ianc

arlo

Fis

iche

lla)

53 fast

est l

aps

Set b

y 15

dri

vers

incl

udin

g on

e ea

ch b

y

Kim

i Räi

kkön

en a

nd R

omai

n G

rosj

ean.

9 N

ine

Italia

n dr

iver

s le

ad th

e

na

tions

list

, fol

low

ed b

y B

razi

l

and

Gre

at B

rita

in w

ith 5

.

Gia

ncar

lo F

isic

hella

has

sta

rted

mos

t ra

ces,

119

, fol

low

ed b

y Fe

rnan

do A

lons

o, 1

05,

and

Mic

hael

Sch

umac

her,

68.

36

driv

ers

from

15 n

atio

ns h

ave

star

ted

ra

ces

for

LF1T

.

4 Dri

vers

’ Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

1994

: Mic

hael

Sch

umac

her,

Ben

etto

n/Fo

rd19

95: M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r, B

enet

ton/

Ren

ault

2005

+ 2

006:

Fer

nand

o A

lons

o, R

enau

lt

1 The

bigg

est w

in m

argi

n –

mor

e th

an 1

lap

w

as a

chie

ved

by M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r at

the

19

94 B

razi

lian

GP

.

22 year

s an

d 26

day

sAt

the

Hun

garo

ring

in 2

003,

Fer

nand

o A

lons

o be

cam

e, a

t the

age

of 2

2 ye

ars

and

26 d

ays,

th

e yo

unge

st e

ver

driv

er to

win

a G

P. H

e is

stil

l th

e yo

unge

st d

rive

r to

hav

e w

on a

GP

for

LF1T

. Je

nson

But

ton

is th

e yo

unge

st d

rive

r to

sta

rt

a ra

ce fo

r LF

1T (2

1yea

rs,1

mon

th a

nd 1

3 da

ys,

2001

Aus

tral

ia).

8 dr

iver

s ha

ve w

on in

LF1

T ca

rs, w

ith

M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r (1

9 w

ins)

and

Fern

ando

Alo

nso

(17)

lead

ing

the

list.

36 pole

pos

ition

sB

y 7

driv

ers,

with

Fer

nand

o Al

onso

(16)

an

d M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r (1

0) a

t the

top.

TEAM STATISTICS

Of t

hese

, 19

times

the

win

ner

star

ted

from

po

le p

ositi

on.

Mic

hael

Sch

umac

her

won

the

1995

Bel

gian

GP

st

artin

g fr

om 1

6th

plac

e on

the

grid

.

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Ill

ustr

atin

g th

e Er

as

24

250

Mon

aco

2012

is th

e 25

0th

race

sta

rted

with

Ren

ault

eng

ines

.

11

Elev

en d

rive

rs s

tart

ed th

eir

F1 c

aree

r

with

LF1

T, in

clud

ing

Ayr

ton

Senn

a an

d

R

omai

n G

rosj

ean.

Nin

e dr

iver

s en

ded

thei

r F1

car

eer

with

LF1

T, a

mon

gst t

hem

R

icca

rdo

Pat

rese

and

Ger

hard

Ber

ger

who

sai

d, a

fter

the

1997

Eur

opea

n G

P a

t Jer

ez: “

My

wis

h w

as to

fini

sh m

y ca

reer

in

a c

ompe

titiv

e w

ay a

nd I

can

say

I suc

ceed

ed”.

Rob

ert

Kub

ica

also

rac

ed fo

r th

e la

st ti

me

with

LF1

T, b

ut h

opef

ully

he

will

ret

urn. 39 ye

ars,

6 m

onth

s an

d 21

day

s

0.00

8se

cond

sth

e sm

alle

st p

ole

mar

gin

by a

LF1

T dr

iver

, M

icha

el S

chum

ache

r at

the

1995

San

Mar

ino

GP

.

3 Num

ber

of d

oubl

e w

ins

by P

ique

t-M

oren

o

(199

0 Ja

pan)

, Sch

umac

her-

Her

bert

(199

5 Sp

ain)

and

Fisi

chel

la-A

lons

o (2

006

Mal

aysi

a).

2311

04ki

lom

etre

s ra

ced

151

race

s on

pod

ium

6 Six

dri

vers

exp

erie

nced

thei

r

fir

st w

in w

hile

dri

ving

for

LF1T

: Ger

hard

Ber

ger,

Al

essa

ndro

Nan

nini

, Mic

hael

Sc

hum

ache

r, J

ohnn

y H

erbe

rt,

Fern

ando

Alo

nso

and

Jarn

o Tr

ulli.

6 fron

t row

lock

out

sLF

1T h

as lo

cked

out

the

fron

t row

on

6 oc

casi

ons,

the

first

at A

ustr

ia in

198

6 w

ith T

eo F

abi a

nd G

erha

rd B

erge

r an

d th

e ot

her

five

betw

een

2003

and

200

6 w

ith F

erna

ndo

Alon

so le

adin

g hi

s te

am m

ate

ever

y tim

e.

50 per

cent

As a

rul

e of

thum

b, 5

0% o

f pol

e po

sitio

ns h

ave

been

con

vert

ed in

to

race

win

s an

d 75

% in

to p

odiu

m p

lace

s.

3 In

the

Span

ish

GP

a fo

rtni

ght

ag

o, th

e LF

1T d

rive

rs o

ccup

ied

the

two

top

slot

s of

the

fast

est

laps

tabl

e, a

situ

atio

n th

at h

as

happ

ened

3 ti

mes

in th

e pa

st, f

irst

with

B

erge

r-Al

esi a

t the

199

7 G

erm

an G

P,

and

then

twic

e w

ith A

lons

o-Fi

sich

ella

in

200

5 Au

stra

lia a

nd 2

006

Mal

aysi

a.

TEAM STATISTICS

The

age

of R

icca

rdo

Pat

rese

the

olde

st d

rive

r to

sta

rt a

ra

ce fo

r LF

1T –

at t

he 1

993

Aust

ralia

n G

P.

25

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Lotu

s F1

Tea

m m

ade

its

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix

debu

t in

198

1 un

der

the

Tole

man

na

me,

wit

h B

riti

sh d

rive

rs

Der

ek W

arw

ick

and

Bri

an

Hen

ton

at th

e w

heel

.

In it

s va

riou

s gu

ises

the

team

ha

s ac

hiev

ed fo

ur M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x vi

ctor

ies

to d

ate;

th

e fi

rst i

n 19

94 (M

icha

el

Schu

mac

her,

Ben

etto

n)

and

the

mos

t rec

ent i

n 20

06

(Fer

nand

o A

lons

o, R

enau

lt).

Incl

udin

g th

e fo

ur v

icto

ries

, th

e te

am h

as ta

ken

eigh

t M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x po

dium

s;

the

firs

t in

1984

(Ayr

ton

Senn

a, T

olem

an) a

nd th

e m

ost r

ecen

t in

2010

(Rob

ert

Kub

ica,

Ren

ault

).

The

team

has

als

o cl

aim

ed a

to

tal o

f thr

ee p

ole

posi

tion

s fo

r th

e M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x;

the

firs

t in

1994

(Mic

hael

Sc

hum

ache

r, B

enet

ton)

an

d th

e m

ost r

ecen

t in

2006

(F

erna

ndo

Alo

nso,

Ren

ault

).

Und

er it

s va

riou

s ba

nner

s,

the

team

has

set

thre

e fa

stes

t lap

s du

ring

Mon

aco

Gra

nds

Pri

x; th

e fi

rst i

n 19

84

(Ayr

ton

Senn

a, T

olem

an)

and

the

mos

t rec

ent i

n 19

96

(Jea

n A

lesi

, Ben

etto

n).

The

Cir

cuit

de

Mon

aco

is

one

Kim

i kno

ws

wel

l, ha

ving

ta

ken

one

win

(200

5), t

hree

po

dium

s (2

003

/ 20

05 /

200

9),

one

pole

pos

itio

n (2

005)

and

tw

o fa

stes

t lap

s (2

003

/ 20

08)

from

his

nin

e G

rand

s P

rix

in

the

prin

cipa

lity.

Whi

le R

omai

n w

ill b

e m

akin

g hi

s M

onac

o G

rand

Pri

x de

but,

he

doe

s ha

ve a

goo

d re

cord

at

the

Cir

cuit

de

Mon

aco.

An

outs

tand

ing

perf

orm

ance

du

ring

the

2011

GP

2 Fe

atur

e ra

ce s

aw th

e Fr

ench

man

fi

nish

in P

4 ha

ving

sta

rted

at

the

back

of t

he g

rid

in P

26.

Toda

y’s

Win

ners

, Tom

orro

w’s

Cha

mpi

ons…

A

col

labo

ratio

n of

Gra

vity

Spo

rts

Man

agem

ent a

nd L

otus

F1

Team

is w

orki

ng to

find

the

Kim

i Räi

kkön

ens

and

Rom

ain

Gro

sjea

ns o

f the

futu

re. F

orm

ula

Ren

ault

3.5

Dri

vers

Kev

in K

orju

s an

d R

ichi

e St

anaw

ay, F

orm

ula

Ren

ault

2.0

com

petit

ors

Osc

ar

Tunj

o an

d Es

teba

n O

con,

and

KF3

kar

ting

star

Dor

ian

Boc

cola

cci j

oine

d th

e te

am a

t

Enst

one

last

wee

k fo

r a

uniq

ue e

duca

tion

in fi

tnes

s an

d nu

triti

on.

The

jour

ney

bega

n fo

r th

e ra

cing

pro

tégé

s in

the

Lotu

s F1

Tea

m H

uman

Per

form

ance

Cen

tre

(HP

C),

whe

re th

e yo

ung

driv

ers

spok

e w

ith a

hos

t of t

he te

am’s

fitn

ess

part

ners

to g

ain

tips

and

tric

ks o

n ho

w to

kee

p th

emse

lves

in p

eak

phys

ical

con

ditio

n.

Of c

ours

e, it

’s n

ot ju

st th

e ex

erci

se r

egim

es w

hich

will

hel

p th

ese

youn

g dr

iver

s to

reac

h th

e to

p; g

ettin

g th

e ri

ght n

utri

tion

is ju

st a

s es

sent

ial.

Ove

r th

e co

urse

of t

he

wee

k th

e dr

iver

s al

so d

onne

d th

eir

apro

ns fo

r a

seri

es o

f coo

kery

cla

sses

in th

e

Enst

one

kitc

hen.

In a

dditi

on, t

he g

roup

rec

eive

d an

insi

ght i

nto

the

esse

ntia

l tra

inin

g su

pple

men

ts

prov

ided

to h

elp

the

driv

ers

push

them

selv

es to

the

limit.

Bey

ond

sim

ply

pack

ing

in

the

prot

ein,

the

key

is to

use

eac

h su

pple

men

t in

the

corr

ect w

ay to

ass

ist t

he y

oung

star

s in

thei

r ra

ce p

repa

ratio

n an

d re

cove

ry.

New

Arr

ival

s…

Earl

y la

st w

eek,

a c

row

d st

arte

d to

gat

her

arou

nd th

e en

tran

ce to

the

Enst

one

mac

hine

sho

p as

a la

rge

truc

k ar

rive

d to

off

load

a n

ew a

rriv

al. C

ompo

site

s

Pro

duct

ion

Engi

neer

Col

in W

atts

exp

lain

s w

hat a

ll th

e fu

ss is

abo

ut:

CW

: “W

e’ve

bro

ught

in th

ree

new

5ax

is C

NC

mac

hine

s, a

ll of

whi

ch a

re u

sed

to

mac

hine

the

patt

erns

req

uire

d fo

r m

anuf

actu

ring

com

posi

te p

arts

of t

he c

ar. T

wo

of

the

mac

hine

s ar

e ca

lled

Ant

ares

, and

ther

e’s

anot

her

know

n as

the

Are

s.

The

Ant

ares

are

bas

ical

ly s

mal

ler

vers

ions

of t

he A

res.

Bet

wee

n th

e th

ree

of th

em

they

’re

repl

acin

g tw

o ol

der

mod

els

of m

achi

ne w

hich

we

had

been

usi

ng fo

r qu

ite a

few

yea

rs. A

ll th

ree

do r

ough

ly th

e sa

me

job,

just

with

diff

eren

t sca

les

of p

roje

ct.”

Goi

ng fo

r G

old

The

Mon

aco

Gra

nd P

rix

is a

n ev

ent l

ike

no o

ther

; a v

iew

und

oubt

edly

sha

red

by R

omai

n

Gro

sjea

n, w

ho h

as c

reat

ed a

spe

cial

new

hel

met

des

ign

just

for

this

rac

e:

RG

: “M

onac

o is

alw

ays

a sp

ecia

l eve

nt, b

ut w

ith th

is b

eing

the

500t

h ra

ce fo

r th

e te

am

and

also

the

clos

est t

hing

to a

hom

e ra

ce fo

r m

e I w

ante

d to

do

som

ethi

ng d

iffer

ent.

The

desi

gn it

self

is v

ery

muc

h th

e sa

me

as m

y or

igin

al h

elm

et; I

’ve

mai

nly

chan

ged

the

colo

urs,

whi

ch a

re n

ow r

ed g

old

and

whi

te. I

’m p

lann

ing

on c

hang

ing

the

colo

urs

a fe

w

times

thro

ugho

ut th

e se

ason

. The

re a

re a

few

rac

es I

have

in m

ind,

but

I’m

not

goi

ng to

say

any

mor

e; it

will

be

a ni

ce s

urpr

ise!

LATEST NEWS ENSTONE

The

Dri

vers

A-Z

Kar

ting

: Kim

i ow

ned

his

firs

t ka

rt w

hen

he w

as e

ight

yea

rs

old.

He

star

ted

com

peti

ng

in 1

988

and

wen

t on

to ta

ke

the

Nor

dic

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip a

de

cade

late

r.

Last

lap:

The

Fin

n pr

oduc

ed

perh

aps

his

grea

test

vic

tory

at

Suz

uka

in 2

005

from

17t

h on

the

grid

, sto

rmin

g th

roug

h th

e fi

eld

to p

ass

Gia

ncar

lo

Fisi

chel

la o

n la

p 53

of 5

3.

Kar

ting

: Rom

ain

mad

e hi

s de

but c

ompe

ting

in k

arts

in

200

0 at

the

age

of 1

4.

Onl

y th

ree

year

s la

ter

he

grad

uate

d to

sin

gle-

seat

ers.

Late

sta

rter

: Rom

ain’

s fa

ther

w

ould

n’t l

et h

im r

ace

until

he

impr

oved

his

gra

des

at s

choo

l. A

Saf

e B

et

Lotu

s F1

Tea

m h

as a

nnou

nced

a

part

ners

hip

with

spo

rts

bett

ing

web

site

Inte

rwet

ten.

com

. Har

ness

ing

the

com

mer

cial

pul

l of a

pr

omis

ing

star

t to

the

2012

se

ason

, the

team

’s la

test

sp

onso

rshi

p de

al s

ees

the

Inte

rwet

ten.

com

nam

e on

the

team

’s c

ars

as w

ell a

s fu

rthe

r br

andi

ng lo

catio

ns.

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

from

In

terw

ette

n.co

m w

ill a

lso

be

intr

oduc

ed to

Lot

us F

1 Te

am’s

gr

owin

g po

rtfo

lio o

f par

tner

s.

IN N

UM

BE

RS

MO

NA

CO

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45To

tal s

trai

ght p

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p (%

)

62

Num

ber

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ear

chan

ges

per

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44.5

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50Lo

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