Lotus are quietly confident of doing a good job in Bahrain despite their below par performances in testing. However, one thing the team have over rivals Virgin, is reliability.
Chief Technical Officer, Mike Gascoyne reckons the team are in good shape for the first race of the season.
“Our test season was extremely productive – in general we’ve had very good reliability, and the team is in very good shape going to the first race.”
Jarno Trulli reckons a point could be in the teams grasp, but he noted it wouldn’t be an easy fight.
“It would be nice to score a point, but it is not going to be easy. We have to be realistic.”
The team remain confident though. Team Principle Tony Fernandes commented, “We are all looking forward to Bahrain; to have Lotus Racing on the grid will be a momentous occasion for all involved and, indeed, for our fans, whose support has been absolutely fantastic since we launched just under six months ago.
“Yes we are a little slower than the major leading teams, however we will get there, with passion, hard work and a clear vision.”
Fernandes aims for Bahrain were a little more realistic than Trulli’s: “Our aim for this first Grand Prix will be to finish and steadily but surely improve, race by race.”
