Caterham team owner and principal Tony Fernandes says he’s encouraged by his teams early form in the opening four races of the season.
Despite sitting behind Marussia in the Constructors’ championship and having not yet scored its maiden point, Fernandes believes they have closed the gap to the midfield and expects further progress.
“We head back to Europe after what has been an encouraging first four races for the team,” said the Malaysian businessman.
“We may not have quite bridged the gap to the midfield pack yet, but we are clearly much closer than we were this time last year, particularly on race day when we have seen clear evidence of the progress we have made.”
Fernandes is also pleased with the teams late signing, Vitaly Petrov, who replaced Jarno Trulli during pre-season testing.
“Having been with us for four races now, I am very pleased with the job Vitaly has been doing for the team. He is obviously a fighter and he is pushing his team-mate well, especially on Sundays, and that is good for the whole team.
“I think Heikki is due a run of better luck in the races as he has been pushing extremely hard in qualifying, particularly to get himself into Q2 in Bahrain, but he has not had the same luck when the lights go out on race day. Hopefully that will change in Barcelona and we will be able to see both cars fighting to the chequered flag on Sunday.”
