Zitat14:57 Raikkonen leaves the pits and joins the track right behind Pic. He's straight on it too, giving the Caterham a very hard time rather than backing off to find space.
Zitat14:58 To the surprise of nobody, the Lotus comes round ahead of the Caterham.
Zitat15:00 Raikkonen really did mean business. His first flying lap is a 1m18.148s, taking him to the top of the order.
Zitat15:01 Raikkonen (on softs) follows up with a 1m19.8s.
Zitat15:06 Edd Straw has moved from Turn 1 to the final sector of the lap. Here's what he made of that Raikkonen lap: "Mighty through the double right and excellent on the brakes into the chicane."
ZitatJerez Formula 1 test: Kimi Raikkonen calm about Lotus gains By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde Friday, February 8th 2013, 14:38 GM
Kimi Raikkonen says there are no guarantees that Lotus will do better than last year in 2013, despite the Finn feeling the new E21 is a step forward.
Raikkonen returned to Formula 1 last year after a two-year absence, and was one of the stars of the season, taking one win and finishing in third place in the standings.
The Lotus driver got behind the wheel of the new car for the first time on Thursday and he felt the car was stronger than last year's machine.
The former world champion admitted, however, that it was no guarantee of a stronger season.
"We try to do better and hopefully we manage to do it. Everybody is aiming to do better they did the previous years," said Raikkonen.
"Even if you win the championship you try and improve things and I cannot promise that we will manage to do that, but hopefully that is our aim and hopefully we can do that."
Raikkonen did concede he feels more comfortable at Lotus now that he is starting his second season with the team.
"It is more easy because I know the team, and I know the people, and they know me. But it doesn't mean we will suddenly be better and do better," he said.
"There are an awful lot of things that can work in your favour or go against you.
"In theory it should be more easy. But I don't count on it that we are suddenly going to start to turn it around and start to be something different to how we finished last year.
"Time will tell. It is definitely more easy to come here and be here than it was a year ago because I know the team."
ZitatFaster Than the Setting Sun - Jerez Test, Day 4
Kimi Räikkönen completed his second day at the wheel of the E21 by setting the fastest time to conclude an encouraging week for Lotus F1 Team at the first pre-season test in Jerez.
The Finn ran through a continued programme of aerodynamic assessments as the fine Jerez weather continued. Proceedings today were interrupted by red flag periods including a lengthy pause for track run-off repairs, meaning track running concluded 30 minutes later than billed.
Fast Facts:
Track: Jerez, Spain, 4.4km Chassis: E21-01 Weather: Sunny, ambient 5-18°C, track 7-26°C Programme: Systems checks, temperature monitoring, data correlation, assessment of the performance of the car with its initial aerodynamic package, exhaust exit evaluations. Laps Completed: 83 Classification: P1, 1:18.148 Interruptions: Red flags and track repairs.
What’s Next?
The team returns to Enstone. Testing resumes in Barcelona on February 19.
Kimi Räikkönen: “We continued our work from yesterday and made some good progress. We’re at the top of the timing monitors, but that means nothing in testing. Our focus has been testing parts on the car, but I’ve been able to get the set-up more to my liking. For sure there’s more work to be done in this area, but that’s what we’re here for. The car feels strong and we seem to have a good idea of where we’re going with improvements. Let’s see what happens in Barcelona.”
James Allison, Technical Director: “We certainly have a reasonable baseline to be working from and plenty of data to analyse back at Enstone next week. The E21 was immediately easy to drive which is what drivers want, and it’s demonstrated satisfactory pace from what we’ve seen so far. We’ve had a few minor gremlins to iron out, which is what testing is all about, but nothing to cause too much concern. We’ve established a baseline set-up and gained good data about various aerodynamic packages we wanted to test; particularly with exhaust exit evaluations. Both drivers have pronounced themselves relatively happy with the E21 and we know where we’re going with the next developments.”
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