“These are going to be special engines. They will make a lot of noise.”
[via Rach F1]
Renault on 2014 engines
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Lotus F1 Team E21 First Fire-Up
January 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Join the team and feel the anticipation in the air here at Enstone as Lotus F1 Team’s 2013 Formula 1 World Championship challenger – the E21 – bursts into life for the very first time.
Official FIA Document Of Vettel’s Demotion To The Back Of The Grid
November 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The need for fuel sampling is covered by Article 6.6 of the F1 technical regulations, which reads:
6.6 Fuel draining and sampling
→ 6.6.1 Competitors must provide a means of removing all fuel from the car.
→ 6.6.2 Competitors must ensure that a one litre sample of fuel may be taken from the car at any time during the Event. Except in cases of force majeure (accepted as such by the stewards of the meeting), if a sample of fuel is required after a practice session the car concerned must have first been driven back to the pits under its own power.
→ 6.6.3 All cars must be fitted with a -2 ‘Symetrics’ male fitting in order to facilitate fuel sampling. If an electric pump on board the car cannot be used to remove the fuel an externally connected one may be used provided it is evident that a representative fuel sample is being taken. If an external pump is used it must be possible to connect the FIA sampling hose to it and any hose between the car and pump must be -3 in diameter and not exceed 2m in length. Details of the fuel sampling hose may be found in the Appendix to these regulations.
→ 6.6.4 The sampling procedure must not necessitate starting the engine or the removal of bodywork (other than the cover over any refuelling connector).
Kimi Raikkonen quickest in Q1 at the German Grand Prix; Schumacher barely makes it on P17
July 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kimi at Enstone
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As is to be expected of a former Formula 1 World Champion, Kimi Räikkönen is a man very much in demand. With engineers’ briefings, fitness training and a host of media requests to juggle – let alone the commitments of a race weekend – spare time is a rare pleasure.
With that in mind, it came as somewhat of a surprise for the Lotus F1 Team crew back at Enstone when the Finn came strolling into the factory at lunch time today ; less than twenty four hours since the chequered flag had dropped at Silverstone the day before.
Taking in a tour of the entire facility, Kimi made time to chat with anyone and everyone who crossed his path ; posing for pictures, signing autographs and even fitting in a quick game of darts! [Source]
