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Lotus pull out of Barcelona testing after chassis problems
Posted by on February 21, 2012
Lotus will lose 4 days of testing due to a chassis issue with the E20
Lotus have ceased participation in pre-season testing in Barcelona, after discovering a fault with both of their chassis.
Romain Grosjean drove the second E20 car today (named the E20-2) in Barcelona testing, but retired after only 7 laps, saying the car “wasn’t responding as it should”.
The Lotus team completed 404 laps in Jerez testing – more than any other team – but the problem with the chassis only arose today. Tests performed on Kimi Raikkonen’s E20-1 in the Enstone factory has revealed that the problem is not only on Grosjean’s car.
Team principal Eric Boullier has stated that a solution has already been devised by the Lotus engineers, but work will need to be carried out on both cars. Therefore the team will pull out of the 4-day test, and will probably return for the second test in Barcelona in a few weeks time.
Thank goodness for these tough testing sessions