Boullier and Permane expect team to rediscover pre-Spa form
Monday 16 September 2013 12:00, UK
Lotus are optimistic that Formula 1's return to higher-downforce circuits, starting in Singapore this weekend, will allow them to return to podium-finishing contention.
While there are few similarities in track layout to Monza and the twisty streets of Singapore, Lotus's Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane says that some of the upgrades they brought to the last two races have a carry-over benefit. "We return to a high downforce configuration, with some of the front wing developments brought to the car for the recent low downforce races being carried over," he explained. "Aside from that it's business as usual with a package which we know works well from our performances in Germany and Hungary. "We didn't have the greatest of weekends in Spa or Monza, so we're looking forward to a return to the higher downforce tracks that arise in the next few races where the aim is to get back on the podium."
