While tech chief James Allison 'quite chipper' about start
Tuesday 5 February 2013 19:27, UK
An upbeat Romain Grosjean has declared that Lotus's E21 is already a clear step forward over last year's car after driving it for the first time on Day One of the Jerez test.
Although naturally cautious when asked to give an initial assessment of the car, Allison did indicate that Grosjean's third-fastest time was set with plenty of fuel on board. "It's way too early [to say]," he insisted. "All I can say is we've been chugging around with a fair amount of petrol on board and it seems reasonably sweet. But we won't know until we're all in the same trim and going hell for leather." Although he did add: "He [Grosjean] was pretty smiley about it. The car had decent traction, decent grip, predictable handling."
