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Lotus Racing were having one of their best days of the season at theTurkish Grand Prix t this afternoon’s until a double hydraulics failure brought both Jarno and Heikki’s races to an end. Jarno Trulli was forced to bring his Lotus to a halt on the side if the Istanbul Park circuit on lap 32.
“It was difficult at the beginning with the hard tyres, and the team were telling me Heikki was quicker on the options, and as he was on a different strategy he got past,” he explained. “Afterwards, I was pulling away from our competitors comfortably, but the failure put an end to the good race I was having. “
Meanwhile, teammate Heikki Kovalanien retired the following lap when he brought his Lotus into the pits after losing the power steering....
“What a shame. I lost power steering in turn eight and it looks like it was a hydraulics failure. At first I thought I had a puncture as the steering suddenly felt really strange, but then I lost the gearbox, the clutch, and throttle. It’s so unfortunate as this was our strongest race so far,” he explained. “I was on the softer tyre and although I wasn’t sure how they would run at the beginning of the race, they did in fact hang on really well. I can’t help but feel disappointed, but as I’ve said before these things happen, and we will work through this, and come out stronger as a result.”
“We’re only a few tenths off the other teams per kilometre, and we know the areas to work on to improve this car. I’m confident we can make a very big step for next year and for now, we’ll move on and put this behind us.” |
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