News Details

Lotus says “Sorry Kimi!”

Kimi Raikkonen missed out on a podium finish at Silverstone due to a mistake in the team's strategy team boss Eric Boullier admits this week. The Finn was well under way for a podium finish when the team decided to keep Raikkonen out on track when the safety car was deployed rather than getting him in for a fresh set of tyres. Looking back at last weekend's British Grand Prix team principal Boullier said: “The outcome of the race wasn’t rewarding with the amount of work that has been done by the team recently. Most of the upgrades we brought seemed to be working which is a positive sign, although we did struggle a bit in qualifying to generate good grip from the tyres. Our strategy was...
Full Story »
13y ago from GPUpdate.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen laments missed podium

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen was left to rue a strategic error that cost...
13y ago from F1Zone.net

Lotus apologise to Raikkonen for wrong strategy

Lotus have apologised to Kimi Raikkonen for an incorrect strategy call...
13y ago from SuperSport.com

Strategic error costs Raikkonen Silverstone podium

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen missed out on a podium finish at the British...
13y ago from Crash.net

Furious Raikkonen laments strategy error

Kimi Raikkonen was left furious at Lotus after the team decided not to...
13y ago from espnF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dreyer and Reinbold purchases Rahal entry in first...

Dreyer and Reinbold Racing has announced that it has purchased one...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

ERC fans set for new-look Rally Poland with local...

The event has undergone a significant transformation for 2025, switching...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Christos Tzolis could be the ‘smart' signing of...

So, we made our first ‘real' signing of the summer yesterday as the...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Enquiry made: Arsenal step up pursuit of...

Arsenal have reopened the door to a major attacking addition by making an...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

‘They can still get it done' – Romano...

Arsenal’s pursuit of a major midfield addition has entered a decisive...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Liverpool in driving seat to sign £100m-rated...

Liverpool are reportedly in a strong position to complete a major...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.