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    • Mike Gascoyne Archive

    • Mike Gascoyne is anticipating a good weekend for Team Lotus at the British Grand Prix after the team has a disappointing race last time out in Valencia. “I think all...

      Team Lotus Anticipating a Good Weekend at Silverstone

    • Team Lotus ended qualifying in Valencia as the best of the new teams but fell reasonably short of the lap set by Jaime Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso, who will...

      Team Lotus Take Traditional Tenth-Row Grid Slots in Valencia

    • The two Team Lotus race drivers had a productive Friday in Valencia but reserve driver Karun Chandhok completed just two laps in the morning practice session after his gear box...

      Team Lotus Race Drivers Have Productive Friday Despite Woes for Chandhok

    • After a strong start to their weekend in Canada, Team Lotus left Montreal disappointed: a driveshaft failure ended Heikki Kovalainen‘s race prematurely, and Jarno Trulli had to nurse a sick...

      Strong Weekend Ends in Disappointment for Team Lotus

    • The Team Lotus duo were again comfortably faster than both Hispania and Virgin drivers during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix as Jarno Trulli secured a higher grid slot than...

      Trulli Out-Qualifies Kovalainen for First Time in 2011

    • Mike Gascoyne described Team Lotus‘ Friday in Montreal as ‘very useful’ and ‘good preparation’ for the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday as the two drivers completed 130 laps between them....

      Team Lotus have ‘Useful’ Friday of Practice in Montreal

    • There were contrasting fortunes for the two Team Lotus drivers in today’s Spanish Grand Prix, but the team were pleased with the progress made on a weekend when they introduced...

      Team Lotus Take Positives From a Mixed Weekend in Spain

    • Team Lotus today had their first foray into Q2 during a dry qualifying session as Heikki Kovalainen secured fifteenth place on the Barcelona grid. “This is obviously a great day for...

      Team Lotus Celebrate Q2 Milestone in Barcelona

    • Team Lotus have announced that their new technical director Mark Smith has started work at their Hingham factory today. Smith, who was recruited from Force India last season, as been...

      Mark Smith Begins Work As Team Lotus Technical Director

    • Team Lotus were pleased to get both cars to the end of the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend, but are now looking to the next race in Barcelona where, with...

      Team Lotus Delighted With Double Finish In Turkey

    • Team Lotus were close to making it through to Q2 today in qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix with Heikki Kovalainen about half a second off the time set by...

      Team Lotus Happy With Good Qualifying Effort in Turkey

    • Team Lotus‘ Mike Gascoyne said that Friday in Turkey was ‘pretty good’ as drivers Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen finished the day 17th and 19th on the timesheets. Heavy rain this...

      Team Lotus Have ‘Pretty Good’ Friday in Turkey

    • Team Lotus are heralding the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix as one of their best since they resurrected the team at the beginning of last season. The result – 16th for...

      Team Lotus Have ‘Absolutely Fantastic Race’ In China

    • Both Team Lotus drivers declared themselves happy with the qualifying China session after Heikki Kovalainen secured nineteenth position on the Shanghai grid, with Jarno Trulli once place behind his team-mate. “From...

      Team Lotus Drivers Happy With Qualifying Performance in China

    • Team Lotus chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne said that today in China was the best Friday practice of the season so far, but still felt that the team did not...

      Team Lotus ‘a little disappointed’ with overall Friday pace in China

    • Team Lotus enjoyed a positive qualifying session for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, where they finished within half a second of the midfield pack. At the home Grand Prix...

      Lotus Encouraged With Qualifying Pace At Sepang

    • Team Lotus struggled with tyre temperatures and technical problems as they failed to progress out of Q1 in Australia. Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli qualified in 19th and 20th for...

      Team Lotus Fight With Tyre Temperatures In Disappointing Qualifying

    • A disastrous start for new Lotus reserve driver Karun Chandhok hindered Team Lotus running as they found themselves off the pace in both practice sessions in Australia. Chandhok was caught...

      Opening Lap Crash Sums Up Disappointing Day For Team Lotus

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