Lotus were the quickest of the new teams in qualifying but unreliability dogged them during the race.
Jarno Trulli | Heikki Kovalainen | |
Qualifying position | 18 | 15 |
Qualifying time comparison (Q1) | 1’52.884 (+0.009) | 1’52.875 |
Race position | 17 | |
Average race lap | 1’50.895 (-11.611) | 2’02.506 |
Laps | 51/56 | 46/56 |
Pit stops | 1 | 1 |
Jarno Trulli
Narrowly missed out on reaching Q2 – Kovalainen edged him by just nine thousandths of a second.
Trulli survived his clash with Timo Glock but as his car’s handling deteriorated he slipped down the running order and was the last of the classified finishers.
Compare Jarno Trulli’s form against his team mate in 2010
Heikki Kovalainen
Took Lotus to their first appearance in Q2 and qualified highest of the new cars.
A messy attempt at a pass on Lucas di Grassi left him with a punctures tyre, but he lost much more time with an hydraulic problem.
After a long pit stop he was sent back out at the end of the race but having lost ten laps he was not classified.
Compare Heikki Kovalainen’s form against his team mate in 2010
MEmo
5th April 2010, 19:18
Keith, I think (and as you also point out) that Heikki had two stops not one like it says on the table: the puncture and the longer (like 11 minutes) one with the hydraulics…