Romain Grosjean and Lotus have bounced back from their first pre-season visit to Barcelona by setting the fastest time in testing overnight. Grosjean sent the Lotus E20 around the Circuit de Catalunya in 1:25.252. That’s around one second slower than Kamui Kobayashi’s best lap from the first round of testing in Barcelona.
Jenson Button was a quarter of a second behind Grosjean last night, with Sergio Perez third fastest, almost six tenths back.
[table "4" seems to be empty /][Source: Autosport | Pic: Lotus F1 Team/LAT Photographic]
3 replies on “Grosjean quickest on Day 1 in Barcelona”
I think Lotus and Kimi is going to be the surprised package this year. We have seen enough (yeah I know, it’s only testing bla bla bla) to confirm that Lotus has built a quick car this year. I can’t wait for the season to start!
This time last year we’d seen enough to think Renault was going to be quick all year too.
[…] Lotus E20 has once again shown the F1 field a clean pair of heels with Romain Grosjean improving on yesterday’s effort to post a best time of 1:22.614. Jean-Eric Vergne was next best over half a second behind, with […]