Lotus revealed former world champion Kimi Raikkonen made an encouraging start in his first test for the team. The 32-year-old Finn was testing in Valencia on Monday ahead of his return to Formula 1 this year after two years in rallying. Trackside operations director Alan Permane said: "From the first run he was pretty much there." Raikkonen said: "It was nice to get back into the car. It's quite a few years since I last drove." Raikkonen was driving a two-year-old Renault R30 at Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit in Spain, and will continue into a second day on Tuesday. He will drive the team's 2012 car for the first time at Jerez in next month's first pre-season test. Permane added that it was impossible to say whether Raikkonen was fully up to speed as there was no benchmark for the car on that track and on the tyres Raikkonen was using.