Lotus pays race price for Saturday missteps

by - 11/01/2012 02:37:00 p.m.


Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean lamented the set-up choices and qualifying efforts made by the team on Saturday, which left them at a critical disadvantage during the 2012 Indian GP.

It was another weekend of 'could have beens' for Lotus, with a good car not able to perform to its full potential - according to lead driver Kimi Raikkonen after the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of India in Greater Noida.

"I had a very good car today but I just couldn't do anything with it," said the former world champion. "We put ourselves in that position yesterday with the set-up we chose for qualifying, and we paid the price today."

The problem was that couldn't get the speed he needed out of turn 3 down the DRS zone of the long straight, which meant that he wasn't able to get passed Felipe Massa and spent most of the race staring at the rear wing of the Ferrari instead, eventually following Massa home in seventh place.

"I was not able to pass on the straight. It was quite disappointing but that's how it goes," said Raikkonen. "We had the speed but not in the right place and when you are behind someone there's not much you can do."


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