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“Spa is a challenging circuit and I think
that’s one of the reasons all the drivers
like it. There are some big corners, and
famous parts such as Eau Rouge, which
now is flat out. There are many changes
of direction at high speed, and you have
to have good balance with the car and
great confidence as a driver.”
Heikki Kovalainen

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“Spa is a fantastic place to go –
a circuit full of challenges for
drivers AND engineers. It’s one of
the traditional tracks, which has
not lost its character even though
safety-standards have significantly
improved over the past years.”
Dieter Gass, Sporting Director

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 on TRACK: SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS oFF TRACK: SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS WHAT’S COOKING?
Round 13 – unlucky for some. If you ask an F1™ driver to name his favourite The atmosphere of Grand Prix racing’s golden era extends Nanna G’s
Belgian
circuit, the chances are he’ll name this one. Once upon a time all race tracks to the surrounding villages and towns. Back in the day, the
were like this – long, fast, dangerous, tree-lined, and carved into the side of a likes of Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt would fill the local bars,
mountain. Now there is only one Spa. knocking back trappist brews. Those bars and hostelries are
still standing. It feels like time travel. Chocolate
02
03
04
km/h:305
Sponge
Gear:7

05
01 km/h:140
km/h:64 19
Gear:3
Gear:1 GForce:3.20
GForce:2.80 06
km/h:170
10 Gear:3
18 GForce:3.00

17 07
km/h:297 km/h:177
Gear:3
Ingredients:
Gear:6 11 5 oz flour
GForce:3.00
09 Accommodation: Le Roannay is a self-styled choco-paradise and home to 2 oz Belgian Coco powder
16
km/h:305 km/h:152 You’ll have to move fast to get first dibs on the Flemish Willy Wonka. The reason Spa is
1 tsp baking powder
Gear:6 Gear:3 this hostelry. It’s the first choice of many team called Spa is that there are lots of Spas there,
GForce:2.30 GForce:2.50 principals and top drivers. As well as comfy so visit Les Thermes de Spa in case you need 6 oz butter
rooms, it offers delicious French cuisine. And to relax some more after a three week break 6 oz castor sugar
if you like wine, you’ll be happy to hear there from racing. 3 eggs
12 08 are 10,000 vintage bottles in the cellar.
Mabel says; ‘I’m from Holland, but lived in Pre-heat the oven to gas
13 Restaurant: La Dolce Vita Brussels for three months and love the city!
km/h:170 mark 3 - 325f or 170c
Gear:3 An excellent small Italian bistro in the centre Le Roannay is fantastic, and very well known
GForce:3.00 of Spa frequented by many of the Italian En- for its steak, although it can be quite expen- Take out two 7inch/18cm
gineers and Mechanics – so it must be good. sive! My favourite place to stay is Kruisheren sponge tins, 4cm deep.
Local start time: 14h00 Perfect for a tête-à-tête meal, we recommend Hotel which sells itself as being ‘design
Number of laps: 44 the cannelloni and the carbonara. between heaven and earth’. It’s situated in the Grease tins and line the base
Circuit length: 7.004km 15 14 centre of Maastricht and dates from the 15th with grease proof paper.
km/h:245 km/h:250
Race distance: 308.052km Gear:5 Bar: Le Cellier century. The interior was created by designer In a large mixing bowl sift
Gear:5 The beer menu here is epic, as are the Henk Vos and uses stained glass windows,
Lap record: Kimi Raikkonen the flour, baking powder
(McLaren, 2004), 1m45.108 amazing array of glasses they come in – all and stunning authentic wall and ceiling paint-
individually designated for each beer. Some ings. Finally, my favourite place to let my hair and cocoa powder. Add all
require a wooden frame to hold them! The down is Havana Brussels – they do fantastic other ingredients and whisk
barman will helpfully offer you a small tipple live music and you can meet all sorts of until it is all blended. If the
Though the original 14.9km circuit has been cut down to The weather usually throws a curve ball into the mix. It’s of a few for free so you can make an informed interesting people there!”
mixture doesn’t drop off a
7km, the spirit of this awesome track remains. Sections like tough on engines, for at one stage the cars are at full- decision about your choice of weapon. Mabel Dautzenburg is the Events Co-ordinator
Eau Rouge, Pouhon and Blanchimont test the limits of car throttle for 23 seconds. The track rewards a low-downforce for Lotus Racing wooden spoon easily when
and driver. For spectators there’s no better treat. set-up and a driver willing to take risks and overtake. At Spa, Club: Inside-Out tapped on a bowl, add 1 or
the best man wins. There aren’t really any clubs in Spa or 2 teaspoons of warm tap
Lotus driver Jim Clark won four times here. Ironically, Francorchamps so if you want to go dancing
he was one of very few drivers who didn’t pine for the you had better head for Maastricht, Brussels
water and whisk again.
Ardennes. Spa-Francorchamps scared the wits out of him, or Liege. Liege isn’t too far, and offers a club Bake on the centre shelf
after he lost two friends here in 1960. aboard an old barge. Inside-Out offers great of the pre-heated oven for
music, a chilled vibe, and lots of students all 30mins. Nutella makes a
rocking the boat.
great filling, or melt some
While you’re there: Obviously you Belgian chocolate and
should head straight to the chocolate butter to spread inside. Yum!
emporium. Chocolaterie Jacques in Eupen

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back TRACK: gp hungary Lotus Racing scored a great result in Hungary,
with Heikki Kovalainen finishing 14th and Jarno
CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS:
Trulli just behind. The pair started in 20th and
21st respectively and once again took the team
DRIVERS
Mark Webber – 161
to the top of the rookie table.
Lewis Hamilton – 157
“I think that was the maximum we could
have hoped for, so we’re all really pleased,” said Sebastian Vettel – 151
Heikki. “Despite starting behind Timo [Glock] Jenson Button – 147
we were confident we could overtake him, and Fernando Alonso – 141
that’s how it panned out. My own race was Felipe Massa – 97
fairly straightforward. I dropped a few places at Nico Rosberg – 94
the start but when the safety car came in I was Robert Kubica – 89
brought straight in to pit and it worked out well Michael Schumacher – 38
as I jumped a couple of guys ahead.” Adrian Sutil – 35
Jarno was happy too. “All weekend I’ve
Rubens Barrichello – 30
been strong, and today’s two car finish shows
Vitaly Petrov – 17
how hard the team’s been working. I made a
Kamui Kobayashi – 17
very good start and managed to gain three
places, and once I got ahead of Timo it was Vitantonio Liuzzi – 12

pretty comfortable staying in front.” Nico Hulkenberg – 10

Deputy Team Principal Kamarudin Sebastien Buemi – 7
Meranun was in charge in Hungary, and was Pedro De La Rosa – 6
especially pleased with the equal best result Jaime Alguersuari – 3
of the year so far. “I’ve given Tony [Fernandes] Heikki Kovalainen – 0
a challenge – let’s see you beat that next time Jarno Trulli – 0
you’re on the pitwall!” Karun Chandhok – 0
Lucas Di Grassi – 0
Bruno Senna – 0
RESULTS: Timo Glock – 0
1 Mark Webber – Red Bull-Renault Sakon Yamamoto - 0
2 Fernando Alonso – Ferrari
3 Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault CHAMPIONSHIP
4 Felipe Massa – Ferrari STANDINGS:
5 Vitaly Petrov – Renault CONSTRUCTORS
6 Nico Hulkenberg – Williams-Cosworth Red Bull Racing – 312
7 Pedro de la Rosa – BMW Sauber-Ferrari McLaren – 304
8 Jenson Button – McLaren-Mercedes Ferrari – 238
9 Kamui Kobayashi – BMW Sauber-Ferrari Mercedes – 132
10 Rubens Barrichello – Williams-Cosworth
Renault – 106
11 Michael Schumacher – Mercedes Force India – 47
12 Sebastien Buemi – Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Williams – 40
13 Vitantonio Liuzzi – Force India-Mercedes
BMW Sauber - 23
14 Heikki Kovalainen – Lotus-Cosworth
Scuderia Toro Rosso – 10
15 Jarno Trulli – Lotus-Cosworth
Lotus Racing – 0
16 Timo Glock – Virgin Cosworth
HRT – 0
17 Bruno Senna – HRT-Cosworth
Virgin Racing - 0
18 Lucas di Grassi – Virgin Cosworth
19 Sakon Yamamoto – HRT-Cosworth

DNF Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes (23 laps)

DNF Robert Kubica – Renault (23 laps)
DNF Nico Rosberg – Mercedes (15 laps)
DNF Adrian Sutil – Force India-Mercedes (15 laps)
DNF Jaime Alguersuari – Toro Rosso-Ferrari (1 lap)

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WATER COOLER: FOOTBALL DINNER
Lotus Racing played host to an F1™ tra-
dition in Hungary that was in need of a
new home. FOFIFO (Fans Of Football In
Formula One™) is a group of UK media
- photographers, writers and presenters

LOTUS RACING PRINTS – who get together at the Hungarian

GP every year to celebrate the start
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Go to www.lotusracingprints.my to about your team for two minutes and
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there will be something for all styles! avoid too much abuse as the evening
wore on, but one of the Lotus Racing
representatives wore his Manchester
FACTORY TOURS United shirt, and seemed to attract
A SUCCESS quite a lot of flak as a result…. A great
evening ensued, and FOFIFO has found
Lotus Racing opened its doors to the its new home.
factory throughout August, with spe-
cial tours to members of the public
and fans. Guests toured the whole of
the factory in Hingham, Norfolk, and
lotus racing of the week:
got up close and personal with the
current Formula One™ cars, met the
MikeGascoyne: “Just
mechanics who work on them and
had each group had a personal Q&A shown Martin Donnelly
session with a key member of staff
from the Race Team. Not only that, and a young driver
but guests walked away with a goodie
bag, plus photos from their visit. More round the factory. Great
factory tours will be scheduled this
year, so please email factorytours@ to have one of Lotus’
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a good egg
Chief Engineer Jody Egginton talks to us about the best drivers
he’s worked with, finishing second in Spa last year, and spending
his youth playing around with a series of projects.

What did you do before joining Lotus Racing as Chief Engineer? at the same time being one of the most successful drivers of all time,
I was a Race Engineer at Force India for the last four seasons. In including winning the Indy 500 and coming back to F1™ in 1982 for a
2008/2009 I was on Giancarlo Fisichella’s car, before that it was one off appearance putting his Ferrari on pole in Monza.
working with various people including, Sakon Yamamoto, Christijan During my time in touring car racing, I’ve worked with Johnny
Albers & Markus Winkelhock. Prior to F1™ I was at Prodrive working Cecotto, Alain Menu & Manuel Reuter all of whom were good drivers
as a Designer & Race Engineer on the Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 car to learn from as an Engineer as they were at the top of their game
project which competed at Le Mans and in the ALMS. And then at the time. Working with Pedro Lamy in GT1 was good for me as
before that I was in Germany working in the DTM, five years of he was probably, depending on your measurement metrics, one of
that with Opel. the quickest GT1 drivers in the world at the time. Another driver who
impressed me with his approach was Peter Kox when I worked with
How does F1™ stack up to a challenge like Le Mans, do you him at Le Mans and Sebring as he was the driver who could run a
approach it differently? triple stint in the night on old tyres without making a single error.
It’s a very different challenge in some ways. At Le Mans you’ve Within Formula One™, you can’t take away from the things
got three drivers in the car, you’ve got to get the car dialled in for that Michael Schumacher has done, but I think Lewis Hamilton
all of them and as such you are making compromises as they all is an impressive character. Even when the car hasn’t been great
need to be able to perform to get the best result. The races can he’s a fighter, everyone likes that. Even with Lotus Racing now, the
be monotonous but at the same time you’ve got to maintain the experienced guys we’ve got, Jarno and Heikki, make it easier for
performance of the car in a range of conditions without losing track a start-up team because they’ve got this data bank of information
time or your focus. F1™ requires a different approach as you’re which every Engineer likes. It’s very different from running a rookie,
focused for a shorter amount of time and do not have to make when you can take nothing for granted.
so many compromises in order to get the car set up as close to
optimum as possible, as you only have a single driver to deal with. As a Race Engineer, you must have quite a talent for spotting
However, this does not make it any easier! where a driver is really pushing. To judge that are you just
looking at the numbers, and at the computers?
It’s the same for the drivers? I think being a Race Engineer is multi-faceted. First of all you need
Yeah, I think so. It’s a different approach for drivers; in an endurance a certain amount of man management skills, be it with your crew
event it’s about consistency and being able to adapt to changing or a driver. To a certain extent you’ve got to be sympathetic and
conditions such as night fall or a big drop in track temperature while understand what they’re telling you, but in order to do this correctly
F1™ requires an out and out maximum effort for a relatively short you have to build up a relationship with the driver to get to the point
period of time. However I am sure it’s equally as enjoyable. of being able to quickly interpret what they are saying. Trust is also
critical and this has to work both ways. From a data perspective it is
Of the drivers you’ve worked with, who do you rate the highest? always very interesting to see the way the driver interprets the data,
It’s very hard to say – era-to-era has a big effect on it. Although I discusses a proposed change then goes back on track and improves
have never worked with him, but from the point of view of what he’s his performance as a result; for me it is this ability that sets some
I achieved think Mario Andretti is an impressive guy, he did a lot of drivers apart.
interesting work early on in the days of slick tyre development whilst Everyone has something that makes them tick. If you can

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understand that with a driver and the driver can understand that enjoy track days, but I’m not a mega driver. It is still an interest though;
from an Engineer it’s a lot easier to go forward. It’s perhaps a black art you’re born with the bug I think!
in some ways. I’ve heard in the past about Engineers struggling with
particular drivers or drivers struggling with particular Engineers so for When did you discover you had the bug?
sure there’s a human side to it. When you’re in F1™ you’re supposed My father did a lot of racing, so I was being dragged around the
to know how to run a car, so when relationships break down it can country at an early age. Probably from about nine or ten onwards
only be down to the human side, expectations not being met, or the I decided I wanted to be a mechanic. I wasn’t fully aware of Race
dreaded politics. Engineers then. Then I got to fourteen or fifteen and discovered the
engineering side of it and that’s all I ever wanted to do. It’s amazing
When you start working with a new driver do you build that how things work out. Although he doesn’t remember, Mike gave me
relationship straight away? How do you do it? my first job at Tyrrell in 1997. That was my break. I’ve worked with
I’ve had drivers forced on me with two or three days’ notice and Mike twice since then.
personally I quite enjoy the challenge of this. I knew Markus
Winkelhock before he hopped in the car at the Nurburgring in You must have been very young at the time?
2007 and although we hadn’t done much work together we just I was basically straight out of University, brought in for six months to
got on with it, we were both in the trenches together so to speak. do odds and ends that no-one else had the time to do. It was a good
Obviously he had the race of his life in circumstances that you don’t experience and from there I moved on. I found myself at Midland
see too often and before we knew it we were at the front which was F1™ and then Mike came along when it was Spyker. As for Lotus
massively enjoyable for everyone. Ultimately it wasn’t to last, but we Racing, there aren’t many chances in your career to join a brand new
did raise a few eyebrows that day which is always good to do. He F1™ team so I jumped at the opportunity. It’s a challenge, but a very
was in a position that he had one race, he knew he wasn’t going to interesting one. I think a lot of people came for the same reasons. A
be a permanent fixture and we made the most of it. Under normal lot of people like to work with Mike - you know what you get with him
circumstances, he’d have finished the race and said that was okay and and for me that is a very important thing. The way the team is being
that would have been the end of it, but he’s probably still dining out run is quite refreshing. It’s a serious team but I think we are doing it
on that day now, I would guess. the right way.

“Drivers are all different “Although he doesn’t remember,

characters. You’ve got Mike gave me my first job at
to be flexible, that’s the Tyrrell in 1997. That was my
main thing.” break. I’ve worked with Mike
twice since then.”
Drivers are all different characters. You’ve got to be flexible, that’s
the main thing. When Fisi came to Force India he had a lot of history What car do you take to trackdays?
with the team and he felt at home. He’d been at Jordan twice before line and he was asking where he was. We said “not bad mate, not bad, teams is the aim, whilst at the same time trying to get closer to the tail At the moment I have nothing suitable. I’ve had a series of fast cars
in its previous incarnations. But again, a good guy to work with, laid you’re on pole”. He drove the lap of his life and got the result to match. end of the established teams. We will have some new parts on the car though. I’ve had an BMW E30 M3, the old 2.3 litre car from the mid to
back but at the same time if he had a sniff of a result he was very We knew we had the car setup well for the race, and when the for Spa and with the combined experience of the team, we will aim to late 80s. I’ve had a Porsche 964 RS, both of these were a lot of fun!
tenacious - Brazil 2008 being a good example of this where he ran in fuel loads came through on Saturday evening we were actually not get the most out of the event. Then when I was at university, I had a VW Golf GTi which I messed
the top 8 for quite a lot of the race. short fuelled at all. around with it - was always up in the air being ‘tuned’! I was the
Fisi got a good start and he was away. Obviously with the safety How do Heikki and Jarno stack up in the pantheon of drivers world’s best tuner of two stroke motorbike engines as well, if you
What’s the race that you dine out on? car and the restart we got caught by Kimi Raikkonen and his KERS you’ve worked with? consider engine lifespan in minutes that is! Now I’ve got an Audi A4
You remember your first Grand Prix, but the race that for me was the system. To be fair to him, Raikkonen didn’t put a foot wrong - that I’m impressed with both of them. Heikki’s come along, he gives good Quattro diesel for the commute, nothing too exciting really. I keep
most amazing in my F1™ career was Spa last year. Force India was car wasn’t as good as ours that day, and he made no mistakes. We feedback, he’s a strong driver. But they’ve both taken a very measured meaning to purchase a Westfield or something similar.
a team that had been getting better in the second half of the year couldn’t get past him. We tried everything up until the last lap and approach, it’s very good. Jarno’s experience was really useful in winter
and we knew we were getting closer and closer. Although we weren’t then we settled for the eight points! testing when we had things we weren’t happy with with the car. Have you ever built your own car before?
talking podiums, we were talking points. And we’d had luck go Kimi drove an astounding race and we finished second. We felt He pushed hard  even when, at times, we weren’t making as much I have built a few bikes from scratch, and made extensive
against us a few times meaning we had not realised the results a very small amount of disappointment initially, followed by a huge progress as everyone wanted. Ultimately it’s good to have them in the modifications to various cars, all when I was younger. I also had a Mini
we should have. amount of happiness. We thought we were going to do it again team, they don’t fall off too often, they give good feedback and they’re which I decided to cut the front and back off, it never got finished but
We’d got to Spa and Fisi was quick around there, Adrian [Sutil] at Monza. Obviously Fisi went to Ferrari, followed his heart, I can’t resilient to set-backs which you get as a new team. It was a good call I am sure it would have been a success! I’ve got a lot of unfinished
was quick around there also - he’d been blinding in the wet the year blame him. We got Tonio [Liuzzi] in the car and we would have been for Tony and Mike to go that route with these guys, they’ve made it a projects lying around in the garage but it’s difficult to find the time
before. We made a change to the front wing package overnight and third or fourth in Monza but for a driveshaft failure which was a big lot easier. They are team players. They know the reality of what we’re to put into them. I’ve got a young family and when I’m not working
right from the very first thing in FP3 the drivers were saying “Wow, disappointment. The 2009 Force India was efficient aerodynamically trying to achieve this year and they’re fully on board with it. I spend my time with them. Maybe in the future I will find the time
this is it, this is special”. And we just carried on in a certain direction, - the set-up and the car architecture was just perfect for those circuits. when the children have gone off to university.
got to the end of FP3 and thought we might bag Q2. We got into Q2 It will be interesting to see how they go this year. Have you ever tried racing yourself?
and right until the dying seconds Fisi was quickest. So we got into Q3. Yeah, I’ve gone through the phases of buying go-karts and playing
We decided on a fuel load which we thought was super-aggressive How do you reckon Lotus Racing will run this year at circuits like around with those. When I was at university, I was more into
to get a good qualifying position. As it transpired everyone else had Monza and Spa - power circuits? motorbikes, I used to go along on Wednesday mornings to Mallory
gone the same route. Everyone piled out in Q3 whilst we stayed in the
garage so we could make the single run at the end. Fisi did the lap,
Jarno was actually the quickest guy in Q3 last year at Spa, fuel-
corrected. Heikki also knows his way around Spa well so we should be
Park and do test sessions. It was only down the road from my
university. I was more engineering-led though, spending more time
to find out more about the team go to:
and we realised that the lap was quite special and then he crossed the ok in that respect. From a team perspective staying ahead of the new playing around with the set-up than riding! I enjoyed and still do www.lotusracing.my

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team work: then and now
GREAT DRIVE While at puppy boot camp, Max and Sam
had a well earned grooming session and SOPHIE’S
CHOICE
haircut – this is the boys before and after...
Jon Daly, Chris Leslie, Dave Freeman and John Gleeson teed off a We told you it was tough! Happily, the boys
memorable day for Lotus Racing with a win in the Golf Challenge. were very pleased with their new do’s.

then: 70’s rock stars Unlike the rest of the team, Max and
Sam haven’t been on holiday during
the August break. They’ve been at
doggy boot camp, which is a bit like
winter testing for puppies but without
all the tapas – much to their chagrin.
Acting as Chief Operations Officer
while Keith Saunt was away, Sophie
promised not to do any work on the
cars because that would be against the
principles of FOTA’s two-week factory
shut down. Instead, she’s made some
subtle changes to the furniture. So be
careful when you sit down.
Sophie predicts that Force India
could shine this weekend as they did
last year, although the podium will be
shared by Fernando Alonso, Lewis
now: skinhead punks Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

Lotus Racing scored its first victory of the season at the

recent F1™ Golf Challenge at Woburn Abbey. Taking on results:
The team’s handicaps and scores
teams and suppliers from across the grid, some of whom
were as follows;
entered multiple teams, our four boys triumphed in both
Jon – off 14, shot 33 points
the morning and afternoon competitions, bringing two
fantastic trophies back to Hingham where they now have Dave – off 23, shot 34 points

pride of place in reception. Chris - off 24, shot 39 points

John – off 12, shot 33 points

Pictured above are Aerodynamics Project Leader John
Gleeson, Technical Buyer Chris Leslie, Chief Truckie Jon Really well done boys! We look forward
to hosting the competition next year.
Daly, and Dave Freeman, our Head Chef, who will now be
hosting next year’s tournament in Norfolk – as winners it’s
now our right to bring everyone up to our home county
to try and take our trophies off us in 2011.

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