Heikki Kovalainen has downplayed his impressive pace on his first day driving the Lotus E21 after ending United States Grand Prix Friday practice fifth fastest.The Finn has taken up the seat vacated by Kimi Raikkonen, who had back surgery on Thursday, and ended up 0.768 seconds off pacesetter Sebastian Vettel...

Lotus plans to race its long wheelbase car from the Korean Grand Prix after concluding that it is a step forward over its current version.Kimi Raikkonen trialled the new car during practice for the Italian GP but the team elected not to race it because it was not convinced enough...

Lotus will not run its new long-wheelbase car for the remainder of the Italian Grand Prix weekend.Kimi Raikkonen tried the upgraded version in practice and was third-quickest, although he set an identical time to teammate Romain Grosjean in the standard E21. The team subsequently decided to play it safe for...

Kimi Raikkonen gave the new long-wheelbase Lotus E21 its debut during the first free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix. The wheelbase has been lengthened by around 100mm, which is achieved by moving the front wheels forward relative to the rest of the car.This long-wheelbase package (LWB) comprises revised...

Lewis Hamilton topped the opening free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix.The Mercedes driver, running a revised low-downforce package after the team was disappointed with its form at Spa two weeks ago, was the last of the leading drivers to start setting flying laps. He knocked Ferrari's Alonso from...

Kimi Raikkonen has not won a grand prix since the season opener in Australia. Yet almost by stealth, he headed into the August break as Sebastian Vettel's closest championship challenger. Closest is a relative term and he is a win-and-a-half behind (38 points), so not quite within striking distance. But...

Romain Grosjean's third place on the Hungarian Grand Prix grid is in doubt after his Lotus car failed a front floor deflection test on Saturday.The Frenchman was the nearest challenger to front row men Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel at the Hungaroring. But in post-qualifying inspections of the front floor,...