News Details

Passive DRD fails to meet Raikkonen's expectations

Kimi Raikkonen said Lotus had hoped to gain more of an advantage from its new drag reduction device after he qualified ninth on the grid for Sunday's British Grand Prix. The passive system has been under development since last season and is designed to change the airflow over the rear wing over a certain speed in order to reduce drag on the straights but maintain downforce in the corners. Getting the system right has proved tricky for Lotus and Raikkonen said the device had not yet lived up to its promise. "We hoped to get a bit more from it but let's see how it behaves tomorrow and hopefully it gives us some better race pace," he said. "We know that it's not going to make...
Full Story »
12y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen focused on new device

Kimi Raikkonen said his Friday practice running was completely focused on...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Williams: We were expecting more from qualifying

Williams: We were expecting more from qualifying 29 June, 2013 Team and...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Lotus reasonably happy with 8th and 9th

Lotus F1's Romain Grosjean will start from eighth on the grid and Kimi...
12y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Seen as inevitable' – Worrying Arsenal update...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is reportedly attracting interest from big...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal now set to target £120m double transfer after...

Arsenal are now reportedly set to switch their focus to Eintracht...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“We are pretty confident of catching Arsenal” -...

Manchester City star Tijjani Reijnders has said the club is confident of...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'In active talks' – Fabrizio Romano provides...

Fabrizio Romano says Chelsea are in active talks over signing a new...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Alex Albon names F1 star who would be 'BEST MAN at his...

Alex Albon has revealed which F1 star on the grid... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Team Lotus throws in the towel

During its heyday in F1, Colin Chapman's Team... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Russell reveals the 'big' contract request that Mercedes...

In the world of driver contract negotiations,... Read More »
17m ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.