NICK - “NEW REGULATIONS CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT”
26/06/2011
After Nick picked up another point for the team yesterday, we managed to get a few words before he jetted off back home.
Nick, you’ve competed in Valencia a few times before - how did this race rank alongside the others?
NH: Well, today was a little disappointing given where we both qualified for the race. We managed to have some more fun out there today than we’ve previously had here, and there were a few overtaking manœuvres (a few more than in previous years) so from that point of view it was probably more open.
Tell us about how your race panned out?
NH: Well, what cost us a little bit were our starts. I lost a position to Adrian (Sutil) and then had to fight hard not to lose more. I finished more or less where I had been for the majority of the race (behind Sutil). I managed to overtake him once but then he used DRS to get past me and, unfortunately, I was not able to attack any harder to get by him. To be honest, I did not expect to finish behind a Force India and a Toro Rosso so we need to look at why we were so off the pace.
And overall this weekend?
NH: We pushed hard throughout the weekend, but it’s just not been possible to get the pace out of the car that we wanted. We will need to take a step forward for Silverstone.
Looking ahead to Silverstone, that will be an altogether different proposition…
NH: Yes, it will. Silverstone is a track with a lot of high speed corners, and our car performs well on these types of corners. We will also see how the new regulations affect our car, but I think it will have a positive impact for the team.
Credit: Lotus Renault GP (www.lotusrenaultgp.com)
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