good on Lotus...Lotus: First box ticked - now for Sauber and Toro Rosso!
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“This is a great start,” the Englishman [Gascoyne] enthused, speaking to Reuters. “We’ve done the first massive step; we’ve now got to take some more. For us, it’s not about the new teams – it’s now about looking at Toro Rosso or Sauber in front of us. They are the ones we’ve got to look at, close the gap and go racing – and we’ll get on with doing it.
“We are pushing forward now. We had to do so much just to be here and compromise so much. Now it’s about moving forward from the base we’ve got, so we’ll attack it.”
“I’m very pleased, elated really,” he added, “We weren’t exactly conservative [in the design and development of the T127], but we took the decision that we’ve got to be reliable and finish the first few races. We made some conscious engineering decisions that I think have paid off.
“We’ve got to work on the one-lap pace, but I’ve always said that it’s not about where we are in Bahrain, it’s about where we are in Barcelona, Silverstone and in Abu Dhabi. We’ve ticked the first box and climbed the first massive hurdle, and the next one is performance. We’ll be pushing everywhere. For those who said that new teams shouldn’t be here, you saw Heikki fighting with [Nico] Hülkenberg [Williams] and all of that, so we’re here, we’re racing – and **** you!”
good on Lotus...