Romain Grosjean \u2013 9th and 7th:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00ab It’s a good result for the team. I’ve reached Q3 in every race since the start of the season and that’s always satisfying. Without a small mistake in my flying lap in Q3, I could have been even higher on the grid. The weather conditions here offer a stark contrast to those in China, and I think we can be proud of how we’ve adapted, because getting the right setup is really challenging. Today, we might have been a bit too far from the leaders, but our race pace seems excellent and, with such small gaps, the race should be very exciting. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen \u2013 7th and 11th:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00ab The performance was there today and I could have easily made it to Q3 with a second attempt. But we decided that taking the risk of doing only one fast lap was worth it. This way, we would save a set of tires for the race. Tomorrow, the priority will be to preserve the rubber. So, if our gamble didn’t pay off in Q2, I hope the strategy will work for the race. We knew it would be tight and obviously, we always want to position ourselves as high as possible on the grid. But we had two options and we chose the one that, hopefully, will bring us the best result on Sunday. In any case, no points are awarded on Saturday, so let’s wait for tomorrow. \u00bb<\/p>\n
[From the official Lotus F1 Team press release]<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romain Grosjean qualified in 7th position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen narrowly missed entering Q3. Nevertheless, Kimi’s 11th place on the grid means he will have the choice of tires for the start of the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":41781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[92,1404],"class_list":["post-19670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bilan","tag-sakhir"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n