Taffin: “Without breakages the Lotus would have entered the top ten”

The many difficulties complained of by Lotus in Australia and specifically those related to the operation of the MGU-K would be attributable to delays in preparation. The manager is convinced of this Renault Remi Taffin.

“We haven't lapped enough with them and we lack experience – he told Autosport – On the other hand, the car was prepared late, there were problems with our power unit, then with mapping and then with driveability. All issues that took up time. In Melbourne we hoped to be able to accumulate some kilometres, but instead both cars suffered a breakdown. If it hadn't been for this I think the top ten would have been reachable. Now we just have to try to recover in Malaysia. We will use the same race set-up as in Albert Park and if everything goes smoothly even the clock will start to prove us right."

Chiara Rainis