“Even though I was using a two year-old car and the demonstration tyres,
I learnt about working with the team and engineers which means I can focus
on the new car once we get to Jerez for the first official test.
“It was great to be driving an F1 car again, and from that respect I feel
very positive.”
Lotus’ trackside operations engineer Alan Permane claimed the two days with
Raikkonen proved to be “productive and valuable”.