Kimi Raikkonen tested a two year old Lotus – then Renault – this morning in Valencia as preparation for his return to Formula 1, after being away himself for two years.
Although testing is banned until the beginning of February, Raikkonen was able to take advantage of a rule that allows drivers to use F1 cars that are two years old. Raikkonen drove the 2010 R30 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo.
It will be intersting to see how the new drivers – Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean – perform this year at Lotus, after they replaced Vitaly Petrov, Nick Heidfeld and Bruno Senna, from last season.