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Lotus getting better at 'pole' time
April 13th, 2013 (F1plus).- It was said from the very beginning of the year that for Lotus to really aspire for a championship, either for constructors or drivers, the team would need to improve its qualifying, given the fact that race pace was among the best. Well, it appears that this Saturday things clicked for the team with Kimi Raikkonen achieving second best time in the last round (Q3), which represents his first front row start since the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix. The Finn used Pirelli’s soft compound tyre and clocked a time of 1min 34.761 about a third slower than poleman, Lewis Hamilton. “This is my best qualifying for the team which is good, but of course you always want to be...
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