Lotus: We were happy with the pace from both drivers, particularly on the long runs 16 November, 2013 Heikki Kovalainen ended the first day of practice for the United States Grand Prix with the fifth fastest time at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Team-mate Romain Grosjean was eighth fastest during an afternoon of glorious blue skies; contrasting the delayed and interrupted morning session. Technical programme notes: Both drivers ran the long wheelbase configuration E21. Pirelli’s hard [orange] compound tyre was used in the morning session, the hard and medium [white] in the afternoon. The morning session was initially delayed by fog preventing the medical helicopter from...
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