The opening day of the third pre-season test was a difficult one for the Lotus F1 Team, following problems with the new specification exhaust. Pastor Maldonado was at the wheel of the E22 and managed just 31 laps on Thursday. He caused the second of four red flag periods after stopping out on track in the morning session. Despite failing to complete a considerable amount of mileage, the Venezuelan says the car 'is not bad' and has shown good potential. 'For sure it wasn’t what we wanted today, but we are all working very hard to make progress and I’m sure we’ll have solutions quite soon as a team, and it’s clear we have good potential and the car is not bad,' he said. 'We have had...
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