Kimi Raikkonen, 15th: “It was an okay day for us. We expected rain in the afternoon so we used the super soft tyres in the morning to make sure we could do some long... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 5th: “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with the set-up quite a bit today. We changed... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen will not get to test the E20 this week in Mugello after Lotus confirmed that Romain Grosjean would be behind the wheel on Wednesday and Thursday. The adverse... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 11th: “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was... read more »

Lotus' trackside operations director Alan Permane is confident that his team's E20 has race pace, they just need a "normal" race to show it.. read more »

Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean took to the track for the first practice sessions of 2012 today, with variable weather affecting the opening day of the Australian Grand Prix... read more »

Pirelli's aggressive choice of tyre compounds this year will open up the possibility of more varied strategies from teams, reckons Lotus trackside operations director Alan... read more »

Lotus’ trackside operations director, Alan Permane says that Kimi Raikkonen demonstrated he is an exceptional talent almost immediately after he first stepped into a... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane feels the reliability of the E20 was one of the major positives for the team during first pre-season test... read more »

Lotus F1 Team had quite a positive test at Jerez, and looking back on that, Alan Permane could not agree more. While the team will bring chassis Nr2 to Barcelona, car #1 showed... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director, Alan Permane, admits that after Jerez the atmosphere within the team is buoyant. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has already made a good impression on everyone at Lotus F1, according to trackside operation director, Alan Permane. read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane said that the reliability of the E20 allowed the team to work on performance during the first test at Jerez read more »

Lotus' Alan Permane admits he was pleasantly surprised by Kimi Raikkonen's performance on his first day back in F1... read more »

Lotus's trackside operations director Alan Permane said Kimi Raikkonen proved on his first day back in a Formula 1 cockpit that his return to grand prix racing can be a... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen will be paying a visit to the Lotus factory in Enstone this week for a seat fitting, according to BBC F1 journalist Andrew Benson. Benson posted a message on... read more »

"We are struggling on the medium compound as shown by both Bruno and Vitaly going around 1.5 to 2 seconds quicker on the soft tyre," admits Alan Permane. read more »

Nov.7 (GMM) As in India recently, there will be two separate DRS zones in use this weekend in Abu Dhabi. Throughout most of 2011, the first season of DRS deployment in F1... read more »

Oct.11 (GMM) Poor starts and qualifying explains Mark Webber's struggle to keep up with new back-to-back world champion Sebastian Vettel in 2011. That is the claim of... read more »

Alan Permane has been promoted to Track Operations Director by Lotus Renault after the departure of Steve Nielsen... read more »

Lotus Renault GP look ahead to a Japanese revival whilst revealing news of a promotion for Alan Permane. read more »

Renault has announced that Alan Permane will step up to the role of Track Operations Director, following the departure of sporting director Steve Nielsen after the Singapore... read more »

Renault chief race engineer Alan Permane says he is confident the team will be more competitive in Singapore than it has been on similar circuits this year read more »

LRGP took ninth position in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps, showing promising pace from the R31 with its latest upgrade package running for the first time in dry... read more »

Aug.15 (GMM) The battle between Vitaly Petrov and Robert Kubica would have been much closer in 2011. That is the claim of Renault's chief engineer Alan Permane, who... read more »