Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane looks at the ins and outs of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal... read more »

“We went well with both cars last year [in Canada] and there’s nothing to suggest we shouldn’t go well this year...” – Alan Permane.     read more »

Alan Permane, the trackside operations manager at Lotus F1 looks ahead to Monaco. He points out once again that Lotus is happy with the tyres as they are, and that the... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane looks ahead to the Monaco GP, the tyre debate and more... read more »

Alan Permane says Lotus is confident of a strong showing when F1 heads to Monaco this weekend     read more »

Lotus Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane gives his insight ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix on the streets of Monte Carlo     read more »

Trackside operations director Alan Permane believes Lotus has made clear improvements with its qualifying pace this season read more »

Lotus are hopeful that Kimi Raikkonen will feel well enough to get back behind the wheel on Sunday after he missed Saturday's test session due to food poisoning. Team... read more »

According to Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane, Lotus is in a strong position prior to the final pre-season test in Barcelona next week. Despite technical troubles... read more »

Lotus have confirmed they won't race their double-DRS system this weekend despite successfully testing it on Kimi Raikkonen's car during practice. The Enstone outfit... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean took to the Hockenheim circuit today for the first practice sessions ahead of Sunday’s German Grand Prix. In mixed wet and dry conditions the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 11th: "The car feels okay and there were no issues. The wind was a bit of a factor in the morning but it was better in the afternoon. I was stuck in... read more »

Lotus need to improve their qualifying if they want to achieve a victory this season, that's according to director of trackside operations Alan Permane... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane believes that the team was in a false position in FP2 in Canada read more »

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 »