Pirelli has reversed its decision to bring harder tyres to the forthcoming Hungarian grand prix. Lotus had questioned the F1 supplier’s “unusual”... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane has said the Enstone-based outfit will have ‘plenty’ of ‘interesting new parts’ to test... read more »

Lotus Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane looks back at the British Grand Prix and previews what to expect at the Nurburgring     read more »

The Lotus F1 Team have confirmed that they intend to run their so-called 'device' or Double-DRS at the British Grand Prix for the first time. The outfit has trialed... read more »

Trackside operations director Alan Permane looks at what Lotus can expect from the British Grand Prix     read more »

Alan Permane believes Lotus can anticipate making their "biggest step forward of the year" at next weekend's British Grand Prix... read more »

Lotus will introduce its biggest upgrade of the season so far, as it bids to turn its gradual slide from the front to the slowest of the front-runners around. The Enstone... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane has criticised Pirelli for being "too conservative" with its tyre compounds for the next three races read more »

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 »