Another not finished race for Lucas...unfortunately... His start was amazing and after the 1st lap was P16(from 24th), but because of the damage what the kerb caused he had to stay in the garage. Maybe in Hungary he will have more luck!
Lucas said: “I had a very positive start to the race today as I gained four places on the first lap and was running up behind Heikki for many laps. The car was behaving well, so I was confident we could beat Lotus on the track today and really push after the switch to the option tyre. I hit a bump on the kerb which damaged the suspension and so I lost the car. The damage meant that it was impossible to continue so what could have been a really great race ended early for me. However, we have shown the strength of the car here so I’m really looking forward to the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend.”
Really bad Quali for Lucas, wasn't able to do any timed lap due to gearbox problems. But this is racing, everything could happen. Good luck tomorrow! You can do it! :)
Lucas : “It has been a very frustrating day for me and the team because we were looking so good in Free Practice and I think we could have done a really good job in Qualifying. But we had the alternator problem late in the session this morning and then it was clear on my Qualifying out-lap that there was a gearbox problem which could not be fixed in the time we had. We will do the best we can tomorrow in the hope that we can finish as the best of the new teams.”
Rainy day in Germany. Virgin is improving, the drivers did quite good laps. Tomrrow practice, qualifying...and race on sunday.
Lucas said: “This has been a very productive Friday and we are looking very strong for this weekend thanks to the new updates we have here this weekend. I hope that the weather stays stable so we can continue to keep improving the car and bring home the best result possible on Sunday.”
Lucas arrived to Hockenheim today. Hopefully he will do well here. In 2005 he had a big accident, luckily he didn't hurt, and he also raced in Hockenheim in 2008(GP2) where Maldonado destroyed his weekend, so better luck this time.
Lucas said: “Our team’s home Grand Prix two weeks ago was shaping up to be a very positive weekend for us, so it’s disappointing that we encountered the hydraulic problem which ended my race early on. As always though you have to look at the positive and up until that point we had every reason to feel optimistic about the step forward we have made with the car, which is significant. Obviously there is a lot more to come and we have to keep pushing, but to know we are heading in the right direction has given us all a lift for the second half of the season. I really like the Hockenheimring and have raced here many times before in other categories. It’s a circuit that requires good braking stability and traction and is quite challenging. I am pretty confident in our car and expect us to be able to prove ourselves as the best of the new teams here again like I did in Valencia.”
