With Heikki Kovalainen having explained to GPUpdate.net that hydraulics is currently the ‘weak link’ of the Lotus car, fellow debutants Virgin Racing have been hampered to a greater extent in the same department but are now confident that problems will be under control by the time the first race takes place.
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Heikki Kovalainen admits that the new Lotus team is exceeding all expectations following its first winter testing. Now the only Finn in the field, the 28-year-old hopes to iron out niggling hydraulics-related issues before the start of the season in two weeks’ time, as he explained to GPUpdate.net’s Gregory Haines in Spain on Sunday.
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On Wednesday the Virgin Racing team started it’s second full test with the VR-01 at Jerez. After a successful conclusion to its testing debut here last week, the team experienced more of the rough than the smooth today when an elusive hydraulics problem proved hard to pin down.
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Michael Schumacher’s running was cut short in Valencia on Wednesday when a hydraulics problem turned out to be Mercedes’ first mechanical issue of the year. Nevertheless, the 7-time World Champion still managed the third quickest time of the day and notched up another 82 laps.
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