Last week Lotus revealed it would skip Jerez to allow it to continue to develop the E22 ahead of the second test in Bahrain. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Lotus boss Eric Boullier is confident his team will not be the only one skipping the opening pre-season test in the Spanish city Jerez at the end of this month, according to ESPNF1.
Last week Lotus revealed it would skip Jerez to allow it to continue to develop the E22 ahead of the second test in Bahrain.
With just three weeks of testing available to the teams ahead of the first race and brand new regulations, tyres and engines to understand, Boullier admitted to BBC Sport there were ‘concerns’ and he did not think his team would be alone in its decision.
“You will see, we will not be the only team not being in Jerez,” he told BBC Sport. “I know this for a fact already.
“We already said a month ago that it is going to be tight. Actually most of the teams agreed it was going to be tight.”
Mercedes and Caterham will both reveal their cars on the first day of the Jerez test, while McLaren will hold an online launch four days before.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2014.
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