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Lotus ‘surprised' no soft tyre for Spain

By Editor on Monday, May 6, 2013 Lotus has admitted it is 'surprised' at Pirelli's decision to not supply the ‘soft'-compound tyre this weekend in Barcelona. Following all the controversy about the Italian supplier's 2013 tyres, with Red Bull by far the loudest critic, Pirelli announced that it is tweaking its ‘hard' compound for Barcelona and beyond. But, in the past, Pirelli has usually supplied the ‘hard' and the ‘soft' tyres for the Spanish grand prix. So far this year, Lotus' 2013 car has shown to be arguably the most effective in managing the heavily degrading compounds, and the team and its lead driver Kimi Raikkonen are both currently second in the...
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