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Permane: New tyres suit Lotus

Lotus Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane thinks the new Pirelli tyres suit the E21 and feels the team are now on a power with Red Bull.The Enstone-based squad were known to be one of teams opposed to changing the rubber earlier in the season as they appeared to be gentler on their tyres - being able to two-stop in Australia allowed Kimi Raikkonen to take victory over his three-stopping rivals in the season-opening grand prix. A more durable tyre was introduced at the last race in Hungary, but Lotus remained competitive with Romain Grosjean qualifying third and Raikkonen finishing on the podium. "From Budapest we've learned that the 'new' tyres seem to suit our car relatively...
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