Tony Fernandes once again aims at tenth place finish for Caterham – Formula 1 news
Tony Fernandes, the team principal of Caterham, yet again aims at tenth place finish for his team in this year’s constructors’ standings.
Fernandes has brought back Lotus after sixteen years. However, regardless of being successful in his business, the abilities of the Malaysian are yet to be tested in F1 as a team owner.
Caterham secured tenth position in the constructors’ champion in the last couple of years. Moreover, they have received more prizes as compared to their fellow contenders who entered in 2010 including HRT and Marussia.
Furthermore, Caterham on entering into its third season, are very much prepared to challenge the teams in the midfield which they even expressed during the start of the season. Nevertheless, Fernandes admitted that to set reasonable goal and to reduce the
gap to match the performance with the preceding years are quite challenging for them.
“The goal for mid-season is the same as it is for the whole year ahead,” Fernandes said. “We know what is achievable, and breaking into the midfield is a huge challenge, so the reasonable target is tenth again. The 'stretch' target - what we want to push
everyone to achieve - is to be fighting in the midfield pack and when you look back to the pace we showed in Australia that is not beyond the realms of possibility.”
He added that they have been successful in making the necessary improvements over the period of last two year.
In addition, he said that they need to take the best out of them in order to make the essential developments and significant preparations to enhance their performance in the upcoming races.
“Looking at the data comparisons between where we were last year and where we have started 2012, it is evident that we have improved,” said Fernandes.
Besides, he admired Vitaly Petrov who joined the team after replacing Jarno Trulli. He also said that Petrov has a great potential and has established himself well in the team.
He added that the Russian driver is determined to making his mark in F1 and will surely prove out to be a big asset for the team in the future.
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