Tony Fernandes says Caterham have made clear progress – Formula 1 news
Tony Fernandes, the team principal of Caterham has said that they have clearly made progress in 2012 Formula season so far.
Caterham emerged as the best team amongst the new contenders during the preceding season. Moreover, in this season, they have aimed to join the teams in the midfield.
Even though, they have only been able to make their way into Q2 with their driver Heikki Kovalainen in Bahrain GP. However, Fernandes has said that they have made a reasonable step forward in the season until now.
Furthermore, he said that they have not been able to reduce the gap to the midfield. Nevertheless, he said that they have performed quite well in the first four races this year as compared to the previous one. He added that there has been an evident improvement
in their performance so far.
“We head back to Europe after what has been an encouraging first four races for the team,” Fernandes said. “We may not have quite bridged the gap to the midfield pack yet, but we are clearly much closer than we were this time last year, particularly on race
day when we have seen clear evidence of the progress we have made.”
In addition, he said that he is very much delighted with the performance of their driver, Vitaly Petrov who has been encouraging his teammate, Kovalainen during the races. He also said that the Finnish driver is struggling in the races, however, his performances
in the qualifying has been quite convincing.
“I am very pleased with the job Vitaly has been doing for the team. He is obviously a fighter and he is pushing his team mate well, especially on Sundays, and that is good for the whole team,” he said.
Nonetheless, he said that they expect Kovalainen to come strong in the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix which is to be held at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on May 13.
Besides, he said that they are looking forward to the European season ahead with an aim to improve their pace with the necessary developments and significant preparations in the car. Over and above, they are trying to make the best of the efforts in order
to secure a competitive finish in this year’s championship.
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