Lotus Racing were forced to call an early halt to Thursday’s test session in Jerez after Heikki Kovalainen damaged the front wing.
On his first day in the car, the former McLaren driver slid off a wet track into the gravel four hours in as rain again dominated proceedings in southern Spain. The Press Association
Lotus technical director Mike Gascoyne said a new front wing would not arrive until the early hours of Friday.
It was Kovalainen’s first run in the Lotus F1, who are taking part in their first test since rejoining the grid.
Kovalainen said on his Twitter page: “Had a crash and damaged front wing, session over for us. My mistake. Friday we go again.”
Gascoyne added on his Twitter page: “Slight off for Heikki. Knocked off the front wing. Spare on its way, but will not be here until 2am, so no more running.
“Starting to put the car back together. If we had a spare front wing would be out again today but have to wait until tomorrow.”
But with Kovalainen behind the wheel on Thursday, there were echoes of last week’s Jerez test when fellow newcomers Virgin Racing also suffered a front wing failure. BBC Sport
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