Pup wrote:All anyone is saying is that they didn't necessarily disprove any engine rumors. And I don't think anyone expected them to, so really the news from the this-is-not-a-test test is that there's no news.
Had they only been able to run a few laps - that would have been worth talking about. Like I said before, all we know is that they probably aren't as bad off as Red Bull were last week.
Which, I suppose, is...something?
As opposed to 1 lap on the first day reaction hysteria that meant something? Was that a proof of "continuing" problems of engine manufacturer or Lotus car itself? Of course not.
Car run without problems means exactly that - car run without problems for 20 something laps in first shake-up - draw whatever conclusion you want, they assembled it, systems work, it runs for 100 km etc.
Couple of Lopez interviews (eurosport.fr), not many details, general info, Friday planned, they didn't encounter RB type of problems [google translation is rather bad]:
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... tory.shtml
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... tory.shtml
True, there's no evidence Renault solved their problems, but no one expected that, it just "looks" better now (Horner's statement which I think was connected to test + Renault's fixes + Lotus running). Good enough to cause an uproar by those expecting constant Renault apocalypse (OMG one lap only!), making silly comparisons to Toro Rosso, inventing spirit of the rules "controversies" or expecting lap times/performance data.
