Jarno Trulli equalled Lotus’s best result of the year with 13th.
| Heikki Kovalainen | Jarno Trulli | |
| Qualifying position | 18 | 19 |
| Qualifying time comparison (Q1) | 1’17.343 (-0.038) | 1’17.381 |
| Race position | 14 | 13 |
| Laps | 76/78 | 76/78 |
| Pit stops | 3 | 3 |
Lotus drivers’ lap times throughout the race (in seconds):
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | |
| Heikki Kovalainen | 101.074 | 84.602 | 83.814 | 82.698 | 82.909 | 82.437 | 82.547 | 82.263 | 82.629 | 82.22 | 81.906 | 81.804 | 81.825 | 82.023 | 82.588 | 82.601 | 83.147 | 83.278 | 103.247 | 85.644 | 84.394 | 81.736 | 82.048 | 86.574 | 83.012 | 83.592 | 83.264 | 81.887 | 81.597 | 82.302 | 81.608 | 83.674 | 91.749 | 105.145 | 115.703 | 117.714 | 114.204 | 86.725 | 83.79 | 86.861 | 84.804 | 83.728 | 82.514 | 82.147 | 81.831 | 84.209 | 82.22 | 82.075 | 82.454 | 82.867 | 83.21 | 101.407 | 87.913 | 80.678 | 81.143 | 82.022 | 80.774 | 80.915 | 83.113 | 84.674 | 86.98 | 83.945 | 81.872 | 81.835 | 81.488 | 81.453 | 98.026 | 115.663 | 95.049 | 122.799 | 89.488 | 83.84 | 81.719 | 81.858 | 81.77 | |||
| Jarno Trulli | 99.391 | 84.509 | 83.655 | 82.977 | 82.633 | 82.272 | 82.124 | 82.017 | 82.172 | 82.164 | 81.959 | 81.656 | 81.878 | 81.865 | 82.267 | 82.111 | 83.563 | 82.946 | 82.79 | 82.763 | 82.988 | 83.571 | 83.8 | 103.222 | 89.386 | 83.104 | 82.25 | 82.137 | 81.629 | 82.255 | 81.448 | 82.851 | 91.954 | 106.042 | 117.344 | 117.048 | 114.284 | 86.967 | 82.893 | 82.482 | 81.87 | 81.861 | 81.803 | 82.052 | 81.892 | 100.957 | 87.668 | 82.531 | 81.844 | 81.327 | 81.813 | 84.152 | 82.841 | 86.097 | 82.899 | 84.262 | 83.497 | 83.868 | 83.892 | 84.7 | 84.674 | 86.21 | 81.788 | 81.928 | 81.438 | 81.277 | 97.716 | 114.626 | 95.55 | 123.044 | 87.281 | 85.649 | 81.996 | 82.017 | 81.913 |
Heikki Kovalainen
Pipped Trulli by less than four-hundredths of a second in qualifying.
But lost the advantage at the start as he dropped behind Trulli and Alguersuari.
He finished a somewhat despondent 14th: “I lost a position at the start and that was pretty much the end of my race.
“The first stint was pretty difficult and on the second stint I couldn’t really find a rhythm as I kept having to let cars past. After the second stop I was able to start pushing but by then I couldn’t really do much.”
Heikki Kovalainen 2011 form guide
Jarno Trulli
Trulli was particularly pleased to pass his team mate at the start:
“I had another great start – I wish I had made starts like that in previous seasons as I think I would have won several races with starts like that.”
He dropped behind Alguersuari through the pit stops and was passed by the recovering Paul di Resta, ending up 13th behind the Force India.
2011 Monaco Grand Prix
Image © Team Lotus
Ben N
30th May 2011, 12:01
I can’t help but feel that Jarno should bite the bullet soon and hang up his helmet… he has been off form all season. I don’t know if it’s motivation related or what but he is simply not cutting it against Kovalainen.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
30th May 2011, 12:52
3 places off points? Not a bad race! He did better than Kovalainen.
BasCB (@bascb)
30th May 2011, 14:01
Yeah, after this race he shows it makes sense to have him in the car. I like him saying how he could have won more with better starts, as he was always dropping back at Toyota!
Fixy (@)
30th May 2011, 15:16
This is not the time to say this, he beat his team mate in the race and was so close to him in qualifying, despite being 7 years older.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
31st May 2011, 8:16
Not to mention that he still isn’t happy with the power steering…
wasiF1 (@wasif1)
30th May 2011, 12:36
Good job by them as there were lots of action on track & they kept away from everything.
debaser91
30th May 2011, 12:45
Can anyone elaborate on the power steering problem Jarno has mentioned this season?
Seems weird that one it doesn’t affect Heikki and also that the team haven’t found a solution after this many races.
Bernard
30th May 2011, 12:52
Apparently it’s the way the system feeds back given feel to the drivers. It does also affect Heikki’s car, but he feels more comfortable with it than Trulli.
OEL
30th May 2011, 13:38
It will be replaced in Canada.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
30th May 2011, 12:53
Kovalainen did have a pretty dire start. At least he finished though which is better than what happened in Barcelona.
It must be so frustrating to be two race winning drivers, constantly being blue flagged. But, their choice I guess!