It will be some time before Team Lotus has its own wind tunnel up and running, technical boss Mike Gascoyne has admitted.<\/p>\n
Late in 2010, the Tony Fernandes-led outfit announced it would soon build a tunnel at its Hingham headquarters.<\/p>\n
But when asked if those plans would be realised during the course of next year, Gascoyne told paultan.org: “No, ‘soon’ is 18 months to two years time and we’re in the planning stages.”<\/p>\n
He said the history of teams like Red Bull and Renault show that success is rarely instant in F1.<\/p>\n
“Even with an established team (Benetton\/Renault) that won the world championship, it took five years to turn it around into a winning team.<\/p>\n
“We’re developing everywhere,” explained Gascoyne.\u00a0 “We’ve made a good start, but it’s very much the first step along the road.”<\/p>\n
He denied that the team’s wind tunnel in the UK means the plan to set up a headquarters in Malaysia has been scrapped.<\/p>\n
“I still think that we want to set something up in Kuala Lumpur, possibly in Sepang,” said the Briton.<\/p>\n
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