Adrian Sutil has questioned Lotus’ decision to sit out the opening test of the official 2014 pre-season period.<\/p>\n
The Enstone based team – who like Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari scored more than 300 points last year – announced this week that attending Jerez late this month “isn’t ideal for our build and development programme”.<\/p>\n
German Sutil will drive for Sauber in 2014, a team that like Lotus publicly struggled with its finances throughout last season.<\/p>\n
But the 30-year-old driver indicated Sauber will definitely be at Jerez, where teams will have their first chance to put their 2014 cars through their paces, featuring all-new turbo V6 engines and energy recovery systems.<\/p>\n
“This is a very important test,” Sutil told Reuters, “and we don’t have much (testing) so I think it’s clear that it will be a disadvantage for Lotus.<\/p>\n
“But who knows why they decided it?\u00a0 I would say it is definitely not good.”<\/p>\n
Sutil acknowledged, however, that difficult financial circumstances could also continue to hinder Sauber’s progress, although he sounded confident the Swiss team will succeed.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s all in there, they have the knowledge of how to do it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“If that financial part comes better and better I think this team will make a big step.”<\/p>\n
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