We head into the first race of the 2014 season with a lot of expectation but many unknowns.
The new wide-ranging technical challenges we face have shaken the order and as we head to the first race we have much to do as a team to ensure the excellent progress on the track over the last two seasons continues.
We will not underestimate this challenge and we know where the rapid improvements need to come from. Our technical team at Enstone has been working on the E22 for over two years and we know that the true potential of this car is yet to be seen. It is still very early days.
We have strong motivation in ourselves to attain success with the E22. All of our partners including PDVSA, Unilever, Microsoft and The Coca- Cola Company want us to do well and achieve strong performances on track. This is our target and we are ultra-focused. Everyone at Enstone is using their combined skills to strive for improvement on and off the track.
For Lotus F1 Team we are dedicated and will leave no stone unturned in our quest to unlock performance from every avenue. We fully recognise the pressure we have to deliver.
Our partners Renault Sport F1 share our motivations to deliver on track as they work with us, along with the reigning champions Red Bull, and also Toro Rosso and Caterham. The expectations of the Renault family including Nissan and Infiniti push us all on.
It is no secret that we face an extremely well-resourced rival in Mercedes who have dedicated considerable efforts to their power units for the 2014 season. We are doing everything we can to enable Renault Sport F1 to respond to this strong rival and our resources are at their disposal. The bar has been raised and we all need to react.
Our hopes and aspirations for the season rest on how quickly we can make our car competitive after a tough start. The potential is there and we know what has to be done. 2014 sees a very different eras for F1, but one in which we relish the challenges
and opportunities that lay ahead.