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Alex Wurz has played down suggestions Lotus has an unfair advantage over its formula one rivals in 2013.
Since Pirelli scrapped its outdated 2009 Toyota test car, it has been developing the sport's control tires at the wheel of a 2010 Renault single seater.
The R30 was built by the Lotus team at Enstone for the 2010 season, when it was the Renault works team.
So some have suggested that Pirelli's 2013 tires suit the Melbourne-winning black and red E21 best of all, because the R30 and Lotus' 2013 machine share the same basic design philosophy.
"It's obvious that the Pirelli tires are designed for this type of car," Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko said last month. "The Lotus of today has the same DNA."
Former Williams driver and Austrian Wurz, however, thinks that argument is invalid.
"Each team could have made a test car available to Pirelli, but no one else wanted to. I don't think they (Lotus) get a benefit," he told Spox.
"These are standard tires; everyone has the same number of tests, the same amount of time to adjust to them and develop. They're all dealing with the same problem, which is trying to outsmart the competition and find an advantage. It's an opportunity, not a disadvantage," Alex Wurz added.
Alex Wurz has played down suggestions Lotus has an unfair advantage over its formula one rivals in 2013.
Since Pirelli scrapped its outdated 2009 Toyota test car, it has been developing the sport's control tires at the wheel of a 2010 Renault single seater.
The R30 was built by the Lotus team at Enstone for the 2010 season, when it was the Renault works team.
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| Renault R30. (Photo: Pirelli) |
So some have suggested that Pirelli's 2013 tires suit the Melbourne-winning black and red E21 best of all, because the R30 and Lotus' 2013 machine share the same basic design philosophy.
"It's obvious that the Pirelli tires are designed for this type of car," Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko said last month. "The Lotus of today has the same DNA."
Former Williams driver and Austrian Wurz, however, thinks that argument is invalid.
"Each team could have made a test car available to Pirelli, but no one else wanted to. I don't think they (Lotus) get a benefit," he told Spox.
"These are standard tires; everyone has the same number of tests, the same amount of time to adjust to them and develop. They're all dealing with the same problem, which is trying to outsmart the competition and find an advantage. It's an opportunity, not a disadvantage," Alex Wurz added.
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| Lotus E21. (Photo: WRi2) |