Kimi Raikkonen back in the driving seat with Lotus Even though I was using a two year-old car and the demonstration tyres, I learnt about working with the team and engineers which means I can focus on the new car once we get to Jerez for the first official test. It was great to be driving an F1 car again, and from that respect I feel very positive. Lotus' trackside operations engineer Alan Permane claimed the two days with Raikkonen proved to be "productive and valuable."