Caterham F1 Team
Andre Lotterer hailed an 'amazing weekend' despite having to retire from the Belgian Grand Prix on the second lap.
Lotterer, making his Formula 1 debut with Caterham, qualified in 21st position but suffered a sudden power loss and had to retire the CT05.
"I didn’t even get the chance to sweat unfortunately," he said.
"I was really looking forward to a good race and I had a good start, but then I went a bit wide at turn 17 and there was a sudden loss of power. The team and Renault will have to investigate this tonight and see what happened.
"It’s a shame, but I am pleased with my race weekend – I made no mistakes and did a reasonably good job. Of course it would’ve been fantastic to finish the race and do a whole Grand Prix, but it’s still been an amazing weekend. I can go home happy even though it didn’t really end the way I would’ve liked it to."
Team principal Christijan Albers sympathised with his new signing but praised Lotterer's contribution.
"It’s a real shame that André was only able to race for one full lap before retiring – his weekend up until then had been close to perfect and he has certainly provided us with very useful feedback that will help to continue developing the car," he said.
