Renault Formula 1 technical chief Nick Chester has downplayed the impact FIA staff can have when joining teams, saying that a one-year gardening leave period is "probably enough" to ensure there is no advantage to be gained.
Technical director Nick Chester is hopeful that the latest raft of new parts for the recalcitrant E22 will bring Lotus F1 back into play at the German Grand Prix.
Lotus' Nick Chester concedes that the E22 is not best suited to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, but expected to be in the hunt for Canadian F1 GP points.
Lotus F1's technical director Nick Chester talks about how the team's preparations for the 2014 season are going now that the holidays are over and it's back to work at Enstone.