Renault is likely to start work almost immediately on its car for 2017. Last week, acknowledging that the 2016 machine is a hastily-compiled version of a car designed by Lotus ...
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Lotus wants engine equality with Red Bull
Lotus has discovered it is second or even third in line for the best service offered by F1 engine supplier Renault. That is the claim of Michael Schmidt, the highly ...
Read More »Lotus ‘faster than Williams and McLaren’ – Permane
Lotus claims its troubled 2014 car is often better than a Williams or a McLaren. Actually, the Enstone based team is badly suffering with its E22, plagued with issues related ...
Read More »Unpaid Raikkonen threatens to boycott Lotus
Eric Boullier has confirmed that Lotus is still behind in its payments to Kimi Raikkonen. The Finnish driver, who sat out Thursday’s proceedings in Abu Dhabi, revealed when he finally ...
Read More »Raikkonen arrives in Abu Dhabi for practice
As Kimi Raikkonen finally turned up in Abu Dhabi to practice for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi grand prix, Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez on Friday insisted the relationship with the taciturn ...
Read More »Lotus apologises after Permane death threats
Lotus has apologised after an expletive-laden exchange on the radio with Kimi Raikkonen during the Indian grand prix. When the Finn was struggling for pace but duelling with his much-faster ...
Read More »Raikkonen not ruling out missing Korea GP
Kimi Raikkonen has not ruled out skipping next weekend’s Korean grand prix. Although mounting the podium after starting just 13th, the Finn struggled with back pain throughout the Singapore weekend, ...
Read More »Pirelli drops ‘conservative’ Hungary compound choice
Pirelli has reversed its decision to bring harder tyres to the forthcoming Hungarian grand prix. Lotus had questioned the F1 supplier’s “unusual” call in taking the same tyres to tight ...
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