Rival teams are interested in signing Romain Grosjean, Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez claims. The Luxembourger revealed the news while responding to criticism of the Enstone team’s other driver, Pastor ...
Read More »Tag Archives: Gerard Lopez
Lotus hits back after Renault pay claims
Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has hit out at Renault, after the F1 engine supplier revealed some of its customers are behind in payments. Although Renault chief Jean-Michel Jalinier’s comments ...
Read More »Ecclestone returns to Munich for trial
Bernie Ecclestone is set to return to Munich as his bribery trial resumes. The F1 chief executive will be back in court on Friday, with the German news agency DPA ...
Read More »Lopez ‘surprised’ by Raikkonen struggle
Kimi Raikkonen’s last team boss says he is “surprised” the Finn is struggling so much at the wheel of his new F1 car. The 2007 world champion, who had returned ...
Read More »Lotus bullied over budget cap axe – Lopez
Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez on Sunday indicated he was unhappy to have joined the opposition against the introduction of budget caps. The powerful ‘Strategy Group’ teams – comprising the ...
Read More »Lotus promote from within for new team boss
Lotus’ new team boss is Federico Gastaldi. It had been reported that Citroen rally chief Olivier Quesnel, or perhaps even ousted McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh, would be drafted in to ...
Read More »Lopez tips new Lotus to ‘go like hell’
Acting team boss Gerard Lopez expects Lotus to be fully competitive in 2014. Amid rumours of financial strife, the Enstone team sat out the opening Jerez test, and when the ...
Read More »Quesnel is new Lotus team boss – report
Olivier Quesnel is Lotus’ new team principal, according to the authoritative Italian publication Autosprint. 64-year-old Quesnel, best known for his world rally success at the helm of Citroen, this week ...
Read More »