Gerard Lopez, the Lotus team owner, has played down suggestions the Enstone squad is still grappling with financial problems. The team’s problems of late last year, when Kimi Raikkonen went ...
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Quesnel admits contact with Lotus’ Lopez
Olivier Quesnel, the former Ctiroen and Peugeot rally boss, has admitted he has had contact with Lotus owner Gerard Lopez about becoming the Enstone team’s new sporting boss. The 64-year-old ...
Read More »No Renault crisis for new Lotus debut
Lotus enjoyed a trouble-free track debut with its 2014 car, the E22, at Jerez. Earlier rumours suggested the Enstone team had struck the same sort of Renault-powered trouble that left ...
Read More »Lotus owner says Whitmarsh ‘not the only candidate’
Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has played down reports McLaren refugee Martin Whitmarsh is definitely headed to Enstone. With Eric Boullier having moved to McLaren to be ‘racing director’, it ...
Read More »Grosjean not tipping winner of Alonso-Raikkonen battle
Romain Grosjean is not so sure Fernando Alonso will have an easy time alongside new Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen in 2013. The Frenchman’s comments follow those of Alonso’s last teammate ...
Read More »Grosjean future safe despite Boullier exit
Romain Grosjean’s Lotus future is safe, despite the departure from the team of boss Eric Boullier. That is the claim of team owner Genii’s chief Gerard Lopez, responding to claims ...
Read More »Lotus in ‘contact’ with Whitmarsh – source
Deposed McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh could switch to Lotus for 2014, an insider has confirmed. Lotus’ former chief, Eric Boullier, is the hot favourite to replace Whitmarsh at Woking, even ...
Read More »McLaren rumours fire as Boullier leaves Lotus
Eric Boullier has leapt into hot contention to be McLaren’s new team boss, after leaving Lotus with immediate effect. In December, the Frenchman angrily slammed rumours he was set to ...
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