Mansoor Ijaz, the man behind Lotus’ delayed buy-in by the Quantum group, insists the deal is not dead. Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez said less than a week ago that, ...
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Lopez plays down Lotus collapse fears
Lotus owner Gerard Lopez has moved to allay fears the Enstone based team is on the verge of collapse. When the FIA issued the official 2014 entry list recently, Lotus’ ...
Read More »Career could have ended in mid 2013 – Grosjean
Even with a 2013 contract in his pocket, Romain Grosjean has admitted he remained perilously close to seeing his now flourishing F1 career end. Banned for a race in 2012 ...
Read More »Lotus admits Raikkonen still owed money
Kimi Raikkonen has still not received all of the money he is owed by Lotus. Towards the end of the season, and just before he set off for back surgery ...
Read More »Kovalainen in the running for 2014 seat – Lotus
Heikki Kovalainen has emerged as a surprise and late contender to drive for Lotus in 2014. The Finn, Caterham’s ‘Friday’ driver this season, was drafted into Lotus’ race lineup for ...
Read More »Losing Lotus chance ‘a huge blow’ – Valsecchi
Michael Schumacher was among no less than seven candidates to replace Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus for the last two races of 2013. That is the claim of Germany’s Auto Motor ...
Read More »Salo tells Lotus to replace Raikkonen with Kovalainen
Fellow Finn Mika Salo has nominated Heikki Kovalainen as the ideal replacement at Lotus for his surgery-bound countryman Kimi Raikkonen. The conventional wisdom is that Lotus will simply promote its ...
Read More »Lopez admits frustration with Raikkonen surgery
Gerard Lopez, the head of Lotus’ team owner Genii, might be among the cynics after news broke that Kimi Raikkonen will sit out the rest of the season. The Finnish ...
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