Despite looking safe to keep his seat for 2013, Lotus is making Romain Grosjean wait. The team rates the Frenchman’s raw speed very highly, but he has had a tumultuous ...
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Mastercard set for F1 return – report
American multinational Mastercard could be set to return to formula one, according to the latest rumour from Brazil. Russia’s f1news.ru reported that Mastercard – having sponsored Lola’s stillborn F1 effort ...
Read More »Raikkonen bonus money situation ‘resolved’ – Lopez
Lotus F1 owner Gerard Lopez has blamed “angry” potential partners for spreading rumours about the team’s financial situation. It had been rumoured the Enstone based squad, owned by Luxembourg businessman ...
Read More »Raikkonen says 2013 contract not guaranteed
Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed he has a contract with Lotus for 2013, but insisted that doesn’t mean he will definitely be with the Enstone based team. Fending off rumours the ...
Read More »F1 owner Genii considers buying Group Lotus
Rumours that F1 team owner Genii is contemplating buying the Group Lotus sports car company are continuing to gain steam. That is despite Genii’s Gerard Lopez confirming recently that the ...
Read More »Lotus to keep F1 name until at least 2017
F1’s Enstone based team will keep the ‘Lotus’ name until at least 2017. It emerged late last week that the sponsorship agreement between the team formerly known as Renault, and ...
Read More »Group Lotus no longer Lotus team sponsor
Group Lotus will no longer sponsor the formula one team that bears its name. But – as F1’s perpetually bizarre ‘Lotus’ saga takes another twist – the Enstone based team, ...
Read More »Raikkonen wanted 2010 return ‘for money’ – Lopez
Gerard Lopez has revealed that he doubted Kimi Raikkonen was ready to return to formula one last year. Then called Renault, Lotus had talks with the Finn during the 2010 ...
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