Pastor Maldonado has revealed his eleventh-hour ousting at Renault hit him like “a bolt from the blue”. The Venezuelan, replaced for 2016 by former McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen, confirmed that ...
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Ecclestone involved in Renault buyout ‘solution’
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted he was involved with the solution that means Renault is returning to F1 next year as a full works team. The French carmaker signed a letter ...
Read More »Grosjean not expecting winning Lotus in 2015
Lotus is not expecting a return to the top step of the podium in 2015. In 2012 and 2013, when the returning Kimi Raikkonen was at the wheel of the ...
Read More »Good Lotus puts smile back on Grosjean
Romain Grosjean is once again wearing his customary smile. Having emerged from his personal ‘crash-kid’ crisis of 2012, the Frenchman’s F1 career gathered momentum in 2013 before he spent last ...
Read More »Grosjean not ruling out colour change for Lotus
Lotus could be a third team set to make a major livery change for the 2015 season. It has already emerged that reigning champions Mercedes could switch from silver to ...
Read More »2014 even worse than ‘nutcase’ 2012 – Grosjean
Romain Grosjean says this year was even more difficult than the 2012 season, when he was branded F1’s ‘first lap nutcase’ and had to serve a race ban. The French ...
Read More »Lotus ‘opened the door’ to Alonso – Lopez
Lotus really was one of Fernando Alonso’s options for the 2015 season, team owner Gerard Lopez has admitted. As the long saga preceding the Spanish driver’s switch from Ferrari to ...
Read More »Grosjean still eyes move to top team
Romain Grosjean admits he might still be looking to move away from Lotus after 2015. Amid Lotus’ horror 2014 season, the Frenchman openly eyed a move for next year, but ...
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