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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »Salo backs Raikkonen’s surgery over Lotus finale
Late last week, there was no sign Kimi Raikkonen was planning to sit out the last two grands prix of his Lotus career. Indeed, late on Friday, the team released ...
Read More »Raikkonen could race a Sauber in Austin – Salo
The big question ahead of next weekend’s US grand prix in Austin is the whereabouts of Kimi Raikkonen. That is the claim of former F1 driver turned pundit Mika Salo. ...
Read More »Lotus could announce ‘Quantum’ deal on Tuesday
After a tense weekend in Abu Dhabi, a deal to secure Lotus’ future looks closer than ever before. With unpaid Kimi Raikkonen’s boycott threat looming large, it appears the investment ...
Read More »Lotus investor Quantum wants Hulkenberg
Lotus’ 35 per cent team investor Quantum wants Nico Hulkenberg at the wheel in 2014, according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport. However, the Enstone based team is running out ...
Read More »Raikkonen arrives in Abu Dhabi for practice
As Kimi Raikkonen finally turned up in Abu Dhabi to practice for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi grand prix, Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez on Friday insisted the relationship with the taciturn ...
Read More »Raikkonen a no-show in Abu Dhabi
Amid reports Kimi Raikkonen’s relationship with Lotus was broken irreparably in India, the Finn did not show up in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The team distributed its usual Thursday press ...
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