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 ...
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Quesnel favourite for Lotus boss role – report
Olivier Quesnel, the former Citroen and Peugeot world rally boss, has leapt into pole position to become Lotus’ new team boss. Following Eric Boullier’s switch to McLaren, the great British ...
Read More »Other Renault teams to ‘observe’ Lotus debut
Representatives of the Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Caterham teams will reportedly be present when Lotus does its ‘filming day’ at Jerez on Friday. With the Enstone team having sat ...
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 »Lotus to test double-nosed E22 on Friday
Lotus will not wait until the next official test in Bahrain to get its delayed 2014 car on track. Having not attended the first test at Jerez, the Enstone team ...
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 »Lotus, Marussia pay 2014 entry fees – reports
Lotus and Marussia have ended doubts about their official participation in the 2014 championship. When the governing FIA released the 2014 entry list last month, the two teams’ entries were ...
Read More »FIA’s Whiting says ‘clever’ Lotus nose is ‘legal’
Lotus’ innovative double-pronged nose solution for 2014 has been declared legal by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting. The solution is even clearly assymetrical, apparently only to slip through a loophole in ...
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