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Feb12016 by Klara Ljubi1 How

Maldonado leaves the Lotus team

Pastor Maldonado has revealed that he is leaving the Lotus team before the start of the 2016 season. He initially thought of staying, but will be absent next week when Renault’s new identity is revealed. He is rumored to be replaced by former McLarn racer Kevin Magnussen. He is expected to be confirmed as a teammate of rookie Jolion Palmer on Wednesday. The Venezuelan came to Formula 1 in 2011 as the current world champion of the GP2 series and achieved his only victory the following season. He managed this with Williams in Spain and later moved to Lotus for the 2014 season. In a Twitter post, he said: "Today I humbly inform you that I will not be on the starting line in the 2016 season. Thank you for all the messages in support, passion and interest in my future. I am very grateful to God, family, n

Sep212015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Maldonado stays with Lotus

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Lotus has confirmed that they will continue working with Pastor Maldonado in the 2016 season, joining them at the start of the 2014 season. “The feeling when the team has announced me as a racer next season is great,” Maldonado said after the last race in Singapore. "There was a lot of speculation about the future, but I stayed focused on my work on the track, and at the same time it's good to know that my sequel is confirmed. This year has prepared some challenges for us, but the quality of the team is obvious. I really feel part of it. family and I look forward to building on better results in 2016. ” Gerard Lopez, head of the team, commented: "It is positive for us to be able to say publicly that Maldonado is staying with us. All members can confirm how good it is to work with him and to be aware of what kind of performances he is

Avg242015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Maldonado himself is to blame for the retreat, Grosjean drove great

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Pastor Maldonado resigned in the second lap at Sunday’s race in Spa due to a loss of race car power, which he blamed himself for, according to Lotus. In the Eau Rouge, he drove off the track, breaking the clutch control system. For the seventh time this year out of eleven appearances, he had to finish the race early. "Maldonado's resignation was his own fault. A fault in the Eau Rouge cost him a malfunction of the system. The valves were damaged and he could not continue," said Alan Permane, Lotus' manager in charge of what was happening on the track. Another Lotus racer, Romain Grosjen, drove a great race unlike the Venezuelan. He finished fourth in Saturday's qualifiers, but had to start five places lower due to a gear change, but still came in third and thus the first podium for Lotus after

Jun292015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Maldonado predicts new points

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Pastor Maldonado predicts that he will win new points for the championship in the third consecutive race, after failing to reach the finish line in the first five. Among the point winners, he returned with seventh place in the Canadian race. Also in Austria, where he overtook Max Verstappen in the end with a brave maneuver, he crossed the finish line in seventh place. The Venezuelan remembers the race with the words: "It was a good weekend. I had a bad start to the race due to a minor problem, but I was still able to drive a good race. In the first part I stayed in the rhythm of the race cars in front of me "When I fitted the super-soft tires, I was able to push, even though we stayed on them for a long time. The race was satisfying and I was very happy when I finished seventh." He admitted

May62015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Palmer will drive in his first training session in Barcelona

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Jolyio Palmer, the current champion of the GP2 series, will get a new opportunity with Lotus, as he will compete in the first free practice in Barcelona, where he drove a Formula 1 car for the first time in the winter tests. driving the first free practice in China and Bahrain. He will replace Romain Grosjean behind the wheel, joining Pastor Maldonado in the second Lotus on the track. The twenty-four-year-old third and reserve racer was four tenths slower than Maldonado in Bahrain after ninety minutes of training. At the end of the weekend, the car will be operated again on Wednesday, when it will be tested as part of off-season testing at the same racetrack. "I'm very happy to be able to get back in the race car in Barcelona. I also like getting back on track.

Apr272015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Williams last year with a 48 million loss

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Williams Grand Prix Holding ended 2014 with a loss of € 48 million, but they insist this year’s outcome will be much better. Namely, both the turnover and the profit of the holding decreased, but they mainly raised the income from sponsors and commercial rights, which will be visible only this year. In 2013, the team also had a profit, somewhere around 20 million, but this was mainly thanks to Pastor Maldonado, who went to Lotus and PDVSA. The team warns that better results cost more: "We started restructuring the team in 2013. We improved the results of the Formula One team and started making a profit. 2014 was a year of transition and so the financial result was not the best. But we came to better results, which will be seen in the money that will come from commercial rights and o

Apr132015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Button punished

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Jenson Button lost one place in Sunday’s race in Shanghai and thus finished fourteenth after accepting guilt for colliding with Pastor Maldonado in the final laps. The commissioners added five seconds of punishment and two penalty points to his time. During the overtaking or defending its place several times changed direction. In the forty-ninth lap, the Briton wanted to outwit his opponent in the first corner and there was contact between them. The Venezuelan spun around and drove into the pits in the next lap, a lap later parked in the garage. Button continued the race without difficulty, and at the hearing he admitted that he was responsible for the collision. Roberto Merhi also received two penalty points and a five-second penalty for failing to comply with the prescribed time limit during the safety of the car.

Apr42015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The lotus is still being hunted

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At Lotus, they finished last season in eighth place among constructors, and this year they are aiming much higher with Mercedes engines. In Malaysia, they were so very fast in the qualifiers, where both racers ranked in the top ten. Unfortunately, there was not much success in the race, as they both finished with hopes in the first lap. Well Maldonado first punctured the tire and then later finished the race due to brake problems, and Grosjean eventually came in eleventh place after contact with Force Indio (Sergio Perez). Permane remains positive and says: "We are much faster this year, but we are still looking for and hunting. In the upcoming races we will present many innovations that we want to become even faster. We have potential and when we have cleaner races, we will show that we are fast enough

Mar252015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Maldonado: Lotus is not that bad

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Pastor Maldonado is very positively surprised by the start of this season, as he clearly did not expect the Lotus race car to be so very fast. Better said, Maldonado is surprised by the small lag behind Mercedes and those struggling to get on the podium for the winners. The Lotus racers qualified for the top ten in the first qualifiers of this season, but unfortunately finished the race in the first lap (Grosjean's race car lost power, and Maldonado spun and flew into the protective fence). As said, however, Maldonado remains positive: "I am surprised at the small lag, not behind Mercedes, but behind those right behind them. We are not so very bad. Of course we still have to work hard and we must not forget that this is not the progress of last year's car , but absolutely no

Jan272015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

First pictures: New Lotus

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Lotus has revealed the first photos of the new E23 race car, which is powered by a Mercedes power unit and which is believed to perform much better than its predecessor. Matthew Carter, team CEO, said: "Improvements in the design, aerodynamics and simulation departments have contributed to the development of the new car, which is a big step forward. We are confident that it will do well with the team's acquisitions full of optimism. We have to leave the disappointment of the past year behind. We learned from last year's mistakes, we worked hard for twelve months, all with the intention of getting back to the right place, ie to the very top of this sport. "