Silly Season 2013/14

[SectorOne]

Antonio Felix da Costa will drive DTM for BMW.

sources, sources, sources.
I can´t find anything on that.

[Kiril Varbanov]

Antonio Felix da Costa will drive DTM for BMW.

sources, sources, sources.
I can´t find anything on that.

According to a Portuguese automobile web site - http://www.autohoje.com/index.php/despo ... -com-a-bmw

[fritticaldi]

Smedley on the verge of being re-united with Massa at Williams

[Italiano]

Gp-update confirming: Maldonado to Lotus.

[Jonnycraig]

Nasr & Sutil at Sauber?
http://www.racenews.nl/f1/m/11520390/ar ... 018/page/1

[Sawtooth-spike]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111662

Well there you go. This in my eyes if the F1 equivalent of Lotus selling out.

[McMrocks]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111662

Well there you go. This in my eyes if the F1 equivalent of Lotus selling out.

At least Grosjean has performed well in the last races. The LWB suited him and he showed us that if the car suits him he has a really good pace. The Grosjean-is-a-crasher thing is out-of-date.

I think Lotus has worse problems than their line-up.

For Maldonado: We shouldn't only focus on the last few races where he performed pretty poor. He also has some pace as he has proven last year. I can't imagine that any driver without skills and talent is able to win a GP.
Still i think there were better drivers on the market but as Hulk signed at FI Maldonado was the next best option. Whether his money played a roll or not? Idk. There were rumours on twitter. but you know... twitter

[Shrieker]

With rumors Lotus being short on cash, one can't help but wonder whether they've been able to spend enough on the 2014 car these past months. Maldo's money will help surely, but it won't bring back time and lost up ground if any.

[fritticaldi]

Presently the financial situation in F1 is very precarious according to Michael Schumacher. I have seen some media reporting that Sauber may fuse with Marussia. It's likely that the 15 million euros Felipe Nasr has will get him a seat.

[Bob Brown]

I think most of Maldonado's PDVSA money will be spent on paying the debts of this season, including the pay of all the Lotus employees and Kimi.
This would leave little money for next year and so the return of the failing Lotus team of 2010 has arisen.

[Racer X]

http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=157

Lotus Maldo and Gros



Lok the 2012 worst drivers together for 2014.....

[Bomber_Pilot]

With rumors Lotus being short on cash, one can't help but wonder whether they've been able to spend enough on the 2014 car these past months. Maldo's money will help surely, but it won't bring back time and lost up ground if any.

I personaly am not so much concerned about the money they had at their disposal, but rather the knowledge. There's been a significant brain drain at Lotus.

[ChrisF1]

I think most of Maldonado's PDVSA money will be spent on paying the debts of this season, including the pay of all the Lotus employees and Kimi.
This would leave little money for next year and so the return of the failing Lotus team of 2010 has arisen.

Wasn't this concern one of the main reasons that there has been a delay in announcing Maldonado?

Seem to remember that PDVSA did not want to commit unless the funds were going towards 2014.

[Bob Brown]

I think most of Maldonado's PDVSA money will be spent on paying the debts of this season, including the pay of all the Lotus employees and Kimi.
This would leave little money for next year and so the return of the failing Lotus team of 2010 has arisen.

Wasn't this concern one of the main reasons that there has been a delay in announcing Maldonado?

Seem to remember that PDVSA did not want to commit unless the funds were going towards 2014.

True, but seeing as how Lotus hid their failure to manage money well for 90% of this season, I won't be surprised to see them trick PDVSA into thinking their money will only go towards 2014.

[slimfitcasual]

We still have PR tweets like this to look forward to...

You never forget your first time...

https://twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/status ... 1109471233