Lotus F1 Possibly Out for 2014?

"Stef Schrader" (stefschrader) 12/29/2013 at 21:16 • Filed to: Formula 1, rumors, silly season, Lotus F1

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There's a couple rumors posted on Finnish newsmedia per the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! guys. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 's one of the sites they linked as a source. I can't find squat on this in English, though, so take it with a grain of salt. "Financial difficulties" are the rumored reason.

I can't imagine many Finns would be all that happy with Lotus right now after not paying Kimi, so there's that, too. Is anyone seeing anything more on this?

This would suck for Grosjean. Maldonado...ehhhhh, I'm less concerned with him. Heh.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Stef Schrader 12/29/2013 at 21:20

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Why would Team Lettuce drop out? They got $ponsor Maldonado's money.

Menebrio > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/29/2013 at 21:25

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Badonado's money only covers about a third of the budget. Take in what they owe from 2013 and that puts them in pretty bad shape. I do think them dropping out is unlikely though.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Menebrio 12/29/2013 at 21:27

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They won a lot from the constructor's chamionship

Stef Schrader > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/29/2013 at 21:27

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That's what I'm thinking—this plus the lack of other news makes me think this is just a bum rumor.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Stef Schrader 12/29/2013 at 21:28

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Those tricky Finns and such.

Stef Schrader > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/29/2013 at 21:29

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Perkele!

KnowsAboutCars > Stef Schrader 12/29/2013 at 21:32

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Ilta-Sanomat isn't the most reliable news source, but they do usually have the freshest F1 gossips in Finnish media.

In the article they mention that Lotus is still without engine contract, they owe money to part manufacturers and there are employees leaving the team.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Stef Schrader 12/29/2013 at 21:37

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But why?! Bernie is trying to add teams right now, things must be going great for the business!

;-)

EL_ULY > Stef Schrader 12/29/2013 at 22:51

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It wouldn't surprise me Stef, i'd be sad :(

greenagain > King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider 12/29/2013 at 23:23

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Maybe Bernie sees an opening for one shortly.

Stef Schrader > KnowsAboutCars 12/30/2013 at 01:23

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Yay, translations!

Yeah, this smelled fishy when I saw it, too.