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Lotus: We are well positioned but we need a sponsor who pays really well
Lotus: We are well positioned but we need a sponsor who pays really well 27 August, 2013 Gerard Lopez and Eric Boullier in Belgium Speaking to journalists during the belgian Grand Prix weekend, Lotus team co-owner Gerard Lopez played down reports of financial strife at the Enstone outfit, but admits a well meaning long term sponsor would be welcome.
Reportedly in debt to the tune of EUR 120 million, behind in payments to lead driver Kimi Raikkonen and with the new Infinity Racing investment in doubt, Lopez insisted at Spa-Francorchamps that Lotus is in fact in good health.
Indeed, some believe the team's debt is actually just EUR 28 million.
'It is 120 million,' Lopez confirmed to Auto...
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