Lotus showed it is ready to be a regular Formula One points contender, as it shook off a dismal start to the season with an encouraging performance at Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. The team may have come away from the race empty-handed and having suffered yet another engine failure with Pastor Maldonado car, but Romain Grosjean finished just one place out of the points in 11th and would likely have taken 10th if not for diffuser damage in the closing laps. After an offseason of turmoil in which it lost team principal Eric Boullier, top driver Kimi Raikkonen and was forced to cut around 100 staff from its Enstone base, Lotus was a long way behind its rivals in developing the car around the...
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