Lotus claims its troubled 2014 car is often better than a Williams or a McLaren. Actually, the Enstone based team is badly suffering with its E22, plagued with issues related to the problematic Renault 'power unit'. "We are still in the learning process," chief engineer Alan Permane told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. "I suppose we need to make exactly the step that Red Bull made between the Bahrain test and Melbourne." There was, however, a glimmer of hope for crisis-struck Lotus in Malaysia, when Romain Grosjean at least managed to finish the race, albeit outside the points. "For us it's a big step," Permane insisted, "even though we're not usually...
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