Lotus deputy team principal Federico Gastaldi insists that the Enstone squad's season should not be assessed simply by the results – or lack of them – as it returns to Europe for the Austrian Grand Prix. With just two eighth-place finishes to show for its efforts in the opening seven races, Lotus languishes in a similar position in the teams' standings, and failed to build on Romain Grosjean's back-to-back scoring performances in Spain and Monaco when the series decamped to Montreal, as both the Frenchman and team-mate Pastor Maldonado posted retirements. Despite the apparently poor showing so far in 2014, however, Gastaldi insists that the team's position is not indicative of its...
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