The Lotus F1 Team saw both Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado qualify inside the top ten for the Australian Grand Prix, but both were out of the race before the conclusion of the opening lap, one with a mechanical problem and the other due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maldonado was nudged into a lurid spin into the barriers at turn two at Albert Park when on course to jump into the top five, and felt frustrated to see his race come to an early end when the potential was there for a good result. “From our perspective it was a very short race,” said Maldonado. “It was really frustrating as the car looked good all weekend – better even than it had looked in testing...
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