Yet another cloud has formed above the troubled Lotus team's garage, as it began to emerge on Friday, when the Enstone team broke the personnel curfew at Spa-Francorchamps for what was not technical matters, but rather a financial issue. The curfew break was a clear breach of the rules, but Lotus asked the FIA for dispensation to which the stewards responded, 'Due to extraneous circumstances, after the covers had been placed on the cars, three team members had to remain in the garage in order to comply with the requirements related to these circumstances'. What actually transpired is that court bailiffs had entered the circuit and threatened to seize the black and gold cars, due to...
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