Lopez: Maybe our strategy to wait and work at the factory was the better one 11 February, 2014 Gerard Lopez Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has played down suggestions the Enstone squad is still plagued with financial problems which have afflicted the team for some time. The team's problems of late last year, when Kimi Raikkonen went unpaid and crucial negotiations with the Quantum group faltered, are well known. But Lopez said that the decision not to test the new car at Jerez recently is not because Lotus had no money. 'We said that there would be some (technical) trouble and it was actually the case,' said Lopez, referring to the Red Bull-Renault crisis during the first preseason test at...
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