Lotus are on the verge of breaking into the top ten on merit, despite their torrid start to the 2014 season, according to the team's technical director Nick Chester.The Enstone-based squad have been consigned to competing at the back of the field in the opening three Grands Prix, with neither Romain Grosjean nor Pastor Maldonado starting from higher than 15th on the grid. The Renault-powered E22 has only made it to the chequered flag once, in Grosjean's hands in Malaysia, though his 11th place finish was achieved in part by seven retirements during the race.Chester admits qualifying has proved troublesome for the team, but insists it is already a match for Toro Rosso and closing on the...
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