Pastor Maldonado says he is optimistic that the Red Bull Ring – the venue for the next round on the 2014 Formula 1 calendar – will suit the Lotus E22. The Venezuelan driver retired from the last race in Canada with a power-unit problem and felt that he could have scored his first points of the season. However, he is – like his team-mate – feeling positive ahead of Formula 1′s return to Austria and believes the Enstone-based outfit's 2014 car should be more competitive at the track. 'I think it should be quite good for the E22,' he said. 'It looks like the circuit doesn’t have too many low speed corners and the downforce and set-up is similar to Barcelona,...
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