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Maldonado to Lotus highlights flaws in F1′s model

Williams F1 Team The announcement that Pastor Maldonado will race for Lotus in 2014 was not wholly unexpected but it was greeted with universal disdain from Formula 1 fans. Maldonado will move across from Williams and join the affable Romain Grosjean in black and gold as the sport enters a new era. Maldonado is not the hopeless driver that many suggest he is, but his new partnership with Lotus is symptomatic of the deep-rooted problems facing Formula 1 at the current time. That Lotus – the fourth best team in 2013 and one that was within touching distance of beating Mercedes and Ferrari – has had to employ a driver who scored a single championship point this year does not reflect well...
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