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Lotus tension brewing over ‘Friday’ issue
Tension is reportedly brewing between Romain Grosjean and his Lotus teammate Pastor Maldonado. In China and Bahrain, Frenchman Grosjean sat out Friday practice so that team reserve Jolyon Palmer – who reportedly brings EUR 4 million to the team – could drive. Ahead of this weekend's Spanish grand prix, it emerged that the Enstone team's deputy Federico Gastaldi had asked Maldonado to take a turn on the Friday bench, but the Venezuelan driver and his entourage 'refused'. Maldonado, who is strongly backed by the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA, 'made it clear to the team that his agreement gives him the right to drive in each session at every grand prix,' Turun Sanomat correspondent...
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