News index

October 10, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier is expecting Romain Grosjean to stay out of trouble at the start of the remaining races this season, but says the Frenchman's seat is not yet under threat

October 9, 2012: Eric Boullier has described the Lotus upgrades for Korea - including a Coanda effect exhaust - as "the opening of a new era" for the team

September 14, 2012: Romain Grosjean said he took the opportunity to learn from team-mate Kimi Raikkonen during his one race ban at the Italian Grand Prix

September 11, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier believes Romain Grosjean "has definitely learned his lessons" following his suspension from the Italian Grand Prix

September 10, 2012: Jerome d'Ambrosio's performance at the Italian Grand Prix was described as "an amazing job" by Lotus team principal Eric Boullier after he suffered a KERS failure

September 4, 2012: Lotus interviews Jerome d'Ambrosio ahead of his return to a Formula One cockpit at the Italian Grand Prix

September 4, 2012: Lotus will not use its double DRS device again until the Japanese Grand Prix, when it might make a reappearance on the car

August 25, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier says other teams would be wasting their time if they were to try to lure Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean away from their current drives

August 3, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has given Kimi Raikkonen a mark of nine out of ten for his first half of the season

July 31, 2012: Chris Medland looks at the progress of Lotus; if it should have won the Hungarian Grand Prix and if it really is a threat in both championships

July 30, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier says that Kimi Raikkonen would have won the Hungarian Grand Prix if overtaking wasn't so difficult on the circuit

July 29, 2012: Kimi Raikkonen is confident Lotus will keep pushing for victory after he just missed out to Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix

July 24, 2012: Lotus boss Eric Boullier says there has been no downside to having Kimi Raikkonen in his team this season after the Finn took his fourth podium of the year in Germany

June 2, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier believes this year's championship is wide open and is confident his team is still within shooting distance of the top

May 28, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier believes that Kimi Raikkonen should target the drivers' championship despite only scoring two points in Monaco

May 19, 2012: Lotus boss Eric Boullier has warned his team not to rest on its laurels after two very solid results at the last two races

May 15, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier believes that Kimi Raikkonen is enjoying a successful return to Formula One because of the environment created by the team

May 7, 2012: Lotus boss Eric Boullier has spoken out against plans to switch this year's young driver test from Abu Dhabi at the end of the year to Silverstone in July

May 6, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier is certain that the E20 will be quicker in Barcelona than it was in Bahrain following the mid-season Mugello test and a wind tunnel session