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Lotus suffers double retirement in Belgium
Lotus F1 Team
Lotus suffered its third double retirement of the season as both Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado were unable to reach the chequered flag at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Grosjean hit Jules Bianchi at the start and his performance was consequently compromised by debris, while Maldonado suffered an early engine failure in the E22.
"The car was pretty good; the pace was much better than expected, which is encouraging," said Grosjean.
"Unfortunately the race was compromised early on, we had to change the nose on the first lap and we picked up some damage later on from debris on the track.
"We lost a lot of downforce as a result so we retired the car. We’re...
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