F1 2015 Head-to-Head: Pastor Maldonado vs. Romain Grosjean at Lotus

Last year was a disastrous one for Lotus. After ending 2013 with the second-fastest car in the field, which allowed Romain Grosjean to emerge as the main challenger to Sebastian Vettel in the midst of the German's record nine-race winning streak, the team effectively crumbled. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus' lead driver since 2012, fled to join James Allison—their recently departed technical director—at Ferrari, having exposed the true extent of the outfit's financial problems. Also through the exit door went Eric Boullier—the man who had steadied the ship in 2010 when the team, then known as Renault, were on their knees following the Crashgate revelations and returned them to grand prix-winning status—who fou...

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