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Lopez denies Allison absence causing Lotus slump
Team owner Gerard Lopez has snapped at suggestions the recent departure of highly rated technical director James Allison has caused a performance slump at Lotus.
Off the back of a stellar start to the season, Kimi Raikkonen has dropped from second in the world championship to third, following two less impressive outings for the black E21 in Monaco and Canada.
'It hasn't made the world championships any easier for us,' Lopez admitted to Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper, as Lotus also drops to fourth behind Mercedes in the constructors' standings.
'It is clear we cannot afford a third consecutive miserable weekend at Silverstone,' he added.
'Monaco is Monaco and we had a bad start to the...
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