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'Lotus paying the price for late start'

Remi Taffin believes Lotus' decision to sit out the opening pre-season test is largely responsible for their current woes. Lotus recorded a double DNF at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix with Pastor Maldonado retiring on lap 29 and Romain Grosjean on lap 44. That, though, was more laps than the E22 had previously completed. Sitting out the first test at Jerez, Lotus were always on the back foot in pre-season testing and ran out of time to resolve issues with their car and its Renault engine. "We lack running with Lotus, so we're lacking experience," Taffin, Renault's head of track operations, told Autosport. "We're lacking knowledge of the car, as simple as that....
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