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Gearbox problems prevent first Lotus points

– Romain Grosjean was left frustrated after a gearbox problem with his Lotus E22 forced him into retirement at the Chinese Grand Prix, costing the French racer a points finish. Grosjean started the race from 10th on the grid and was set to collect Lotus's first points of the year when the problem developed, sending him into the gravel. "We started by losing fourth gear but it got worse and essentially we lost all gears," he said. "It's the first time we've had a problem like this so we'll have to understand what happened. It had been quite nice in the race as we'd been fighting for ninth position so we were in the points, which is a good improvement from before....
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