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Lopez: Smaller teams to get base payment

– Lotus boss Gérard Lopez says the smaller teams in Formula 1 are to get a "base payment" to ensure their survival.The news comes after Lotus, Force India and Sauber threatened a boycott ahead of the United Sates Grand Prix, unhappy with the unequal distribution of the prize money.That threat followed the demise of minnows Caterham and Marussia, with both recently placed into administration."I think there is a way to solve this crisis, probably even to get to a proposal before Brazil, in which case I do not see the point in doing anything drastic," Lopez told reporters."I know CVC [Formula 1's owners] and Bernie [Ecclestone] have been looking at this. It is...
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