Alan Permane has conceded Lotus stretched the limits of reliability - but not safety - during a tough 2015 Formula 1 season.Renault's protracted takeover of Lotus resulted in a lack of development of the E23 over the second half of the campaign. The team's owners opted against continued investment with...

Lotus believes it is making significant progress on the development of its 2016 Formula 1 car ahead of the team's impending takeover by Renault.Given Lotus's financial struggles this season, and the fact the team's accounts have been locked down amid the discussions with Renault, development on this year's car ground...

Pastor Maldonado's retirement from the Belgian Grand Prix was caused by a 17G impact with the curbs at Eau Rouge, his Lotus Formula 1 team has revealed.The Venezuelan went off track on lap two, damaging his clutch control system and forcing him into retirement for the seventh time in 11...

The Lotus Formula 1 team will field Jolyon Palmer in first practice sessions at the next five grands prix as part of its ongoing commitment to the GP2 champion.Palmer has already been behind the wheel of the E23 in practice one at three races to date in China, Bahrain and...

The Lotus Formula 1 team doesn't understand why it struggled for pace relative to the frontrunners in the Canadian Grand Prix, despite being close to Ferrari and Williams in qualifying.Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado qualified fifth and sixth for the Montreal race, and Grosjean lapped within a tenth of Valtteri...

Reigning GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer will make his Formula 1 free practice debut with Lotus at the Chinese Grand Prix next month. The British driver signed a reserve driver deal with the team earlier this year, where it was announced that he would take part in "a significant number" of...

Lotus has made alterations to its Formula 1 car to prevent a recurrence of the problem that caused Romain Grosjean to retire from the Australian Grand Prix.Grosjean retired on the first lap of the Albert Park race, after suffering a "loss of power" on the formation lap. It is beelievedd...

The experimental wedge-shaped nose that Lotus will run in practice for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix has been revealed.As its unique twin-tusk design will not be legal in 2015, the team has decided to run the experimental nose to compare its real-world performance with wind tunnel data.It was...