F1 – Pastor Maldonado at Lotus – He denies

If the ranks of the Lotus F1 Team may move in 2014, Pastor Maldonado will not a priori be one of them. The Venezuelan pilot, currently with Williams, has been sent to the stable for several months?enstone by several rumors, in case, Kimi Räikkönen finally decides to leave for Red Bull. But according to the main person concerned, the priority is currently elsewhere: “I have other problems than thinking about next year”, declared the man who was the protégé of former president Hugo Chavez, who died last March, to Speed ​​Week magazine. ?We need to be competitive again, and that?s all that matters now?. "I'm going to continue here (at Williams, editor’s note). Pparticularly since the fabulous news of the arrival of Pat Symonds. What he accomplished speaks for itself. You will see, Williams will be competitive again”, assures the native of Caracas.

On another note, Pastor Maldonado, present at Silverstone during the Youth Tests, had the opportunity to test the new Pirelli tires. But he was rather critical of the way these sessions took place: “We couldn't change anything on the car, nothing! », he got angry with the Agencia Estado. “Will these new tires help me get back to my old driving style? I hope so, but we don't know. Honestly, we have bigger problems than tires with this car.".