The Lotus F1 team are confident that both Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean will remain at the team in 2013. There has been a lot speculation surrounding Kimi Raikkonen during the season linking the Finn with a return to Ferrari, however the 2007 champion who is back in F1 after two years away from F1 has a contract with the Lotus team for 2013 and his boss Eric Bouiller is fully confident that he will be with the team next year.
Romain Grosjean who is also back in F1 after a two year break has endured a difficult comeback year however he has been on the podium three time's and is expected to be at the team next season. I fully expect both driver's to be at the team next season as they have been the most consistent pairing this season.
The Lotus team have scored 106 points in the last five races, the most out of any other team on the grid and have yet to record a in this season. The team are only one point behind McLaren who are second in the championship.
At next weekend's Belgian GrandPrix, the team will use their double DRS system and that will be great to watch as they driver's come out of Eau Rouge. It could prove to be a race that Kimi Raikkonen will win provided the team can sor out their qualifying performance. Kimi has four wins at SPA to his name and I have my fingers and toes crossed that he will be able to win the race.
The team have certainly sorted out the power steering issues that Kimi has had this season. Kimi is in a great position in the championship just 46 points behind Alonso with 225 points still to play for. He has a new race engineer in Mark Slade who he worked with during his time at McLaren and that is certainly working as Kimi has been on the podium five times this season and finished every single race.
In my last post I said I would reveal which five driver's have completed every lap this season. They are Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus, Nico Rosberg Mercedes, Mark Webber RedBull Racing, Fernando Alonso Ferrari and Jenson Button McLaren.
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