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Lopez plays down Lotus collapse fears
Lotus owner Gerard Lopez has moved to allay fears the Enstone based team is on the verge of collapse.
When the FIA issued the official 2014 entry list recently, Lotus' place was marked with a conspicuous asterisk, fuelling rumours of financial doom.
"We just had the wrong team name on the list, namely the one of two years ago," Lopez told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport on Wednesday.
"I can assure you -- everything is still the same."
Despite the reassurance, however, many wonder if the now-terminally delayed 'Quantum' buy-in has derailed Lotus, who have turned to the lucratively-backed Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado to replace unpaid Finn Kimi Raikkonen.
Lopez insists...
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