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Ecclestone: Lotus won't survive if Renault deal flops
Bernie Ecclestone believes that the Lotus Formula 1 team will not survive if Renault boss Carlos Ghosn does not approve the takeover deal next week. This week Ecclestone has been in talks with senior Renault executive Jerome Stoll about the team's future income, on the basis that it becomes a works entry. Team co-owner Gerard Lopez has said that the team still has a Mercedes contract as a Plan B, and if forced to remain independent Lotus would head into next season with a much reduced staffing level. However Ecclestone suggests that the team could not continue on that basis. “I'm sure they'll stop,” he told Motorsport.com. “They are running a business unsuccessfully, they haven't got...
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