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#388717
Strange goings on at Lotus today with Boullier departing to be replaced by Lopez.

Did he walk amidst the rumoured financial chaos the team is suffering, or was he pushed?

Will be interesting to see if/when their new car appears in winter testing...
By benjibaby555
#388724
I hope they do have new sponsors to announce, but it is worrying that these rumours (or fact in the case of Kimi's wages) haven't disappeared over the winter.
By CookinFlat6
#388725
benjibaby555 wrote:Strange goings on at Lotus today with Boullier departing to be replaced by Lopez.

Did he walk amidst the rumoured financial chaos the team is suffering, or was he pushed?

Will be interesting to see if/when their new car appears in winter testing...
If he turns up at McLaren, he jumped,I cant see how they could push him out when he probably hasnt been paid yet.

Btw, did you not think there would already be a Lotus thread?
By Hammer278
#388733
Dude is new, probably isn't aware of the 'That's' subforums.
#388737
Bad for Lotus, good for McLaren if that's the case, I've always had the impression that Boullier is a very good team boss, he always seemed very good at keeping a cool head when under pressure, and hadled both the Kimi / Pay situation and the Grosjean / forever crashing situation very well in my opinion.
#388755
geetface9 wrote:We'll see!! I always thought eric boullier seemed like a prick and was a bonehead for dropping vitaly petrov
He was very nice at Silverstone :rolleyes:

But I didn't expect Boullier to leave Lotus to be honest...Good news for McLaren as they look powerful coming into Australia
#388766
LiamCatterson wrote:
geetface9 wrote:We'll see!! I always thought eric boullier seemed like a prick and was a bonehead for dropping vitaly petrov
He was very nice at Silverstone :rolleyes:

But I didn't expect Boullier to leave Lotus to be honest...Good news for McLaren as they look powerful coming into Australia
Not sure what the roll eyes is for but eh $#@! it :rofl: it does seem like good news for mclaren all around. Too bad they dropped perez! Their loss, FI's gain!
By benjibaby555
#388784
Hammer278 wrote:Dude is new, probably isn't aware of the 'That's' subforums.
Thanks for pointing those out, i know where they are now.
#388793
zurich_allan wrote:Bad for Lotus, good for McLaren if that's the case, I've always had the impression that Boullier is a very good team boss, he always seemed very good at keeping a cool head when under pressure, and hadled both the Kimi / Pay situation and the Grosjean / forever crashing situation very well in my opinion.
Agreed. Boullier is a great short term fix for McLaren IMO.
#388899
zurich_allan wrote:Bad for Lotus, good for McLaren if that's the case, I've always had the impression that Boullier is a very good team boss, he always seemed very good at keeping a cool head when under pressure, and hadled both the Kimi / Pay situation and the Grosjean / forever crashing situation very well in my opinion.
I agree totally there, ZA. :yes:

Fingers crossed he's headed for McLaren.
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