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looks like Benson agreed with my views about Kimi's limited options.. clearly money and performance assurances at Lotus are a sticking pointBBC Sport's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson:"If he does not get the Ferrari seat, Kimi Raikkonen's only realistic option is to stay at Lotus - or quit. He and Lotus have made it clear that he wants them to prove to him that they can continue to be a force next season, despite the uncertainty that has been created by the departure of technical director James Allison to Ferrari and the delay in paying him some of his earnings. He did not sound like that was going especially well. 'They know the reasons why there is no going forward right now, and until they sort out those issues we cannot talk about next year,' he said. 'It is as simple as that. They know exactly the reasons.' Many will read that as: 'Pay up or I'm off.'"My concern with Kimi is we may see 2008-09 version where he appears disinterested at times. Really Lotus need to get rid of Genii and Lopez and find owners who will bring genuine investment to that teamLotus would probably be good for any driver who wants to establish themselves as a front runner by getting closer to the front but not quite good enough for the very best driversRosberg is staying put due to his 2 wins and he is usually has a water tight contract when it comes to driver's contracts for anyone to buy him out
looks like Benson agreed with my views about Kimi's limited options.. clearly money and performance assurances at Lotus are a sticking point
BBC Sport's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson:
"If he does not get the Ferrari seat, Kimi Raikkonen's only realistic option is to stay at Lotus - or quit. He and Lotus have made it clear that he wants them to prove to him that they can continue to be a force next season, despite the uncertainty that has been created by the departure of technical director James Allison to Ferrari and the delay in paying him some of his earnings. He did not sound like that was going especially well. 'They know the reasons why there is no going forward right now, and until they sort out those issues we cannot talk about next year,' he said. 'It is as simple as that. They know exactly the reasons.' Many will read that as: 'Pay up or I'm off.'"
My concern with Kimi is we may see 2008-09 version where he appears disinterested at times. Really Lotus need to get rid of Genii and Lopez and find owners who will bring genuine investment to that team
Lotus would probably be good for any driver who wants to establish themselves as a front runner by getting closer to the front but not quite good enough for the very best drivers
Rosberg is staying put due to his 2 wins and he is usually has a water tight contract when it comes to driver's contracts for anyone to buy him out