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Lotus has announced that team principal Eric
Boullier has left the team, with co-chairman
Gerard Lopez set to take over the role.
In order to continue strengthening its
management structure, to further increase
Genii’s role in the team and to close the gap
between its strategic, commercial and sporting
activities, Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce
that its co-Chairman, Gérard Lopez, will combine
his position on the board with the role of Team
Principal with immediate effect. As a result,
the other chairmanship responsibilities will be
shared with co-Chairman Andy Ruhan.
The team will announce the arrival of new
commercial partners and sponsors when it unveils
its 2014 car, the E22, at the beginning of the
first Bahrain pre-season test in February. The
team will also confirm its organisational
structure for 2014 ahead of this test. The team
management, car and partner portfolio will
illustrate the team’s will and desire to
continue its quest to become one of the
strongest teams in Formula 1 in every sense.
Gérard Lopez, co-chairman and team principal:
"Lotus F1 Team has never stood still and we head
into what promises to be an exciting 2014 season
with an innovative new car, new partners and a
new management structure at Enstone. Great
things have been achieved over the past years
and we need to continue this momentum. With this
in mind, we are proud to announce that we have
concluded an agreement with YotaPhone and its
shareholders. YotaPhone shareholders will become
important partners to Genii and YotaPhone a
sponsor to the Lotus F1 team this year. We thank
Eric for all his hard work over the past four
years and we are confident we can continue to
fight as one of the top teams in Formula 1 over
the seasons ahead.”
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