It did not take long before rumours started swirling about the Lotus F1 Team crew being once again locked out of their hospitality at Sochi Autodrom. The Enstone-based outfit quickly took to its popular Twitter account to reassure the fans with the following message: "Thank you for all the sympathy, but we are in and we are busy eating! ;-)"

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