After the 2015 season finale in Abu Dhabi, Romain Grosjean symbolically gave the keys of his Lotus E23 to 2016 successor Jolyon Palmer, who had already borrowed the car on many occasions when deputising for the Frenchman in FP1. The only question is, will the team actually be on the grid next year?

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