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Lotus feeling positive heading to Singapore

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The Lotus F1 Team is optimistic that the Singapore street track should suit this year's car and give the Enstone team a much-needed strong result next weekend.

"Even though we haven’t been able to throw upgrades at the car like other teams can do, the E23 is a pretty balanced car in its qualities," said Romain Grosjean, who finished in third place at Spa but lasted only one lap before being forced to retire at Monza.

"It seems to go well everywhere. This means we go in with the opportunity of scoring points at tracks with very different characteristics. Every time I get in the car I think ‘let’s see what she can do’, so I’m positive heading to Singapore, Suzuka and all the rest of the circuits ahead."

"Singapore’s a fantastic event, it’s a fun circuit and we’ve got a great car," said his team mate Pastor Maldonado, who was also an early retirement from the Italian Grand Prix. "I’m positive.

"We’ve shown at many different circuits that we can perform well this year so it’s another race where we want to get out there and put in a strong performance," said the Venezuelan.

"It should be pretty good for us," added Lotus F1 Team technical director Nick Chester. "We’ve shown the E23 to be pretty capable in low speed corners and over kerbs which is positive.

"We may not be quite as good as we have been at the medium downforce tracks, but there’s scope for a good weekend," he concluded.

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