November 2013 Eric Boullier made it clear that if the sponsership money form Quantum Motorsports came in his 2014 driver line up would have been Romain Grosjean and Nico Hulkenberg. However the money never arrived in time and the deal was permenantly called off in early January 2014. Subsecuently Lotus took on pay driver Pastor Maldonado who brings $30 million with him to Lotus which will keep them in F1. Today Boullier left Lotus with immediate effect and this sudden departure could be down to the team not securing the funds from Quantum Motorsprts and not being able to take on the two best drivers that he could. Undoubtablely Maldonado is a quick driver having won the 2012 Spanish GP but it was clearly the $30 million which has taken him to Lotus. With this Boullier probably wanted to clean the blood off his hands and move on from Lotus to a more stable team which is most likely McLaren or even Mercedes with Martin Whitmarsh's future in major doubt and with Ross Brawn's departure at the end of December. Boullier's loss has been Force India's gain and Force India could be the team to give Lotus a tough time in 2014.
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February 2016
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