Eric Boullier shocked the F1 paddock this morning announcing that he had left Lotus F1 Team with immediate effect. This news came out just before McLaren launched their 2014 challenger. Strangely Lotus suddenly released images of their 2014 car and sent a sarcastic tweet out directed at Boullier and oddly McLaren. Many in the the world of Formula One strongly suspect that Boullier will be making the move to McLaren as doubts about Martin Whitmarsh's future as team principle at McLaren reach their peak. This departure comes as a massive blow to Lotus whom have lost some key people in the last 12 months, most notably James Allison and Kimi Raikkonen and with the departure so close to the start of the season. However for McLaren Boullier would be a great signing who has worked incredibly hard to keep Lotus on the grid in 2013 and 2014, with Lotus having server money issues which came out when Kimi Raikkonen said that he hadn't been paid a single Euro for the whole of 2013. This along with the signing of Pastor Maldonado over Nico Hulkenberg.
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