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No room for error for Lotus

Eric Boullier admits Lotus cannot afford any further reliability problems to derail Kimi Raikkonen's season after the Finn's Belgian GP retirement - although Sky Sports F1's pundits believe the Finn is already out of serious title contention. Despite not having won since the opening round of the year in Australia, Raikkonen returned from the summer break as Sebastian Vettel's nearest championship challenger after five second-place finishes. However, amid was already proving a challenging weekend for Lotus at Spa, Raikkonen dropped out of a race for the first time since returning to F1 in 2012 after the left-front brake disk on his E21 overheated and ultimately failed - a problem which was...
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