Venezuela's new sports minister has hinted that Pastor Maldonado's funding could be at risk. Maldonado's racing career has been hugely financed by Venezuelan... read more »

Lotus team boss Gerard Lopez has backed Pastor Maldonado to recover from his error-strewn start to his career at the team and emulate the sharp upward career trajectory of... read more »

A shadow of uncertainty has been cast over Pastor Maldonado's Formula 1 career, following a decision by the Venezuelan government to slash motorsport funding and switch... read more »

Claiming that Lotus has made 'an incredible step forward', Pastor Maldonado is looking forward to returning to the F1 track he calls 'the special one'. read more »

Pastor Maldonado admits the progress Lotus has made in recent weeks has him dreaming of a podium in the Monaco Grand Prix read more »

After Max Chilton and Marussia surprised the paddock by topping the times on day one, it was the turn of Pastor Maldonado and Lotus to end day two quickest. The […] read more »

Pastor Maldonado believes Lotus has made another significant improvement after he topped the timesheets at the second day of the in-season Barcelona test on Wednesday read more »

Lotus say they're in much better shape now after their difficult start to the season, with Pastor Maldonado hailing "a big step forward" at the end of testing in... read more »

Having finished at the top of the timesheets in Barcelona, Pastor Maldonado reckons that a sign of what Lotus can do on a "normal day"... read more »

Pastor Maldonado felt positive about Lotus's progress after experiencing his "first normal test" of 2014. read more »

Lotus' Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets on the second, and final day, of the second in-season test. read more »

Pastor Maldonado concluded the two day Barcelona test on top for Lotus, setting a best time towards the end of the day while running on the super soft tyre. Nico Rosberg, who... read more »

Pastor Maldonado believes Lotus has made a big step forward in performance thanks to a strong two days of testing in Spain read more »

Nico Rosberg says his feeling with the brakes is currently a weakness following the second in-season test of 2014 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Rosberg was... read more »

A confident Pastor Maldonado says he is not ruling out the possibility of Lotus claiming its first podium of 2014 at next weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. Maldonado finished... read more »

Pastor Maldonado set the fastest time on the second day of testing at Barcelona, using super-soft tyres to top the timesheets ahead of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg read more »

Pastor Maldonado enjoyed a successful day of testing for Lotus on Wednesday to go quickest with a lap of 1:24.871. The Venezuelan also completed 102 laps. It was a dry start to... read more »

Pastor Maldonado ended the two-day Barcelona Formula 1 test at the top of the timesheets for Lotus read more »

Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado set the fastest time during the second day of the Formula One testing session at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday... read more »

Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets as the post-Spanish Grand Prix test came to an end on Wednesday. The Lotus driver's 1:24.871 on Super Softs put him comfortably... read more »

Pastor Maldonado was quickest on the second day of testing at Barcelona as Lotus enjoyed its best test day of the year so far read more »

Pastor Maldonado puts Lotus top of the timesheets as the second day of F1 testing around the Circuit de Catalunya concludes. read more »

Pastor Maldonado set the quickest time on the second day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. The Venezuelan set a time of 1:24.871 during the last hour... read more »

Pastor Maldonado was quickest on the second morning of testing in Barcelona as Lotus continued its strong week, while Red Bull starts its running late read more »

Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado set the standard on the final morning of running at the second in-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Venezuelan delivered a... read more »