The Lotus F1 Team bid farewell to their troublesome E22 and to Renault after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Romain Grosjean finishing thirteenth, but Pastor Maldonado ended his year with a power unit failure that saw flames spouting from the rear of his car. Grosjean had started eighteenth after changing parts of his power unit ahead of the race, and then took his drive-through penalty at the end of the opening lap, before settling down and managing to climb a few places up the order by the chequered flag. He passed the ailing Nico Rosberg on the final tour, but now is looking forward to the off-season and recharging his batteries before returning with the Mercedes-powered E23 in 2015....
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