Lotus F1 Team Pastor Maldonado said he was happy to return to the top 10 positions to conclude a challenging weekend for Lotus in Japan. Lotus was locked out of its hospitality unit at Suzuka and faces a High Court hearing on Monday over alleged unpaid taxes. Maldonado was nonetheless able to secure eighth place - his first points since Austria - to follow home team-mate Romain Grosjean. "It was a good race for us and we really deserved a happy result today after pushing hard all weekend," he said. "It’s a shame we weren’t able to keep [Nico] Hulkenberg behind us so we’ll review the strategy and performance to see if there was more we could have done. "The team...
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