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Lotus owner Lopez slams Raikkonen after salary comments
Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has slammed Kimi Raikkonen, after the Finn revealed he is only leaving for Ferrari in 2014 because he has not been paid.
Raikkonen had shocked reporters with his brutal honesty about his unpaid salary on Thursday, but Lopez told the German newspaper Welt that is not the full story.
'He will get his money, as in previous years and as agreed, at the end of the season,' Lopez said.
'I am very confused about the timing and content of these statements by Kimi,' he added.
Lopez insinuated Raikkonen, who was dropped by Ferrari at the end of 2009 to be replaced by Fernando Alonso, is being ungrateful after Lotus revived his F1 career following his two-year rallying and...
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