Pastor Maldonado says although he loves racing in Melbourne it won't provide a reliable measure on how far Lotus has improved read more »

Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado look ahead to the season opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Pastor Maldonado believes Lotus can put itself in a position to get amongst the chasing pack ahead of the 2015 F1 opener in Australia read more »

Pastor Maldonado ended up in the turn four barriers on the final day of testing in Spain after a systems issue in his Lotus caused his brakes to fade. read more »

Lotus F1 Team ended the final day of pre-season testing early after a systems issue compromised Pastor Maldonado's braking into turn four resulting in him making contact... read more »

Valtteri Bottas ended the final day of pre-season testing with the fastest time, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Nasr, while Pastor Maldonado crashed. read more »

Lotus has confirmed that a brake problem caused Pastor Maldonado's crash on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona. read more »

Pastor Maldonado's crash in Sunday's Barcelona Formula 1 test was caused by a brake problem rather than any form of driver error, says Lotus read more »

Lotus has absolved Pastor Maldonado from blame for the crash which ended their pre-season testing programme prematurely, citing a brake failure on the E23 Hybrid. Maldonado... read more »

It's all over. The next time we'll see Formula 1 cars on track will be at the first race of the season in Australia in just two weeks time. The final day of the third... read more »

Pastor Maldonado says the combination of the Lotus E23 mated to the Mercedes power unit is giving him the confidence he needs to push. read more »

Mercedes fired a warning shot amongst its rivals on Friday as Nico Rosberg smashed the fastest test time so far when he finally ran the soft tyre. The German stormed to the top... read more »

Day 2 of this test week has started with Sebastian Vettel the first man out on track for Ferrari, followed by Nico Rosberg, Pastor Maldonado and Max Verstappen. read more »

Pastor Maldonado is targeting points from the first round of the upcoming season, as he and Lotus look to bounce back from a troubled 2014 campaign. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he's expecting a tougher time this season as it appears a handful of rivals have closed the gap over the winter period. Hamilton's team-mate Nico... read more »

Having spent two days in the Lotus E23 at Barcelona, and quickest on both, Pastor Maldonado says the car is a "good step forward" on last year's... read more »

Pastor Maldonado says he is excited by the driveability of the Lotus E23 after he topped the third day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya read more »

Pastor Maldonado was quickest on day three of the pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Pastor Maldonado hails the performance and potential of the Lotus after turning in another fastest time on the third day of F1 testing in Spain. read more »

Pastor Maldonado put Lotus back on top on Saturday following his table-topping time on the opening day of the Barcelona test. The Venezuelan used the super-soft tyre to lap the... read more »

Pastor Maldonado edges out Max Verstappen on the third day of testing at Barcelona, as McLaren's reliability struggle continues. read more »

A qualifying style run in the afternoon netted Pastor Maldonado his second P1 at this week's Barcelona test... read more »

Pastor Maldonado set the pace for Lotus for the second time in three days of Barcelona Formula 1 testing on Saturday read more »

Pastor Maldonado put Lotus back on top of the timesheets on a cloudy and at one point damp third day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, setting the best time of the week so... read more »

Pastor Maldonado and Lotus set the fastest time of the Barcelona test so far as McLaren-Honda ran into yet more problems on day three at the Circuit de Catalunya. read more »