LOTUS have brushed aside their malaise in Malaysia by predicting Kimi Raikkonen will win again.
The Iceman could only finish seventh in Sepang just a week after scooping a shock victory in Australia.

Cynics immediately muttered that Raikkonen’s Melbourne triumph could be a one-hit wonder thanks to his car’s freakish lack of tyre wear.

But Lotus chief Eric Boullier begged to differ.

He said that after making a poor start in Malaysia, the pace of Raikkonen and team-mate Romain Grosjean, who finished sixth, was “not bad”.

He added: “We were there, so our level of confidence going into the next two races is much, much higher.

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