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Lotus on pole for Renault buyout

Lotus has reportedly moved into pole position to be taken over by the French manufacturer Renault. Dissatisfied with its current status as mere supplier to Red Bull, the marque has been in talks with the energy drink company's junior team Toro Rosso about a buyout. But Dr Helmut Marko said last week that a sale to Renault is in fact not likely, as Red Bull wants to maintain is 'close relationship' with Toro Rosso. He said the 'more likely' scenario is that Toro Rosso simply takes on a 'yellow livery to have a better marketing platform' for Renault. 'But of course the figures have to correspond,' added Marko. It now appears that Renault is looking elsewhere. Writing on his blog...
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