Lotus F1 Plans to Keep Raikkonen and Grosjean for 2013

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F1 Team expects that Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean will be back with the team next season. Raikkonen had been rumored to go to FerrariFerrariItaly, 1947 > present233 models
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, if it drops Felipe Massa, but Lotus team boss Eric Boullier is fairly certain that they will stay. 

"There is no reason for them to leave," said Boullier.

Raikkonen and Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo reportedly do not get along well since Raikkonen drove for the team from 2007 to 2009. 

"It's nice that Ferrari is in the newspapers, but to my knowledge Kimi has no intention of going back to Ferrari," said Boullier to Auto, Motor und Sport.

It will be interesting to see if the team is still called Lotus next year. The company recently announced that it was pulling out of most of its racing, including supplying engine to the Indycar Series. Lotus is the title sponsor for the team, but it is actually run by Genii Capital. Lotus could not sponsor the car, and Raikkonen and Grosjean would still have a car to drive. 

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