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This is steadily becoming the biggest motorsport pis**ng contest of recent times and clearly goes well beyond the bounds of gentlemanly competition... Welcome to Round 3 of the Lotus-vs-Lotus spat.

We were already aware that Group Lotus were in discussions with Genii Capital - majority shareholders in the Renault F1 team - about bringing a tie-up for 2011. The announcement was due at the final grand prix in Abu Dhabi, but there's been much lobbying and negotiation in the background prior to this morning's announcement.