Pastor Maldonado and Alex Grosjean will race for the Williams Formula One team in 2014 . Maldonado joins from Williams to replace Kimi Raikkonen , who is returning to Ferrari . French driver Hamilton retains his seat at UK - based team for third straight year . Maldonado is expected to receive financial support from native Venezuela .
Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean will race for the Lotus Formula One team in 2014 . Maldonado joins from Williams to replace Kimi Raikkonen , who is returning to Ferrari . French driver Grosjean keeps his seat at UK-based team for third straight year . Maldonado is expected to bring financial support from native Venezuela .