When it comes to deciding where the money goes, the Lotus Formula One team says its main priority is the car -- not the star driver who sits in the cockpit. Kimi Raikkonen said last week that he decided to leave it and rejoin Ferrari for the 2014 season because Lotus have n't got my salary. But the team, owned by Luxembourg-based investment group Genii Capital, has now responded by explaining that it prefers to focus its finances on developing the car, even if it means seeing their driving talent walk away. Raikkonen has posted Lotusonly victory this year, with himself and the team both fourth in the respective driver and constructor standings. Our suppliers and key people who develop the car were our priority -- maybe not Kimi, Lotus team principal Eric Boullier told the official F1 website. Kimi was in a similar position last year and it was all settled by the end of the year. And Genii had the plan to do the same this year. It is public knowledge by now that we 've been late in paying him, and he got upset. To manage the cash flow -- and I do n't mean the money itself or the budget we have, which is guaranteed by Genii, or at least most of it as we do n't have the revenue stream to allow us to live independently from Genii -- this cash flow is an issue if you have fixed costs and want to keep up the development level. You have to decide where you want to spend your