Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane has insisted the team doesn't have any concerns about reliability 💃heading into the Korean Grand Prix this weekend, despite Romain Gro🀅sjean's problems in Singapore.

Grosjean was looking pretty strong in the race around ꦅthe Marina Bay Street Circuit, however, engine issues forced him on lap 38.

He also had a number of problems in Friday practice too and only did 30 laps in total thanks to a catalogue of mecha🤡nical woes.

Despite all that though, Permane is not worried: "On Friday we had a problem with the ste🌱ering which was an isolated setup issue, but there was then a brake and a hydraulic problem on top of that. These types of issue can be a pretty normal experience on a Friday and were all isolated in nature," he explained.

"With regards to his engine failure in the 🍬race, Renault Sport are looking closely at what hꦑappened and we wouldn't expect a repeat of this either."

Looking to Korea, Permane added that he is confident tܫhe Ensteon-based o🐲utfit will be strong there and in all the remaining races of the 2013 F1 season.

"Both drivers did us proud in Singapore," he added. "Rom𝕴ain delivered fantastically well in both qualifying and the race despite his limited track time, whilst Kimi [Raikkonen] overcame his back pain to score an impressiv💃e podium finish.

"Like us, most teams will have now switched their dev🐈elopment focus to 2014 so we wouldn't expect a dramatic change to the relative performance of each outfit between now and the end of the season.

"That leaves us in a tight scrap with both Ferrari and Mercedes, and with both our guys performing at this level - coupled with the poten💮tial from the car at the coming tracks - we should have a good end to the season in prospect," he confirmed.