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Lotus Indycar News Thread
Started by TLF News, Jun 16 2011 10:26 AM
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Posted 16 June 2011 - 10:26 AM
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Posted 24 July 2011 - 09:00 AM
Ok Rumor time!
Newman Haas the C.A.R.T best ever team would be set to become a Lotus Team next year probably alongside current Lotus Team KVRT!
Now I still don't give a damn about IRL but if this happens and if Newman Haas gets Sebastien Bourdais back then I may start paying a little attention to that series!
Provided it still exist next year of course! Which is not a foregone conclusion as most teams are on shaky grounds and the contract with IMS is up in 2013!
Newman Haas the C.A.R.T best ever team would be set to become a Lotus Team next year probably alongside current Lotus Team KVRT!
Now I still don't give a damn about IRL but if this happens and if Newman Haas gets Sebastien Bourdais back then I may start paying a little attention to that series!
Provided it still exist next year of course! Which is not a foregone conclusion as most teams are on shaky grounds and the contract with IMS is up in 2013!
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Posted 08 August 2011 - 10:10 AM
Great result. Man those cars are pig ugly.
Caught between a rock and a hard place in a catch 22 situation, So its 6 of 0ne and half a dozen of the other. Your damned if you do, but your damned if you dont so shut your cock!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 10 August 2011 - 03:16 PM
Great result. Man those cars are pig ugly.
Indeed they are.
A Dallara covered in Lotus stickers does not an attractive race car make.
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Posted 11 August 2011 - 04:44 PM
Well just look at next year's car!
it's a better looking car and in two years it will receive a Lotus Motorsport aerokit!
it's a better looking car and in two years it will receive a Lotus Motorsport aerokit!
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Posted 11 August 2011 - 05:04 PM
Well the jury is out for me. It would be difficult for it to be uglier than the current car. An improvement without doubt. A pretty car? Well it does not grab me by the choo choos.
Caught between a rock and a hard place in a catch 22 situation, So its 6 of 0ne and half a dozen of the other. Your damned if you do, but your damned if you dont so shut your cock!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 10:16 AM
Its my understanding that GL aren't continueing next year, non?
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 11:55 AM
I thought they were aiming to be 1 of 3 engine suppliers to Indycar, though I can't find any mention of any of the teams using it.
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 01:00 PM
Its my understanding that GL aren't continueing next year, non?
If they have sorted the F1 chassis issue that wouldn't surprise me. I suspect Indycar along with GP2 and GP3 was all about placing Lotus everywhere if they didn't have an in house F1 programme. From now on I expect Group Lotus to focus all their investment on Lotus Renault GP, plus privateer GT programmes (hence LMP 2 being chosen over LMP1) that could actually make Lotus money!
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 01:14 PM
Money well spent ?
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 02:03 PM
One year? No.
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 02:58 PM
Its my understanding that GL aren't continueing next year, non?
Your information is as bad as your spelling.
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Posted 30 August 2011 - 06:46 PM
They don't have an in-house F1 programme, they have a F1 sponsorship programme.
If they have sorted the F1 chassis issue that wouldn't surprise me. I suspect Indycar along with GP2 and GP3 was all about placing Lotus everywhere if they didn't have an in house F1 programme. From now on I expect Group Lotus to focus all their investment on Lotus Renault GP, plus privateer GT programmes (hence LMP 2 being chosen over LMP1) that could actually make Lotus money!
What is the difference between an overtake and a crash? An overtake is a crash that never happened!
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Posted 31 August 2011 - 03:22 AM
KVRT is set to drop Lotus after they decided to opt for Judd instead of Cosworth! However Lotus is talking to Newman Haas and at least another team according to various Indy centric website! It would be funny if after a two year sponsorship and a ridiculously big announcement last year, Lotus would walk away from Indy! It would be good for their finance but not so much for their image! Well then again Indycar awareness is so low in the US right now that only Indy hard core fans will be bothered!
Edited by NedaSay, 31 August 2011 - 03:29 AM.
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