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“Lotus in F1″ naming dispute over

November 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Joint Press Release: Group Lotus Plc and PROTON Holdings Berhad 1Malaysia Racing Team, Caterham Cars and Tony Fernandes Proton, Group Lotus, 1Malaysia Racing Team and its owner Tony Fernandes are delighted to announce that the legal dispute in the English Courts relating to the "LOTUS" and "TEAM LOTUS" brands has now ended amicably with the parties agreeing settlement terms earlier this month. The terms of the settlement are confidential but the deal sees the "LOTUS" brand reunited under the sole ownership of Group Lotus. This includes the rights to the … [Read more...]

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F1™ name changes approved by FIA

November 3, 2011 By
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The BBC are reporting that in a meeting today of senior figures in F1™ it has been decided that Lotus Renault GP will race as Lotus in 2012 and Team Lotus will be renamed Caterham resolving the dispute between the teams which has seen the Lotus name being fought over in court this year. Virgin will also be renamed to Marussia. Other than a rubber stamping by the FIA World Council on the 7th December this decision is official and fans will no longer face the confusion between the black & gold and green & yellow teams which is great news for F1™, Lotus and … [Read more...]

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Team Lotus – 20 Years Ago

March 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
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With the naming dispute between Group Lotus and Team Lotus now due to be held before the season opener in Australia, it’s worth recalling that twenty years ago this week a different incarnation of Team Lotus competed in its first Grand Prix since being saved by a consortium headed by Peter Collins and Peter Wright. With the immediate post-Chapman years unable to repeat earlier successes with Ayrton Senna at the wheel, the Brazilian moved to McLaren and promptly won his first World Championship.  His replacement Nelson Piquet was unable to even score victories and … [Read more...]

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Tony Fernandes Awarded CBE

February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Tony Fernandes ,Team Lotus Team Principal, AirAsia Group CEO and Malaysia's iconic entrepreneur, has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire honour by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The citation says the award was conferred "for services to promote commercial and educational links" between the United Kingdom and Malaysia. Fernandes, together with three partners, took over the loss-making AirAsia from a Malaysian government-linked company in December, 2001. In just over nine years under his leadership, AirAsia has soared to become Asia's … [Read more...]

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Team Lotus – Valencia Testing, Day 2

February 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Valencia T01 - 2nd February 2011 Car: T128-01 Driver: Heikki Kovalainen Laps: 15 Best time: 1.20.649 Best sector times: S1: 30.865; S2: 28.475; S3: 20.958 Track activity: Installation lap / 10 runs (system / temperature checks) HEIKKI KOVALAINEN: “Despite the limited running today the car felt fantastic. It immediately felt like it was much better balanced than last year’s car and the grip level felt ok, but it’s a bit hard to make any real judgements as we weren’t going for performance. Today was basically our shakedown and we managed to … [Read more...]

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Team Lotus Unveils T128

January 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Team Lotus 2011 challenger T128 was launched on Monday 31st January exclusively in Team Lotus Notes. The special launch edition of the team's magazine has a number of first-see images of the 2011 car and insights from key players within Team Lotus into the design and build process of the new car, including people from the Aero, R&D and Vehicle Dynamics, Design and Senior Management Teams. Here are a few selected highlights, but click on the link to the launch edition on the homepage of www.teamlotus.co.uk for the whole story. Marianne Hinson, Head of … [Read more...]

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And The Winner Is…

December 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
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We know, we know, it's very confusing but this is the winner of this competition set by Lotus Racing (now Team Lotus) to design a suggested livery for their 2011 F1 car. This was before Group Lotus announced that they had bought out Renault from F1 and we now have Lotus Renault GP who have already announced they'll be running a black & gold car in 2011.  Team Lotus will be sticking with green & yellow for next year however this livery should make it onto their car for some events and displays. Simple, no? Anyway, congratulations to Raphael Campos who won … [Read more...]

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Team Lotus Drop Reserve Driver Fairuz Fauzy

December 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Last week Team Lotus terminated the 5 year contract with reserve driver Fairuz Fauzy after just 12 months. The 28 year old Malaysian completed 2 test days for Team Lotus over the winter and 5 Friday Free Practise sessions throughout the season. Fauzy's father and manager, Haji Fauzy released this statement: "Just last week, Lotus Racing prematurely released Fairuz from what was supposed to be a five-year contract, a move some may see as a detriment to the team after the insight, experience and exposure Fairuz has gained over the last 12 months with Lotus Racing," said … [Read more...]

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Fernandes Fights Back Off The Ropes

December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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There are two sides to the world of Formula One. On the one hand it is a remarkable amount of fun, think back to some of the classic wheel to wheel racing in recent years between Button, Alonso, Hamilton and Vettel. This is supported by the comedic side of the sport with Ron Dennis cutting Eddie Jordan’s headphones with a scissors during the British Grand Prix this year and Nigel Mansell appearing alongside Iranian comedian Omid Djalili in Moneysupermarket car insurance advertisements. However, the opposing side of the sport can be rather dark. This doesn’t just … [Read more...]

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Trulli/Kovalainen/Team Lotus Confirmed For 2011

November 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
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According to the FIA Official Press Release it looks like we're going to see Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen driving for Team Lotus in the FIA F1™ World Championship, news also backed up by Mike Gascoyne on Twitter. MikeGascoyne FIA entry list just published and Team Lotus name confirmed along with Jarno and Heikki, great news for the team This ends the months of speculation and no doubt heated debates at the highest levels both in England where Group Lotus and Team Lotus are based and in Malaysia, where the parent companies, sponsors, backers and … [Read more...]

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