Group Lotus today unveiled plans for a whole range of road cars and racing activity “Our plan is to change Lotus from its present position as a niche sports car company to a builder of a range of premium sports cars”, says CEO Dany Bahar, architect of the company’s new five-year plan. Elise, Elan, Esprit [...]
Here are most of the laptime sheets from the event, click on the links to view: FF Heat 1 + Heat 1-continued FF Heat 2 FF Final 4WD Heat 1 4WD Heat 2 4WD Final RWD & Open Heat 1 RWD & Open Heat 2 Also, photos from the Speed Challenge Series Sepang event on [...]
Proton and Group Lotus on Monday morning disputed 1 Malaysia Racing ( Lotus Racing) the rights to using Team Lotus in 2011. Days after Tony himself announced they will be known as “Team Lotus” from 2011. Proton cited terms such as “Until 1994, Group Lotus, the road car manufacturer and Team Lotus, which operated the [...]
The first ever Ignition.my-RCA Speed Challenge saw a total of 46 cars take part in short 3-lap time battles. Although familiar with the single-lap Time Attack format, the Speed Challenge represented a new trial for these street-biased tuned car and driver combinations. Scorching power on the dyno and speed over a single-lap would mean nothing [...]
Team Lotus, the team that won countless titles and races with the likes of Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Mario Andretti will return to the F1 grid next year. Lotus racing boss, Tony , has come to the agreement with David Hunt, brother of 1976 World Champion James, to purchase the rights to the Team Lotus [...]
Six times World Champion, Sebastian Loeb has admitted 2011 could be his final WRC season. This season’s championship leader is on course for a seventh title. Asked recently whether he thought the 2011 season would be his last, 36 year old Loeb replied: “Undoubtedly yes.” “I feel I have taken enough risks and I am not [...]
Here it is, the Lotus Elite, the first taste of what’s to come from Lotus in the future. It’s not only exquisitely elegant, in keeping with Lotus’ core values, it’s a car of substance incorporating some of the very latest technological innovations Lotus has to offer. The slick retractable hard top version and the optional [...]
T-shirts for the Speed Challenge Sepang will be on-sale during the event in the Pit Area, for only RM 35 each. PAYMENT SESSION will be held at SUNWAY FOODCOURT (workshops area, near Sunway College) on Monday 20 Sept 2010 from 6pm – 9pm.
The Italian GP just concluded over the weekend. Highlights were Fernando’s win for Ferrari in front of the partisan Tifosi. Jenson’s dogged determination at the start to get away from Fernando and his graciousness in defeat marks of a true gentleman. Hamilton’s folly, making a rookie error of going for an impossible pass, damaging his own car, and [...]
  In Malaysia the most hotly contested segment of the new car market all happens below RM 100k. Say what you want about the state of the economy and the politics and the rife cronyism, but in reality the Purchasing Power Parity of the everyday Joe means that Alfa 159s, Honda Accords, and Volvo S40s [...]
We were watching a blitzing race in Moto2 on the Tele last night, halfway through the race and the Top-6 were nose-to-tail and it was still anyone’s race (whenever do you get that in F1?) when “Bang!” it happened: Tomizawa, dropping from 1st in the opening laps down to 4th at the time, was being [...]
More than 400 eager participants of the MICHELIN Pilot Experience (MPE) as had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get behind the wheels of a Formula MICHELIN single seater – probably the closest they would ever get to feel like an F1 driver. Spirits were on the high and adrenaline was pumped up as MPE participants got [...]
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