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 [...]
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 [...]
There was a torrential downpour the evening that Ignition.my had the opportunity to test drive the recently launched Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing. Most other unlucky journalists in my group would have to return another day for the drive, but rain or shine, it don’t make a difference to me. In fact I relish [...]
After being 4 seconds of the pace in Bahrain, Team Principal ,Tony Fernandes believes that Lotus Racing will one day be World Champions. Well good luck guys. “I think we’ve already accomplished more than anyone could have dreamt. To build 8,500 parts and put a team together in six months, and have a car that [...]
Jarno Trulli took over the Lotus T127 for day 2 at Barcelona. Seat issues and steering rack issues curtailed some runs. Trulli managed 68 laps with a best time of 1 25, some 4 seconds of top driver of the day, Nico Hulkenberg. Nico completed race style runs doing long stints in the [...]
Jarno Trulli clocked an impressive 140+ laps today in Jerez, clockin a fastest time of 1′ 23. However what was more impressive was his long stints with race pace laps. In a single 25 laps run, he was able to clock steady 1 26 average laps. Meanwhile, reigning champion Jenson topped the times with an incredible 1 [...]
After 2 days of wet damp conditions, teams were able to enjoy full day of dry running. Red Bull’s Mark Webber topped the time with a 1′ 19, followed by Alonso & Button in the 1′ 20s. Lotus Racing endured some problems in the morning with damaged clutch sensor and broken exhaust. But [...]
Heikki Kovalainen managed 30 laps before going off in damp conditions. Due to a driver error, Heikki lost the rear, overcorrected and shot in to the gravel straight into a barrier, resulting in the front wing being damaged. Prior to that he cloked a best of 1″33, 6 seconds off the top time of the day. [...]
Lotus Racing test driver, Fairuz Fauzy managed 76 laps on the T127′s test debut alongside other F1 teams. Fairuz did the 4th highest number of laps. Barrichello did the highest number of laps, 99 in his Williams. Fairuz, who was driving sans power steering, clocked a best lap of 1″31, and managed to do [...]
Formula 1 teams will kick off the third 2010 pre-season test at the Jerez circuit on Wednesday 17th February, with 11 teams taking to the Spanish track. Lotus is joining its rivals to debut the T127 car unveiled last week. Test Driver Fairuz Fauzy will be in for a day followed by Kovalainen for Day 2 & [...]
Looks like Sepang isn’t going to be Lotus Racing’s base anytime soon. Which makes sense as there’s virtually no infrastructure to support a full fledge F1 team. Tony Fernandes revealed as much during the launch. “I think for the moment we are going to keep our base in Hingham,” Tony said. “I think the [...]
