Back in 2003 when I was working on the Lotus Europa project (codenamed Project Sepang, and errr it wasn’t meant to be a Lotus..) I had the chance to have a go at the legendary Lotus Test Track at their plant in Hethel. Think about it man. This is the track that Clark, Mansell, and [...]
Vettel wins the Australian GP, but the big news is, in no particular order, how fast the non-KERS using RB7 is, Petrov’s 3rd place and how Barrichello bombed. Vettel really thrashed the opposition this weekend, him and the RB7 on a different planet altogether. Teammate Webber was way down in 5th. The Vettel driven RB7 [...]
A new season beckons. For the 4th successive season we start with a new World Champion attempting to defend his title. The Contenders Red Bull’s Chosen One, Vettel, has his team-mate Webber to contend with. Webber will be hoping to make amends for losing the title that he had a shot at last year. It [...]
Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar said that he would welcome the extra promotion for his brand, should Tony continue with his plans of running his F1 outfit as Team Lotus. Apparently it’s the local Malaysian media and shareholders that’s drumming all the trouble. Politics, what else? ”Not at all, for me, four are better [...]
It’s official that Group Lotus is in F1 from 2011 by becoming title sponsor and a major shareholder in the Lotus Renault GP Team. Renault has sold their stake in its F1 team to co-owners Genii Capital and will be an engine supplier. Which means we may have 2 Lotus named teams next year. Genii has sold a [...]
Autocar’s Steve Cropley interviews Lotus’s new CEO Dany Bahar for the inside story on how they will carry out its plan. “I always had a weakness for this brand,” says Hethel’s rule-changing CEO of 12 months, Dany Bahar. “Even while I was working at Ferrari, I knew Lotus was special. But to me, the products weren’t [...]
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 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 [...]
From 2012 onwards Indycar will run a one make chassis, as previous years, but with a twist. Team are now allowed to design and use their own aero package (within regulations of course). Lotus Engineering ( not the F1 Team), among others has expressed interest in the series. This would be manna from heaven for [...]
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 [...]
Fairuz Fauzy has driving duty on the first of 4 days in Barcelona. His times kept him at the bottom rung of the 11 cars running. His best of 1 28 was some6 seconds of the top time of Red Bull’s Mark Webber today. Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Jamie Algueresuari did the most number [...]
Lotus Racing aka 1 Malaysia F1 aka LiteSpeed unveiled their 2010 F1 car in London today. The Green and Yellow liveried car is called the T127. As has been the trend in some F1 teams to name their cars after the team owners initials ( FW, EJ, VJ), initially it was thought “T” stands [...]
Jarno Trulli was given driving duties in the Lotus’s other racecar, the new Evora in Sentterton. Since the F1 Car was handed to Fairuz Fauzy, Trulli had to settle for the GT Racer to drive instead. “The car will continue to be developed with new updates coming soon, but even after the initial drive it is obvious that [...]
Lotus secret shakedown reveals return of iconic 60′s livery. Autosport has managed to capture picture of the car being tested in Silverstone, ahead of its Friday 12th launch. Fairuz Fauzy was given the honours to shakedown the car. Looks like British Racing Green & Norfolk Yellow feature predominantly on the car. Proton, Tune Group, [...]
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