Gascoyne: Fernandes had ‘balls to do it’

At the time, we stated that Lotus hired actual drivers that they would have to pay and not rookies with lots of sponsor dollars. We were encouraged about that and according to Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer at AUTOSPORT, so is Lotus technical boss Mike Gascoyne.
“Where Tony is exceptionally brave is that you have [...]

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Lotus F1 Racing signs deal with CTRM for R&D

1Malaysia Racing Team Sdn Bhd (1MRT), the parent company of Lotus F1 Racing team, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) for the latter to undertake research and development (R&D) that includes for the manufacturing of components for the Lotus F1 cars.

CTRM is a government linked company specialising in [...]

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Villeneuve enjoys pub lunch

I know what you’re thinking, but – sadly – this isn’t the Canadian equivalent of a Juan Pablo Montoya Tweet describing some tasty morsel of meat.
Jacques Villeneuve has been spied in East Anglia, enjoying a pub lunch with “a Lotus executive” at the – perhaps aptly-named – Bird in Hand, a Norfolk pub a [...]

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Lotus F1 Racing: Gascoyne Q&A w/USF1 twist

Team Lotus F1 Racing has released pictures of their model car and a press release consisting of a Q&A with technical chief Mike Gascoyne. Like many other motor sport news sites, I thought you might enjoy the pictures and Q&A but…unlike other blogs and news sites I also thought you might be interested in [...]

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Team Lotus takes BMW’s spot for 2010 F1 grid

A Malaysian group will take the final grid slot for the 2010 season, effectively replacing BMW, under the name Teal Lotus. The new team is funded by the Malaysian government and a group of Malaysian entrepreneurs who have secured the name Lotus to use as their moniker. The team will be based in [...]

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