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Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP 2012 – Saturday Qualifying
Things may have been hotting up in the Lotus F1 Team hospitality unit, with the team suffering a fire from a faulty refrigerator, but both drivers stayed cool in qualifying and were able to make it comfortably through to Q3 and line up inside the Top 10. Kimi Räikkönen had a particularly good session, setting […]
Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP – Thursday
The Lotus F1 Team have been on a major PR offensive in Malaysia today, with drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean touring the Proton headquarters and meeting with the Lotus Cars Club of Malaysia. Elsewhere on the Lotus F1 site you can find the teams Sepang track guide, how the Renault RS27 engine deals with […]
Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP Buildup
It’s the second race of the season this weekend and Lotus F1 are making a big splash in the run up to race in the home country of Group Lotus owners Proton. To warm people up the Renault R30 was out last week with Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung entertaining crowds at the Proton Roadshow at […]
Eric Boullier Looks Forward While Jean Alesi Looks Back
There are a pair of F1 related articles for you to enjoy this Tuesday. Over on the Lotus F1 Team website there is an interview with Team Principle Eric Boullier talking about what he expects from the team in Sepang this weekend and for the rest of the season, while on the Lotus Cars website […]
Lotus F1 Team – Australian GP – Sunday Race
An action packed race for the Lotus F1 Team today, with disappointment for qualifying star Romain Grosjean, who retired after contact with Williams driver Maldonardo in the early stages terminally damaged his suspension, while Kimi Räikkönen raced through from 17th on the grid to finish a strong 7th, helped by an incident packed last lap. Lotus […]
Lotus F1 Team – Australian GP 2012 – Saturday Qualifying
A mixed bag for Lotus F1 Team today in qualifying, with Romain Grosjean putting in a stunning performance to line up 3rd on the grid, while Kimi Räikkönen suffered from traffic and a mistake in Q1 leaving him with a lot to tomorrow as he starts 17th after Perez was given a 5 place penalty […]
Lotus F1 Team – Australian GP 2012 – Friday Practice
A wet first day at the season opener in Melbourne meant a disrupted programme for the Lotus F1 Team, with Räikkönen – who suffered a re-occurrence of the power steering issues from Barcelona – and Grosjean completing just 15 and 27 laps respectively. You can read the full reports on the Lotus F1 Team site: […]
Lotus Cars – Lotus To Star At 2012 Goodwood Festival Of Speed
Lotus are set to star at this years Goodwood Festival of Speed, with a large presence planned, along with the promise of an attempt to break the hills record time, set in 1999 by Nick Heidfeld in a McLaren, in this years Lotus-Renault E20. Source: Lotus Cars – Lotus To Star At 2012 Goodwood Festival […]
Lotus No Longer Paying For F1 Sponsorship?
Are Lotus no longer paying for sponsorship of the Lotus F1 Team? It would appear so! In an interview on SpeedTV Lotus F1 Team Chairman, and Genii Group, boss Gerard Lopez stated the Group Lotus is no longer paying to sponsor the team in 2012. But wasn’t the whole point of the name change the […]
Lotus Exige on the Goodwood Hill
It seems to be a day for 1 minute videos today, with PistonHeads posting up an on-board video of Lotus Chief Tester Matt Becker taking the new V6-engined Exige S up the Goodwood Hill in a scant 60 seconds as part of the Goodwood 2012 Preview Day yesterday. Watch the original video on YouTube Source: […]
Lotus F1 Team – One Minute With Kimi
It’s the first race of the season this weekend, with the action starting out on track this weekend. Lotus F1 have posted up a short video with Kimi Räikkönen talking about his pre-season build-up as he returns from a 2 year absence. Watch the original video on YouTube Source: Lotus F1 Team – Video Interview […]
SELOC Does The Lotus Driving Academy – Level 1
The Lotus Driving Academy has already received great reviews from SELOC members, with Andibrook writing a piece on his experiences there for us last year. So when the offer came through courtesy of Paul Parkinson of Lipscomb Lotus for an exclusive SELOC day in early March for many it was an opportunity too good to […]