Title: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: lofty on December 08, 2010, 07:20:30 pm
renault have flogged their shares in lotus and a new team renault-lotus will be born.it would be better if one of em did a proper racs series instead of getting f1 comentaters tongueteid.think i spelt something wrong.
Title: Re: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: lofty on December 08, 2010, 07:25:18 pm
forgot to mention.fantastic black n gold paint job
Title: Re: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: gt6 on December 09, 2010, 03:13:41 pm
And the articles also mention that Lotus will be returning to Le mans, so lets all forget about F1 and celebrate the hopeful return
Title: Re: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: Boorish Grobian on December 11, 2010, 07:23:19 pm
Got mixed emotions about this effort. All the best of luck to them, but leave the JPS colors off. That color scheme is sacred, it belongs to Colin Chapman & Peter Warr, and to their drivers, Fittipaldi, Peterson , Ickx, Andretti, De Angelis, and Senna. Some things are better left to memory and history.
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Title: Re: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: Kristof on December 11, 2010, 09:48:58 pm
Got mixed emotions about this effort. All the best of luck to them, but leave the JPS colors off. That color scheme is sacred, it belongs to Colin Chapman & Peter Warr, and to their drivers, Fittipaldi, Peterson , Ickx, Andretti, De Angelis, and Senna. Some things are better left to memory and history.
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Couldn't agree more !
I'm also wondering where Lotus cars gets all the money for their racing projects ... Renault buy-out in F1 (and considering buying the shares of Genii capital in the future), new car for Le Mans, engine supplier in Indycar, GT4 and other race projects ... Lotus isn't that large manufacturer with loads of budget on the side. Surely not all of their resources can be paid by themselves and Petronas ?
Title: Re: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: Nordic on December 11, 2010, 10:32:09 pm
Lotus cars are owned by proton, which in turn is all but state owned.
Agree with you, they should stop trying to freeload of the chapman era and create their own history.
Agree with you, they should stop trying to freeload of the chapman era and create their own history.
Title: Re: 2 team lotus inf1
Post by: termietermite on December 12, 2010, 11:10:09 am
The money thing is interesting. Are we sure that there isn't some Imp Tob money here - much as Philip Morris probably still fund those red jobs?
Whatever, said ciggie manufacturer must be chuffed to bits.
Whatever, said ciggie manufacturer must be chuffed to bits.
