Lotus F1 owner Gerard Lopez has revealed plans to take the former Renault team back into championship contention within a few years. “Our efforts are concerted behind our objective to ...
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Raikkonen puts rally hobby on hold for Lotus
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he will sideline his rallying hobby now that he has returned to formula one full-time. F1’s 2007 world champion moved to world rallying two years ago ...
Read More »Raikkonen expects to fight in 2012 midfield
Kimi Raikkonen has revealed he is prepared to race in the midfield this season as he returns to formula one with Lotus. The Finn, a winner of 18 grands prix ...
Read More »Quality of F1 2012 field ‘perhaps highest ever’ – Hembery
The scene could be set for the most competitive season in F1 history, according to Pirelli’s Paul Hembery. He is referring to the fact that six world champions – Kimi ...
Read More »Lotus signs d’Ambrosio ‘before HRT announcement’
Former Virgin driver Jerome d’Ambrosio will be the third driver for Lotus in 2012. The 26-year-old Belgian’s career is handled by Gravity, the management arm of the former Renault team’s ...
Read More »Return to full speed will take ‘a while’ – Raikkonen
There was much excitement in the F1 world on Monday when Kimi Raikkonen returned to a circuit at the wheel of a grand prix car. 813 days after he stepped ...
Read More »Lotus to run radical braking system in 2012
Lotus could set the trend with the first major innovation of the 2012 season. Finland’s Turun Sanomat reports that Giorgio Piolo – arguably F1’s most respected technical illustrator – has ...
Read More »Lotus sets early date for Raikkonen’s test return
A date has been set for Kimi Raikkonen’s early start to his 2012 testing programme. The rest of this year’s field will have to wait until official group testing kicks ...
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