Eric Lux scoffed when asked if Adrian Sutil was ever really a contender to race for the Lotus team in 2012. German Sutil has lost his Force India race seat ...
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Ferrari working on Lotus-style braking system
Ferrari has emerged as the first team ready to copy Lotus’ reportedly innovative braking ride height system. The BBC claims Italian giant Ferrari “are working on a similar system”, which ...
Read More »FIA says radical Lotus system ‘legal’ – report
Ferrari is awaiting a clarification about Lotus’ reportedly radical braking system for its 2012 car, Stefano Domenicali has revealed. It emerged this week that Lotus, formerly Renault, intends to run ...
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 ...
Read More »Raikkonen cool amid F1 comeback ‘noise’
Kimi Raikkonen insists the “noise” surrounding his return to formula one does not bother him. On the one hand, the 2007 world champion’s decision to leave his new world rallying ...
Read More »Berger would not have signed Raikkonen for comeback
If he was in charge at Lotus, Gerhard Berger would not have signed Kimi Raikkonen for 2012. Former ten-time winner Berger, the former BMW motor sport director and Toro Rosso ...
Read More »Grosjean expects ‘whole season’ with Lotus in 2012
Romain Grosjean is not being marketed by Lotus as the latest substitute for injured team regular Robert Kubica. Pole Kubica’s contract runs out in less than three weeks and, if ...
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