Sir Richard Branson left Abu Dhabi on Sunday with an AirAsia stewardess uniform in his luggage. It was given to him by Tony Fernandes, the owner of the low-cost Malaysian ...
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Kovalainen to sit out Friday practice at finale
Heikki Kovalainen will sit out this weekend’s initial Friday practice session in Abu Dhabi. The Finn will defer to Malaysian team Lotus Racing’s Kuala Lumpur born test driver Fairuz Fauzy, ...
Read More »Gascoyne questions Group Lotus’ F1 strategy
Mike Gascoyne has questioned Group Lotus’ apparent intention to enter formula one next year in collaboration with the Renault team. Gascoyne is the technical boss at the team currently known ...
Read More »Name change not important insists Lotus’ Gascoyne
Tony Fernandes has denied his Malaysian formula one team Lotus is set to change its name ahead of the 2011 season. When the team and Renault confirmed their engine supply ...
Read More »Lotus Racing-South Korea Grand Prix View
Next stop South Korea. Marking another first in F1™ history, the 2010 Championship now moves to the brand new Yeongam circuit for round 17 of the 2010 FIA Formula One™ ...
Read More »Group Lotus has no plans for F1 move yet
Group Lotus has no plans to enter formula one, despite fighting to prevent its name from being deployed in the category next year. Tony Fernandes’ Malaysian-backed Lotus Racing entered F1 ...
Read More »F1 team Lotus loses support of Chapman family-report
Tony Fernandes has reportedly lost the support of Clive Chapman. The news was reported by the well-known French commentator Jean-Louis Moncet in his latest Auto Plus column. He said he ...
Read More »Glock admits beating Lotus to tenth not likely
Timo Glock has acknowledged that Virgin finishing tenth in this year’s constructors’ world championship is very unlikely. None of F1’s new teams have come close to scoring a point so ...
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