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Posted on Friday, April 22, 2011

Lotus not confirming Caterham tie-up reports

Apr.22 (GMM) A Team Lotus spokesman would not comment on reports of a likely tie-up with specialist British sports car marque Caterham.

News of the speculation was broken by Sky News City editor Mark Kleinman, who wrote that team boss Tony Fernandes ...

Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011

Team Lotus owner Fernandes to buy carmaker Caterham - report

Apr.21 (GMM) Team Lotus could be set to tie up with Caterham Cars, a famous British specialist sports car marque.

Sky News City's business editor Mark Kleinman, who broke the News Corp/Slim takeover reports, said the F1 team's boss Tony Fernandes is ...

Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Stewardess Branson to finally honour losing bet

Apr.20 (GMM) A sure date has finally been set so that billionaire Sir Richard Branson can honour a losing bet by becoming an air stewardess.

Last November, the Virgin team figurehead left Abu Dhabi with a sexy red AirAsia stewardess uniform, after he...

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2011

India GP race cockpit for Chandhok possible - Fernandes

Apr.15 (GMM) Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes has admitted Karun Chandhok could race at the inaugural Indian grand prix in October.

Chandhok is only a reserve for the Malaysian team's regulars Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, but Fernandes admitted ...

Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Razia and Valsecchi to drive Lotus cars on Friday

Apr.13 (GMM) Both Team Lotus regulars will sit out initial practice on Friday morning.

The Tony Fernandes-led team has announced that reserve drivers Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi will take over the T128s for the first official session in Shanghai....

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Lotus court verdict to be known next week

Apr.12 (GMM) The outcome of the Lotus court battle is expected to be known next week.

The trial to settle the Team Lotus versus Group Lotus F1 naming dispute began in London's High Court last month.

Writing in the German-language Speed Week, editor ...

Posted on Monday, April 4, 2011

Lotus didn't showboat in winter testing - Gascoyne

Apr.4 (GMM) Mike Gascoyne has denied that Lotus' pace in Australia proved the team was showboating in winter testing.

After the pre-season test period, most F1 insiders predicted that the Tony Fernandes-led outfit - now with a Renault engine and Red ...

Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Lotus denies breaching name sale agreement

Mar.22 (GMM) Team Lotus has denied breaching an agreement with the former owner of the disputed name.

As the legal fight with Group Lotus resumed in London this week, it emerged that David Hunt had not been paid by Malaysian millionaire Tony Fernande...

Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011

Team Lotus loses key ally Hunt in name dispute

Mar.21 (GMM) Team Lotus' hopes of winning its F1 naming dispute have taken a blow, with the defection of a major ally.

With the Group Lotus court battle set to resume in London on Monday, it emerged that David Hunt - who sold the 'Team Lotus' name to...

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Valsecchi to drive Lotus in Australia, Malaysia

Mar.16 (GMM) Davide Valsecchi will be the first of Lotus' test drivers to appear in Friday morning practice sessions this year.

The Malaysian owned team last week announced that its test lineup for 2011 featured the Italian as well as Brazilian Liuz ...

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Force India says Team Lotus chiefs 'charged'

Mar.8 (GMM) London's high court will not hear a civil espionage case involving the Force India and Team Lotus teams until early next year.

Last year, Force India launched legal action against Lotus, its technical boss Mike Gascoyne and Italian wind t...

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011

Date set for Force India/Lotus case

The court case between Force India, Aerolab and the Lotus team will not be heard until January next year.The row began in late-2009, when Force India claimed that windtunnel models being used by aerodynamic engineering firm Aerolab in work for Lotus bo...