Desperate Lotus seek permission for private test
Feb.23 (GMM) Embattled Lotus will ask its Formula 1 rivals for permission to conduct a three-day private test after it has resolved a chassis flaw. The former Renault team pulled out of this week’s Barcelona test after the unspecified problem was identified early during the opening day’s running on Tuesday. With pre-season preparations limited to [...]
Lotus E20 chassis crisis bigger than they want to admit?
Feb.22 (GMM) Lotus is grappling with a major flaw on their E20 chassis with less than one month before the start of the 2012 Formula…
No testing for Raikkonen in Barcelona as Lotus pack up early
Mar.21 (Lotus) Lotus F1 Team will not run for the remainder of the second test at Barcelona, scheduled from today until Friday. During initial runs…
Caterham: Not how we wanted day one here to go
Feb.21 (Caterham) Team and driver report on day one of Formula 1 testing from Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Heikki Kovalainen: “That obviously wasn’t how…
Setback for Lotus on first day of testing in Barcelona
Feb.21 (Lotus) Lotus F1 Team has stopped running early in the first day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona and will not run for the…
Lotus contemplating pull out from FOTA
Feb.16 (GMM) Lotus has emerged as the next team most likely to withdraw from the problem plagued FOTA,…
James Allison: The car we take to Melbourne will be significantly different
Feb.15 (Lotus) James Allison, technical director of Lotus F1 Team, gives insight into the workings of his team…
Lotus: Everyone seems to have a smile on their face at Enstone
Feb.14 (Lotus) After four days of pounding around Jerez de la Frontera, during the first pre-season test of…
Lopez: We feel very good with Kimi and he clearly feels at home
Feb.14 (GMM) Lotus team boss Gerard Lopez has hit back at suggestions that Kimi Raikkonen’s public persona is…