Comments on: Lotus-Cosworth to join IndyCar, pilot is Takuma Sato

By: nighttrain

nighttrain — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:10:28 +0000

oww.. oval track? that's just plain sad. don't take too long for Team Lotus to replace Lotus Racing. get out of the oval track ASAP!

By: Mazda 3 MPS

Mazda 3 MPS — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:25:51 +0000

f1 fail so they join this

By: chilli

chilli — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:55:34 +0000

Lotus is biting more than it can chew !!

Go easy …yes opportunities are plenty but

better concerntrate and give the best on F1 or maybe another event.

Don't be a jack of all trades but master of NONE !!

Dany Bahar, this is Lotus and not Ferrari with deep pockets !!!

By: pomen_gtr

pomen_gtr — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:39:04 +0000

what's going in my mind is…why lotus didn't back-up malaysian-proton own f1 team…after all proton is lotus parent company…

any children who not obey his/her father what would u do????

*just to keep us thinking….

By: Squawk

Squawk — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:55:51 +0000

So this is the real Lotus team. The other one is just the 'spirit' of Lotus. Kinda embarrassing if you think about it. One has the proper company and team backing, the other doesn't really.

BMW Sauber Ferrari is due to technicality and bureaucracy. But it still sounds funny.

By: pomen_gtr

pomen_gtr — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:09:11 +0000

even the engine was made by honda they still need somebody to tune and prep. the engine for them..that's what cosworth doing…

By: Tiadaid

Tiadaid — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:39:50 +0000

Ferruccio said,

March 15, 2010 @ 10:05 am

A bit peculiar because the KV Racing is calling it Lotus-Cosworth when the engine is actually a Honda. Then again, the Honda V8 Indycar engine is designed and built by Ilmor.. so.. hmm.. no big deal i guess?

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You think that's weird? Try explain this name, BMW-Sauber Ferrari?!

By: Paul Tan

Paul Tan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:08:02 +0000

RT: The keyword is Lotus NAME I suppose? Not Lotus.

By: Mysticmind

Mysticmind — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:40:57 +0000

Branding… FTW!

keep it on.

By: bolo

bolo — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:24:31 +0000

I wonder lotus will eventually be allowed to build their own car in the series.

By: Ferruccio

Ferruccio — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:14 +0000

But the good thing is, from the pics above we see that the REAL traditional Lotus branding is used instead of a 'butchered' version like Lotus Racing

By: frossonice

frossonice — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:46:46 +0000

Lotus is trying to tap the vast American market, thus joining the IndyCar is a logical thing to do. Perhaps with much persuasion by Proton, they might get involve directly in F1 too. Pray hope.

By: carsenthusiast.blogs

carsenthusiast.blogs — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:11:03 +0000

danica patrick..jay-z also want u >show me what u got lil mama,show me what u got pretty baby..auww;)

By: Hameed Koyakuti

Hameed Koyakuti — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:06:09 +0000

C'mon En. Bahar, now its time for Lotus to enter Rally and Le Mans.

WRC – Lotus Elan

Le Mans – Lotus Esprit

By: RT

RT — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:50:47 +0000

Danny,

how would you say that it has nothing to do with Lotus Cars/Engineering when Dany Bahar himself mentioned "The Lotus name will, once again compete in the top two open-wheel racing series".

I assume Bahar meant the "top two open wheel racing" would be F1 and Indy..

They might not "directly involved" but they sure do have come connection. Lotus's F1 engine is also being supplied by Cosworth.

By: mr_h8

mr_h8 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:25:15 +0000

thats more like it.a proper lotus racing team with a proper colin chapman logo!!..probably they want to laid a new foundation before jumping to a bigger pond(F1)

By: DariusDrake

DariusDrake — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:38:58 +0000

Another nostalgic return to Indy for Lotus then. =) The title of the post kinda mislead me to think that lotus Racing was behind this as well…since they're also known as Lotus Cosworth in F1.

By: mystvearn

mystvearn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:30:10 +0000

Lotus making profit now? Joining lots of racing calenders