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  Lotus F1: Proton to finalise Lotus branding for LiteSpeed’s F1 team next month

  20 October 2009 / 20 comments

  It was revealed that national auto maker Proton will finalise the brand licensing of Lotus for the Lotus F1 team sometime next month. The auto maker received a draft agreement from the Tune Group over […]

   

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  Lotus F1: 6 drivers shortlisted, Fairuz Fauzy named

  19 October 2009 / 44 comments

  According to a recent report by Malaysian news agency Bernama, Lotus F1 has shortlisted six drivers where two will be officially announced sometime next month. Team principal Tony Fernandes further revealed that Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy […]

   

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  Brawn’s Jenson Button crowned as 2009 Formula 1 World Champion!

  19 October 2009 / 15 comments

  Brit Jenson Button from Brawn GP picked up his first Driver’s Championship earlier today in Brazil. 29-year old Button arrived at Interlagos with a comfortable lead but if he failed to score a single point […]

   

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  Lotus F1 scale model heads to the windtunnel

  15 October 2009 / 56 comments

  The Litespeed-managed Lotus F1 Racing team has released two photos of a scale model of its first Formula 1 racer that’s currently being used for windtunnel testing. There is no name for the new car […]

   

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  Xtrac: F1 R&D does pay off in road cars

  14 October 2009 / 24 comments

  Alot are of the opinion that F1 technology rarely makes it into road cars because of the completely different way of doing things when it comes to racecars, but with F1’s budget cuts forcing components […]

   

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  Robert Kubica moves to Renault F1

  7 October 2009 / 11 comments

  Renault has quickly found a replacement for Fernando Alonso, who will be moving to Ferrari next year. Filling Alonso’s seat will be Robert Kubica, who will be leaving his current BMW Sauber F1 Team. “I […]

   

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  Japan GP: Vettel goes from pole to podium

  4 October 2009 / 24 comments

  Sebastian Vettel was the first driver to cross the finish line at the 2009 Japanese GP after 53 laps and a last minute safety car situation. Second place went to Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and the […]

   

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  Want a job with the Lotus F1 Team?

  29 September 2009 / 132 comments

  Litespeed F3 Team The Lotus F1 Team put out a press ad in the sports section of The Star yesterday listing various positions to be filled in the team. The list is quite extensive and […]

   

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  Lotus F1 racer undergoing wind-tunnel testing

  29 September 2009 / 30 comments

  Litespeed’s F3 race car Some very interesting details on the progress of the Lotus F1 team was revealed on ESPN Star’s Race Day TV show by team principal Tony Fernandes. According to Tony, the Malaysian […]

   

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  Hamilton first to cross finish line in Singapore!

  27 September 2009 / 12 comments

  Lewis Hamilton was the first driver to cross the finish line after 61 laps at the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix. He started off with pole position. Hamilton finished ahead of Toyota’s Timo Glock and Fernando […]

   

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  Alex Yoong: Lotus F1 deputy team principal?

  26 September 2009 / 97 comments

  More updates on the new 1Malaysia F1 Team / Team Lotus / Litespeed / whatever you want to call it. Alex Yoong is going to be involved, but not as a driver. Tony Fernandes hinted […]

   

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  More details on the 1Malaysia F1 company

  26 September 2009 / 135 comments

  Litespeed’s F3 race car Finally some details from the horses mouth – the 1Malaysia name apparently shares nothing more in common with Najib’s 1Malaysia administration other than the similiar name, as a tribute most likely. […]

   

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  Renault loses both ING and Mutua Madrilena

  25 September 2009 / 14 comments

  In just one week, Renault has lost two of its sponsors. One is Dutch-based ING and the other is Spanish insurance company Mutua Madrilena. ING is no surprise really as even before the crashgate scandal […]

   

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  FIA delivers its crash-gate scandal verdict!

  21 September 2009 / 22 comments

  Renault has somehow managed to get away with only a small smack on the wrist from the FIA over the whole crash-gate scandal. They’ve been handed a 2 year “suspended disqualification”. This means the disqualification […]

   

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  Tony Fernandes to take the helm of Malaysian-backed Lotus F1 Team only temporarily

  21 September 2009 / 27 comments

  Tony Fernandes announced to Reuters that his position as the Team Principal of the new Malaysian-backed Team Lotus will not be permanent. Obviously he had something to do with initiating the project in the first […]

   

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