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Numerous teams and drivers have left tributes to the late racers Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli on their helmets and cars today. Read on for a few images of the tributes.

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Lotus have confirmed that Karun Chandhok will not race the inaugural Grand Prix in his home nation of India, but will drive during a session on Friday.

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BBC sources are reporting that Lotus are close to a Renault engine deal, and that the Malaysian-backed team will not stay with current suppliers Cosworth into 2011. Lotus have been the best new team of the season so far, and the engines are reliable and powerful enough, so it is surprising that the team are [...]

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TEAM PRINCIPALS: Ross BRAWN (Mercedes), Tony FERNANDES (Lotus), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: First of all a little recap of how the day has gone for all of you. How have things gone for Lotus Racing? Tony FERNANDES: Tough day today. We had three gearbox failures, two on Jarno’s (Trulli) [...]

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Heikki Kovalainen (19th, 19th) “It felt fine out there today. I had just one problem at the end with the power steering, but that was the only issue with my car. I’m not sure this circuit suits our car as well as it does with some of the top cars, but compared to the other [...]

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It’s the second in Lotus’ two home Grands Prix of the season, and they will be hoping to be closer to competition with the midfield runners with yet more updates for the British round at the team’s ‘spiritual home’, Silverstone. Technical director Mike Gascoyne explained the updates. “We have a number of lightweight parts across [...]

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The European Grand Prix was, somewhat surprisingly, a exciting and controversial race. We saw the first ever Safety car in Valencia due to easily the worst crash of the year. The commotion happened on lap 10 when Mark Webber was slipstreaming Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus on the straight onto turn 12. Chaos ensued, with the safety [...]

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Lotus have yet to score a point this year, but Heikki Kovalainen lapped the other new teams in finishing 16th in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. In qualifying for the Canadian GP, Heikki Kovalainen was just two hundredths of a second off beating the Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi, just showing the impressive performance by the Malaysian-owned [...]

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The Spanish round of the Formula 1 season is famous for aerodynamic and mechanical upgrades on the cars, and this year is no different. Here is what you need to know about who is bringing what to Barcelona. McLaren McLaren have been talking up their changes for Barcelona, and are optimistic that the front row [...]

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Fairuz Fauzy will have his first taste of an F1 practice session this weekend as he replaces Heikki Kovalainen for Friday’s proceedings. The Malaysian driver will get to drive on home turf for the Malaysian-owned Lotus team after Kovalainen lost a coin toss with teammate Jarno Trulli to see who would relinquish their seat for [...]