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.

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 [...]

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) [...]

Lotus have today launched their 2010 challenger – the Lotus Cosworth T127 at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London. Team Principal Tony Fernandes was joined with drivers Jarno Trulli, Heikki Kovalainen and Fairuz Fauzy to take the wraps off the car in front of a 500 strong live audience. Fernandes said: “I am extremely proud [...]

…was the headline on the official website of the new Lotus F1 team in reaction to the challenge that has been accepted by team boss Tony Fernandes after Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Racing said that the loser in the Formula 1 stakes has to dress up as an airline stewardess on the winner’s airline [...]

We reported earlier that Lotus team boss Tony Fernandes had announced by his Twitter account that he was to announce the drivers he had signed for the team’s debut season on Monday. However, it seems he may as well call off the announcement as according to an AP source Jarno Trulli has been signed for [...]

Formula One team Lotus are set to announce their drivers for the 2010 season on Monday. On Twitter, Lotus boss Tony Fernandes wrote: “Bringing home 2 drivers for the Lotus F1 team. Announcement Monday.” Jarno Trulli is the runaway favourite for one of the seats, in a move which would see him reunited with Mike [...]

Today it has been announced that all 13 Formula 1 teams who will compete in 2010 will have a joint car launch. This cost-cutting initiative is likely to take place at the Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias complex in Valencia on January 30, and is backed by most teams. Mercedes Chief Executive [...]

The Lotus team boss Tony Fernandes has announced through his Twitter account that the team have signed a driver for the 2010 F1 season, but he hasn’t revealed the driver’s identity. This is the first driver that Lotus have signed for their rookie season. Fernandes said their would be an official announcement soon. “One Malaysia [...]

  Malaysia’s Lotus Formula One team has today announced they have appointed Riad Asmat as chief executive who will oversee the team’s motorsport programme. Asmat who is 38, was  a general manager at Proton prior to this appointment, will work with the new Malaysian backed F1 team Lotus, whom are aiming for a roll out of the [...]