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Lotus F1 Racing have announced their driver line-up for next year, and although not particularly brave choices, they’ve got themselves a lot of experience in Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen.
Trulli was left seatless after the demise of Toyota’s Formula 1 team, and Kovalainen was put out in the cold when his former team McLaren signed the new World Champion, Jenson Button, from 2010.
Both drivers are a safe pair of hands to help develop the team, but neither are consistently fast when it comes to race pace – Heikki has been roundly thumped by Lewis Hamilton for the past two seasons.
However, the good news is that Lotus’ new logo retains the classic green with gold stripe, hinting at the colour scheme of their new cars – we all know a good looking car is a fast one, so Lotus are off to a good start.
This does throw up one interesting question though: now that Heikki’s not going to Renault, like it was believed, who’s going to partner Robert Kubica at the French squad?
I’m going for – and hoping – that they sign up the rather fantastic Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi.
He showed flashes of brilliance in his only two F1 races at the end of last season, so it would be interesting to see what he could do with a full season on track.
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Feelin Fuzzier commented on this article
Tuesday December 22, 2009 at 4:09 am
This won’t be Lotus. Everything about the team is different. I read that Mike Gasgoyne said “when (or if) Lotus win it will count as the team’s 80th and not the new lotus’s first. Yeah well lets just see if your even gonna get that far yet mike eh?
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Feelin Fuzzier commented on this article
Tuesday December 22, 2009 at 4:14 am
and also @68
How does the american government faking the moon landing in Nevada mean they own it? That is so like America to believe they own the world. just because they had a huge idiot for a leader who believed he could just invade any country he felt like because they had loads of a certain oily substance.
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TGPABLO commented on this article
Sunday January 3, 2010 at 1:07 am
If theyve got a good car then ill defenetly support them
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aaron commented on this article
Sunday January 3, 2010 at 10:59 pm
kobiashi has gone to sauber so i dont know whos going to partner kubica? hiedfield again?
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J0s3ph commented on this article
Monday January 11, 2010 at 10:02 am
I am currently now a RedBull supporter and i now find Lotus interesting,lets see how it goes =/
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TG405 commented on this article
Saturday January 16, 2010 at 10:09 pm
The Thing I Dont Understand With The Lotus F1 Team Is That There Is No British Drivers On The Front Line Of A Legendary British Formula One Team Which Altough I Think That Lotus F1 Will Turn Heikki Kovalienan Better And More Able To Compete With The Big Lads As He Has The Potential To Do A Lot Better
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Smart Ass commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 8:51 pm
i hear Colin Chapman smiling in his grave dude…
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big cock commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 8:54 pm
narinig ko kay colin chapman ngumingiti sya sa lote dude……
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Mister Lotus commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 8:55 pm
England is behind Lotus F1 good luck
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Sexy Bitch commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 8:57 pm
GO LOTUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
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Einstein commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Lotus will win big again this time
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Ass Juice commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 8:59 pm
i give Lotus some juice……..
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Armpit Hair commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Go Lotus Viva Lotus The best of Lotus
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Robert Frager commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Austria support Lotus, good luck
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Cibai commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Go Lotus!!! GOGOGO
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Jimmyfish commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 9:04 pm
I rest my case, GO LOTUS.
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Jimmyfish commented on this article
Saturday February 6, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Cibai can i have your phone number?
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