Matt Somerfield @SomersF1 2m2 minutes ago
Just seen the news that Lotus aren't developing an F1 car anymore..

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Matt Somerfield @SomersF1 2m2 minutes ago
Just seen the news that Lotus aren't developing an F1 car anymore..
To je bio sarkazam na temu sto imaju 2 valjda neiskusna vozaca za razvoj.inace ovo developing je stavio pod navodnike a tu ih nemaCuky je napisao/la:Matt Somerfield @SomersF1 2m2 minutes ago
Just seen the news that Lotus aren't developing an F1 car anymore..
Matt Somerfield @SomersF1 · 5h 5 hours ago
Deleted that last tweet as it was obviously phrased wrong lets try again..
Matt Somerfield @SomersF1 · 5h 5 hours ago
Seems Lotus no longer want to "develop" their car. 2 brilliant "development" drivers on their books now..
cak ga i lotus sprdaspeedy56 je napisao/la:Joooj, da je bar Maldonado umjesto Grosjeana tu![]()
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Wind tunnel shift... Honestly, we're not sure these two are cut out for this! #FlyingDrivers
- Renault takeover next week
- Renault 65% Lopez 25% Prost 10%.
- facilities were crucial - well obviously, that's why Force India was a weird option (probably as a backup)
- "The up-to-date facilities at Lotus's Enstone factory - well known to Renault from its previous ownership of the team - are crucial to the deal." This sentence does not make sense, facilities - wind tunnel, simulator, CFD - were upgraded after Renault left. Before messing everything up Lopez made the right moves.
Bernie Ecclestone reportedly paid the wages of embattled Lotus' 400 staff in August. The news, revealed by Britain's Times newspaper, comes after the Enstone team's equipment - including the black and gold cars - were prevented from leaving Spa-Francorchamps by court bailiffs after the recent Belgian grand prix.
Correspondent Kevin Eason says the risk Lotus may not be able to race at Monza this weekend remains. "Everything is under control," said a team spokesman, as it emerged that Lotus staff are in fact making their way to the scene of the Italian grand prix near Milan.
It is also reported that the team is now imminently close to being bought by Renault, the French carmaker that is set to change direction in F1 following a tumultuous couple of seasons with current partner Red Bull. But before that, there was the issue of unpaid staff wages, and Ecclestone is also thought to have intervened over the Charles Pic situation.
"I thought I should cover the wages of the people there to make sure they were all right and so that Lotus would at least get to Spa and, hopefully, to Italy," the F1 chief executive said. "But they really need to make progress with Renault now to make sure everything is ok," Ecclestone told the Times.
Once the Renault-Lotus deal is done, a domino effect is expected when it comes to engine alliances up and down pitlane. The headline news would be Red Bull's split with Renault, with the former world champions targeting customer Mercedes power.
Toto Wolff, however, is reluctant, and as he received the Lorenzo Bandini trophy on behalf of Mercedes this week, he even sounded critical of Red Bull's approach. "Our car and our successes are the result of hard work and huge investments by Daimler," he said. "We built our supremacy, while today there is a team that has decided they do not want to stay with their partner."
"It is a philosophy that is very different to ours. And nothing has happened yet, because we do not look so much at the possible benefits as at the negative arguments," Wolff added. However, if Red Bull and Mercedes ultimately do team up - as is also Ecclestone's wish - it is expected Toro Rosso would then move to Ferrari power.
Other rumours are potential engine deals between Mercedes and Manor, and Force India and Renault. McLaren is expected to remain the only Honda-powered team, despite Yasuhisa Arai claiming the Japanese power unit is now more powerful than Renault's.