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Buck Bundy

December 08, 2010 12:55 PM

F1 » Group Lotus enters Renault partnership


So new team F1 Team Malaysia bought the rights to use the Team Lotus name from the previous owner of the since closed down team. Now Group Lotus, who had nothing to do with the original Team Lotus (for quite a while at least) have now sponsored a team that was in existance when Team Lotus were still running (As Toleman and then Benetton). Looking at it this way I think I'd side with Fernades.

Buck Bundy

December 02, 2010 3:37 PM

F1 » Gascoyne: Name argument a 'slight hiccup'


Mostly right Andrew, Team Lotus was sold by Group Lotus (it was run as a separate entity for years) and ran as a team for a little while before David Hunt bought it and it then closed. MalaysiaF1 or whatever they are called (Tony Fernades' team) entered a licensing agreement with Group Lotus (effectively Proton) to use the name "Lotus Racing" in 2010. Tony Fernandes then arranged (or bought outright?) the rights to use "Team Lotus" from David Hunt for 2011 onwards. This is what has pi$$ed off Proton who now claim David Hunt didn't ever own the rights to the name, though they have never contested it in the past.

Buck Bundy

November 17, 2010 10:10 PM

F1 » Fernandes insists he 'won't drag Lotus brand through the gutter'


Alan D - I can't share your logic that Renault are still Renault despite who owns it. If that was the case then they aren't Renault at all but are actually Toleman, and nothing to do with the Renault team of the late 70s (engine excepted). And by your rationale Mercedes are nothing to do with the team that raced in the 30s and 50s but are in fact Tyrrell (and even their engines are actually Ilmor!). Red Bull are Stewart, Torro Rosso are Minardi etc. If Proton had bought an existing team and called it Lotus wouldn't that be as bad as what Fernandes has done?

Buck Bundy

October 21, 2010 12:52 PM

WTCC » WTCC drops Brands for Donington


Hey Crash, don't forget the 1995 round of the International Touring Car series that Donington held. The ITC has quite a few similarities to the WTCC, in that it grew from a national championship (DTM). Why don't these series have the same level of sucess as the national series? Is it just too expensive for the manufacturers to support? I'm glad to see Donington getting another good race, but not at the expense of Brands. I hope other series don't start making the same excuses about Brands' paddock.


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