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The Renault's livery does look good though the red end plates need to be scrapped. I think they should have gone for an all yellow livery to mimic the Camel livery Lotus had, it would also more suit a car that is still a Renault.
I hope Team Lotus sticks to its guns and goes with the black and gold livery.
Hmph, am pretty annoyed about this. I was actually becoming a bit of a 1Malaysia fan, but won't losing the Lotus name seriously damage their sponsorship chances? And aren't the actual Lotus group still running at a loss? I hope that Renault aren't putting too much reliance on them!
Still, we now have another court case to keep us all entertained in the off-season...
Umm, it is a Vodafone McLaren. It's a Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes to be precise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Krogshöj
So calling the Renault a Lotus Renault is appropriate when referring to the full name of the team. Lotus are sponsoring Renault and the sponsor name comes first. It used to be ING Renault for example.
So even though there will be a car called a Renault and a car called a Lotus-Renault there will team called Lotus Renault and another team called (insert sponsor here) Lotus-Renault.
Clear as mud really.
The point being that no one refers to the sponsor of the team, just the team name. Fernandes' Team Lotus seems to have the biggest claim to the name, and the whole thing is just making Proton look increasingly stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
Of course in the Constructors' Championship there would only be just one Lotus listed, Fernandez's one.
I'm not sure why everyone is up in arms about this.
Lotus Renault GP are surely the more legitimate team due to the fact that they are partly owned by Lotus Cars (Proton) and Genii, where as Team Lotus just bought the rights to use the name from David Hunt who had bought the rights in the 90's.
To me the new Lotus Renault is the true Lotus team.
how can that be so when Lotus Cars was also bought from Hunt ?Quote:
Originally Posted by yodasarmpit
It was?Quote:
Originally Posted by thunderbolt
I thought they bought Lotus Cars from [strike]GM[/strike] Bugatti, however Proton did give approval for the Lotus name to be used which they have now withdrawn.
Yes you are correct. GM bought Lotus cars some time after Chapmans death and sold it too Bugatti who promptly went bankrupt. Proton then stepped in.Quote:
Originally Posted by yodasarmpit
Team Lotus was bought by David hunt at the back end of '94 before appearing on the Pacific's in '95
I love the Lotus-Renault livery, but i still think they are a bunch of cocks.
What was wrong with Renault as a brand? Arguably a better one given they won titles only 4 years ago, and races as recently as 2008...