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  • Now they are a "new" formula 1 team in 2012 taking the place of Lotus, while Lotus has taken over the Renault team, so it's now exclusively known as the Lotus F1 team and the new Lotus backed team is known as Caterham F1 team.

  • AIRTON SENNA É DO BRASIL !

  • Lotus fan ... from Serbia. : )

    Go Vitalij go Robert !

    Senna is the gratest ever !

  • @snowbeach1981 That's current Renault, this is current Team Lotus dumb...

  • @Nikkeloodeon

    Fuck ... you are so rude. : (

  • @snowbeach1981 Not as rude as I could be...

  • to everyone asking the song is called 'Last Days' by Debbie Wiseman

  • This is great news and a great video... I would not mind betting that it is Tony who is an accomplished pianist, playing the piano. Let us not forget that it was Anwar who led the management buy some years ago. He has been the managing director for even longer; but now promoted to CEO overnight ! Colin formed TEAM LOTUS an independent entity so that that Lotus Cars could not pull the racing team down or vice versa, as with Toms TWR; god rest your souls.

  • Let us also not forget that; Tony & Anwar are both proudly British and that BRITS come in all shapes, sizes, colours and creeds... that is what makes up GREAT BRITAIN and the commonwealth. I get the feeling actually, that I would like Bahar; HOWEVER being Swiss of Turkish ethnicity, he does seem to have lost the plot when it comes to the spirit of an agreement and English property law.

  • I am very pleased to see that Tony & his team appear to be out maneuvering Bahar at every turn... I for one would not be foolish enough to underestimate Datuk Seri Anthony Francis Fernandes MBE.

    From humble origins, a real rags to riches story.... it is Bahar who should be singing Peter Sarstedt's 'where do you go to my lovely'... born in the back streets on Naples, children dressed in rags; well someone seems to have bought him a race horse for Xmas, in fact several.

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  • According to Tony...caterham will always be the British brand...this is not the fact hes trying to change!! Ansar Ali mentioned that they will stick to Chapman's philosophy in building the subsequent new model later this year!!

  • "the book has just closed on the Chapman & Nearn era".....??? I don't think so pal, this book could go very Harry Potter indeed.....!!!

    This is fantastic news, great synergy & still keeping the heritage lines very much upto date.

    With Dany Bahr in charge, it may not be such a bad thing if this is the tiny beginnings of the b*stard child out-Lotus'ing the original parent company.

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  • By the way, Dany Bahar is Turkish and is a former Ferrari employee, so people saying he's Malaysian can shut the hell up.

  • @symustafa1996 Bahar is Group Lotus and nothing at all to do with this discussion about Caterham and Team Lotus...... Let's get this discussion back on the correct track shall we?

  • anyone know what song this is???

  • LOL

    Vice versa guys :D

  • Why is everyone disputing whether Team Lotus is british or not. Both Team Lotus & Group Lotus are partly malaysian. Team Lotus have alot of UK Staff & Are based in the UK. Group Lotus are the same, Group Lotus being malaysian is arguable because of Proton but Team Lotus being owned by 1 malaysian man now makes it Malaysian. And i think there are only a few malaysian employees. So can everoyone just stop arguing. Its not helping anyone

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 Oh right.... So are Nissan partly Geordie?

  • @StukaUK Yeah...

  • @TheKingPhisher Get your fact right man. They are not last place, there are 10th last year and is improving this year and improve again and again. If people not jealous, then you should min your own business and i can;t wait to see the failure of Proton and evil plan Dany Bahar..

  • @voravit890118 What evil plan are you talking about? Oh you mean actually trying to make a profit? LOL moron.

  • @TheKingPhisher Meaning that Dany Bahar try to steal other team and didn't appreciate what Sir Tony which has bring back the name Team Lotus to f1..Profit? Didn't see any profit, only smoke, waste people money, and only gain lose as well as bankruptcy later because of high loan.

  • @TheKingPhisher haha..funny..they no need to wait for long time..talk so much..at least they didn't steal other f1 team. At least they are just 2 years old and had been racing with big guns. So, the time is very near.

  • @voravit890118 You go ahead and keep on believing that...

  • @TheKingPhisher Yupe, absulutely people will keep believing in that. Spirit will never die..

  • Group Lotus AND Team Lotus are both Malaysian. No "partly" about it.

    To properly honour the traditions of Colin Chapman, we need an innovative British engineer to buy out the team. Someone like Adrian Newey would be ideal, or even Ross Brawn would be great..... but not a Malaysian business consortium.

  • @StukaUK Malaysian consortium has invest a lot of money in this British company and help to increase the economy situation in UK. Malaysian consortium are helping UK economy.

  • @voravit890118 You wouldn't happen to be, by any chance, perhaps, Malaysian would you?

    Not disputing the "help".... just mournful of the state of the UK when we can't retain ownership of traditions such as this.... It's a sad day for the Chapman legacy.

  • @StukaUK Ahem, I am Malaysian and well, Proton do sucks, but do you think Lotus would have survived at all if Proton haven't bought it in the first place? The only thing thats really Malaysian about the company is its owner. As long as Lotus has the financial backing, its a great car maker.

  • @symustafa1996 You're still missing the point. Before the Caterham buy out we still had a British heritage and legacy to be proud of. Now we are in a new era of non British ownership and the book has just closed on the Chapman and Nearn era...... and it is that which I'm mourning...... Long may both companies continue to prosper, but it will never be the same again.

  • @StukaUK Mike Gasgoyne (??? Spelling) of Team Lotus Is british.

  • Can't wait to see Team Lotus show their ability and shut up all the negative comment from people who jealous with Team Lotus.

  • Look like lot of supporters of proton and Lotus cars are jealous with achievement and success of Team Lotus in f1 as well as Sir Tony brilliant in business world. Future is yours.

  • Song ? please

  • Song ? please

  • And your all saying its Malaysian! Well lotus itself is partly malaysian because proton owns it! And I know and i agree that lotus is wholey and spiritly british but reality says its partly malaysian. Just because its new and its not winning doesn't give you the right to call it rubbish. They're doing their best like all of us trys to do day in day out.

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  • Will everyone leave Team Lotus alone, its the real team lotus. And you can't expect a brand new F1 team to be at the front of the pack! Last year they were still developing the car and were top of the new teams! After China GP 2011 they are now competing in the midfield and if they keep this up they'll be up with renault soon! So all of you whining "They're last and are a disgrace to the lotus name" stop and realise they are doing GREAT progress for their 2nd year in Formula 1!

  • @TheKingPhisher They have bought the rights to the name Team Lotus from David Hunt. And if they have the rights to the Team Lotus name they are lotus... I don't care if its a contract saying that or not in their heart and the fans heart they are still lotus

  • In other news - Tony "Am I like Colin yet?" F has announced a new line up to his recently required Caterham Company. The Caterham Esprit is due to join previously announced Caterham Evora, Caterham Exige and Caterham Elise in showrooms on Lotus Road just to confuse us more.

  • Caterham 7: 1957 - 2011. 53 Years as the definitive affordable Sportscar. Light, uncomplicated and built by enthusiasts in a factory or at home. It will be missed.

  • Iono why people are so supportive of this team lotus. This is a start up malaysian team that bought the name lotus and slapped it on their cars. This is just another attempt to try to convince people that theyre really lotus when they are not. Quit throwing your money around and spend some more on R&D so your not a joke team hanging out at the back of the grid ruining one of the greatest names in racing!

  • @g0ing2n0where They have bought the rights to the name Team Lotus from David Hunt. And if they have the rights to the Team Lotus name they are lotus... I don't care if its a contract saying that or not in their heart and the fans heart they are still lotus

  • I guess the big thing I want to know is whether or not Team Lotus will change their name.

  • Purchasing Caterham was a great move by Team Lotus.

  • Fernandes had plans with the brand Lotus. he wanted to build affordable sports cars. a market that would suit the name Lotus very well. Then Bahar became CEO of Group Lotus and said F*** you. Lotus Cars now going to compete in a market which is owned by Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini. And they will fail with their Line up of cars that are not what Lotus always stand for. Lightweight.

    Caterham will now be the brand on which Fernandes built his affordable sport cars, like a real Elise successor.

  • Sick. Now take the fight to Lotus Cars!

  • p.s. If you need some great shots of this give us a call!

  • Brilliant, love the colour scheme and that it is being purchased by Team Lotus, I should get one really, instead of the Mx5, : )

  • Oh come on. Lets stop pretending that Lotus are coming back as a manufacturer. We have a team that is Malaysian that holds a license to the name (which the Chapman family disagree on) and a Malaysian owned company sponsoring Renault who beat Total to the naming rights. Lotus is in F1 as much as my MX-5 is a Lamborghini.

  • @gnarkillkicksass At last, someone else that isn't looking through rose tinted spectacles.

  • This is obviously a backup plan in case they lose the High Court case over the Lotus name. If they do lose, expect to see Caterham as the F1 name.

    Also, cue a ridiculously overpriced special edition Lotus 7 soon...

    If they can pump funds in to reduce showroom prices by increasing production and cutting manufacturing costs through economy of scale, I'm all for it.

  • I think its a good situation. Limited Edition Caterham's And Team Lotus becoming more british! Im looking forward to seeing Caterham on the f1 Cars

  • Team Lotus is not British, it's Malaysian.

  • @StukaUK Their HQ is in Norfolk... And Buying Caterham is alot better for making it british. Just the owner and the companies are malyasian. Get your facts right

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 My facts are right... you just said so yourself... Chill out dude and shove your personal comments.

  • @StukaUK Ignorant, and disgraceful person! Your facts aren't right because Team Lotus are mainly in the UK!

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 Hey!... you started the personal comments. You clearly don't want to understand that ownership is being questioned here not geographical positioning. Built in UK doesn't mean British owned. Make your comments on the thread if you want to, but don't tell me to get my facts right as you're showing YOUR ignorance.

  • @StukaUK Personal comments? What personal comments people have a right to post whatever they want! This isnt china! And its not a thread its a video. Built in the UK will also be british to the ones that actually believe in the strength of our country and to those who are patriotic! God save the queen

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 Now you're just being ridiculous... what are you 12? Go back to your PS3.

  • @StukaUK Ignorance... 

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 Please go away and stop bothering me. I've got underpants older than you boy.

  • @StukaUK Your the one who bothered me and im 56... Ignorant again

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 Like I said, you're acting like you're 12. I stated a correct fact, and you wanted to argue. Makes you a boy in my books.

  • @StukaUK Argue, i stated your wrong. Your the own who's posting ignorant comments. Lets just leave this

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 You want me to agree you're correct when you're just making it up to suit yourself. I actually WANT Lotus and Caterham to be properly British, but now neither are. Wake up and see the facts.

  • @BCRMotorsportPS3 Oh and by the way, a chain of replies is called a "thread".... HTH ....

    If you'd created your own thread instead of replying to me on mine then I'd have left you alone in your own dream world.

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  • They've decided to put the Renault V8 in the 7 and scrap T128 developement.

  • Anyone knows what song is that?

  • Yippie, Caterham in F1 at last ;-)

  • @JPM1988 You wouldnt be saying that if they won the f1 championship.

  • @JPM1988 It is their name. Get your facts right before you comment. Group Lotus and Team Lotus are two seperate companys.

  • @JPM1988 I think you're very confused. They own the Team Lotus name, they are Team Lotus. If anyone's raping anything it's Group Lotus via pretending to own Team Lotus' history and turning their cars into wallowy, heavy, fantasist wannabe ferrari's with only half the necessary financial backing to perform that lunacy in place.

    Go and read some history.

  • @BorderReiver49 They lease the name. Hunt, the younger brother of 1976 F1 world champion James, had been the custodian of the Team Lotus title following the demise of the original Colin Chapman-led operation, but sold it to AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes for 5 years lease. Group Lotus Owns Lotus Cars which u can buy right now in the store so tell me who has more right to use the name?

  • Sir Tony revive the lotus name in f1, he try to bring up the lotus name, but the greedy and evil proton and GL didn't appreciate the Sir Tony efforts. Team Lotus name are separate from Lotus Cars and it will always separate till the end of the world..

  • YAY!

  • A new chapter in the history of the Seven begins. Fantastic news all round - we all wish we could be there in Duxford today.

    Have a fantastic day.

    Caterham Japan

  • you guys definately win the award "best cinematic formula 1 team"

  • Song?

  • Beautiful! So the Team Lotus/Caterham tie up rumors are true then? This is exciting stuff!

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