Eyke Supercharged September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 Backed by Malaysia, Lotus coming be back to F1! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 Yay Proton! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 Good news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkerlover Neutral Newbie September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 That's great news! They haven't been around since the 70s! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisocial September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5560540,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 I find a shame that Lotus is going to assemble the car in Malaysia, by Malaysians. I feel they should capitalise on Lotus' history and heritage. Assemble it in England and base the team there...but with Malaysian's input, etc... Can you image trying to 'sell' as Volvo as a (design and made in china, etc) chinese car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyt 4th Gear September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 malaysian power leh. do you know that crabtree and evelyn is brought over by a malaysian company recently??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtim 3rd Gear September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 Backed by Malaysia, Lotus coming be back to F1! too bad when it is going to be this: "The cars will be made in Malaysia, by Malaysians." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freifeit Neutral Newbie September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 This is called Malaysia boleh ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjmsfire Neutral Newbie September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 (edited) Initially Lotus will build its cars in the former Bentley Le Mans facility in England. In time to come, they hope to set up a factory at Sepang and have all design and manufacturing done there. To raise Malaysians' motorsports competency is well and good, but to have a Malaysian F1 factory will mean few of the best F1 brains will want to relocate to Malaysia. They are mostly based in England. So you will end up with Lotus F1 cars that remind you of the Proton 'success story'..... sigh. They should have the factory in England, staffed mainly by the best English motorsports engineers and technicians and put some Malaysian there for apprenticeships. Even Toyota and Honda, with their far more superior automotive achievements, do not locate their F1 factories in Japan. And looks like Williams will lose their AirAsia sponsorship and BMW Sauber (under new ownership) will lose their Petronas petrodollars. Edited September 15, 2009 by Rjmsfire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithunk 1st Gear September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 wow....thats cool.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyojin 1st Gear September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 wonder how they'll have access to the wind tunnels if they are like 8000km away from where all the F1 teams are? they need to be close to the action. afterall most of the season is in and around Europe. think it's just thumping themselves on the chest for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine_eleven 2nd Gear September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 they can do testing in sepang mah... next ting u know, you'll have Protons tuned by Lotus F1! heheeeeee............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 Agree...I would think it is more logical to design, test and built inn the UK since most of the motor sports talents, facilities, etc.... are there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithunk 1st Gear September 15, 2009 Share September 15, 2009 yup uk has a very strong motor sports culture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EverestLeasing Neutral Newbie September 16, 2009 Share September 16, 2009 Oh no... The Proton-Lotus cars are going to bring down the average speed of F1 races. Admitting these sub-level teams. Does it mean that F1 is in serious trouble? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic September 16, 2009 Share September 16, 2009 (edited) Oh no... The Proton-Lotus cars are going to bring down the average speed of F1 races. Admitting these sub-level teams. Does it mean that F1 is in serious trouble? FIA has already change the budget rules to level the playing field such that teams like Lotus can race. It's more interesting to watch F1 in that way rather dan always see big budget teams like Ferrari & McClaren-Merc to win all the time. Edited September 16, 2009 by Watwheels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanyusoff 2nd Gear September 16, 2009 Share September 16, 2009 don't forget leh..those msians can always do the impossible in modding their cars..remember WiraLution?WajaLution? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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