Campaign launched to save Team Lotus


© Save Team Lotus
One side of the Lotus naming dispute has been put forward on a new and in-depth webpage called www.saveteamlotus.com. The basic background is that the Lotus Racing F1 team had its naming rights revoked for next season by Group Lotus and, in order to keep racing under the Lotus name, bought the Team Lotus brand off David Hunt, who had owned it since the original team’s last race in 1994. Group Lotus has now taken Lotus Racing to court to try and stop it using the historic name in Formula One next year. The issue has been a source of constant confusion for many fans and the new webpage offers a breakdown of David Hunt’s and Team Lotus’ side of the argument.

Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/campaign_launched_to_save_team_1.php

Jean Behra Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo Tom Belso

Small NASCAR/Racing lot discovered!

My father-in-law is a contractor, and recently helped somebody with some renovations.  The client asked him to get everything out of his room and do whatever he wanted with it.  He gave me the spoils:

Never been much of a NASCAR guy, so I really am just starting to figure out what all I have, but hey, 13 free kits are 13 free kits, right?

Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/999291.aspx

Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella M·rio de Ara˙jo Cabral

The Toro Rosso STR7

The new Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7 has been unveiled in Jerez. It is the third car designed and built by the Faenza team, without assistance from Red Bull Racing. The team has invested in a great deal of new infrastructure in recent years. The team finished eighth in the Constructors’ Championship last year, and hopes [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/the-toro-rosso-str7/

Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise

HRT confirms departures

The HRT team has confirmed the departures of technical director Jacky Eeckelaert and head of production Simon Shinkins, as I reported would happen recently. Eeckelaert is returning to his work with Colin Kolles’s Kodewa, which will be running a Lola-Lotus LMP2 programme this year. The team says that chief designer Jean-Claude Martens will take over. [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/hrt-confirms-departures/

Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise

The fluffy time of year

This is the warm, happy, fluffy time of year in Formula 1, before everyone discovers the true value of their 2012 cars and they can dream of great leaps forward and technical tweaks that really make a difference. The start of testing tomorrow will begin the process of disillusionment, although one must be a little [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/the-fluffy-time-of-year/

Ian Ashley Gerry Ashmore Bill Aston Richard Attwood Manny Ayulo