After a fifteen year hiatus for the Lotus nameplate, Lotus F1 Team is set to return to F1 racing with their new race car. Lotus will be returning just in time to meet the revised rules for the 2010 season.
Starting with the 2010 season the Formula 1 racing will no longer allow refueling, which has forced teams to re-engineer their race cars to accommodate a larger fuel tank and narrower front tires. This change created a timely opportunity for Lotus F1 Team (Note: not Team Lotus) to reenter the circuit as the teams will be adapting to their new cars.
Lotus F1 Team Chief Technical Director Gascoyne said, “There is no escaping the challenges that we face simply to get the car ready for the first race of the next season. But I am confident that we are up to the task at hand.”
At this time, the car had completed its first wind tunnel model testing, but it was not yet ready to hit the grid. In addition to the work that will be done to prepare for the start of the season, Gascoyne has also stated that the team intends to “extract every little bit of performance from the car at all times,” by further developing the car as the season unfolds.
