enkele extracten uit een nieuw persbericht...
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/11/ ... this-week/
The teams that have problems are Renault, which has a chassis called a Renault, Lotus Racing which has a chassis called Lotus and HRT F1 which has a chassis called an HRT. At the moment Renault wants to change its chassis name to Lotus, but if that happens the team will lose all the historical benefits which go with the entry, which is a great deal of money. The idea was to use the name Lotus as a title sponsor and thus create the team name Lotus Renault, but it seems that Renault wants out completely. Lotus Racing does not wish to give up the Lotus chassis name unless it is paid a suitable sum of money and Group Lotus is baulking at the kind of money being discussed. As of today, therefore, Lotus will stick with Lotus and Renault will have to figure out what to do.--------
The question of Lotus and Lotus still needs to be sorted out by the Malaysians. Tony Fernandes of Lotus Racing is believed to have a back-up plan ready to go, if Group Lotus comes up with the cash. This would involve the launch of a completely new brand over which Fernandes would have completed control, without fear that someone might ride in and elbow him out of the way. There is no logic in having two competing Lotuses so the sooner the Malaysians can sort themselves out, the better it will be for all concerned. However, all of the Group Lotus schemes are being funded with money that has been borrowed from banks and guaranteed by the Malaysian government, which means that the politician are very worried about being seen to have wasted public money.
The cynics in F1 say that they got themselves into this mess and so have to bite the bullet and sort it out, or forget it and let Fernandes run the show.
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