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[Jabberwocky]

Power unit ?

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[What's Burning?]

New Jersey claims long-term contract The promoter of the Grand Prix of America says it has a 15-year long contract to stage Formula One from next season.
The race was originally set to debut on the calendar this year but it was postponed after Bernie Ecclestone said in September 2012 that the organisers "have not complied with the terms and conditions of the contract which is now gone anyway. They don't have a contract."

File this under cautious optimism...

[spankyham]

Lotus to use Ferrari engines

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[Jabberwocky]

Lotus to use Ferrari engines

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proof of that or just a guess?

[darwin dali]

That would sever the last bridge to Renault

[spankyham]

Lotus to use Ferrari engines

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proof of that or just a guess?

A wild rumor from a mate of mine who was at Canada.


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[Jabberwocky]

I think it would break all ties with being still called Renault by some parties

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[NHcheese]

Lotus is essentially Renault, but Lotus put their name the car to promote their road car industry. So why would Renault use an engine that is not Renault? Ferrari use their own and Mercedes uses Mercedes, so it makes no sense that Lotus-Renault would not use a Renault engine.

[Jabberwocky]

I suggest you read the sporting regulations regarding the naming of F1 cars

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[NHcheese]

Lotus is Renault.

"The team competed under the Lotus name for the first time in the 2012 Formula One season, following the renaming of the former Renault team"

[andrew]

I'd be surprised if Ferrari end-up supplying engines to one of their main rivals.

[Jabberwocky]

Unless it is part of a Kimi/Massa swap

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[What's Burning?]

Interesting hypothesis, I wonder what Kimi's status at the scuderia is.

[CookinFlat6]

Lotus is Renault.

"The team competed under the Lotus name for the first time in the 2012 Formula One season, following the renaming of the former Renault team"

Lotus were Renault, then Renault quit and sold to Genii. However they were called Renault for another season for purely admin reasons. In fact if genii had changed engine that year to say Merc then they would have been called Renault Mercedes.

Renault left after getting shafted by Alonso/Piquet crashgate and became only an engine supplier, Genii then aquired the Lotus name. Its not even a Renault works team

I still think of them as Benneton, thats where the roots of their current standing lies I reckon

[darwin dali]

Lotus is Renault.

"The team competed under the Lotus name for the first time in the 2012 Formula One season, following the renaming of the former Renault team"

Lotus were Renault, then Renault quit and sold to Genii. However they were called Renault for another season for purely admin reasons. In fact if genii had changed engine that year to say Merc then they would have been called Renault Mercedes.

Renault left after getting shafted by Alonso/Piquet crashgate and became only an engine supplier, Genii then aquired the Lotus name. Its not even a Renault works team

I still think of them as Benneton, thats where the roots of their current standing lies I reckon

Or Toleman...