What happened to F1 team Lotus?
The team was sold back to Renault on 18 December 2015, The Lotus F1 Team name was officially dropped on 3 February 2016, and announced that they would compete as Renault Sport Formula One Team.
Why is Pastor Maldonado famous?
Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (born 9 March 1985 in Maracay, Venezuela) is a Formula One driver who formerly drove for Lotus alongside Romain Grosjean. Maldonado made his F1 debut at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix driving for Williams, becoming the first Venezuelan driver in Formula One since Johnny Cecotto in 1984.
Who drove the JPS Lotus?
Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi Two years later, driving the Lotus 72 and sporting the now famous black and gold JPS livery for the first time, Fittipaldi surged to the title with five race victories, becoming the youngest ever world champion at 25 years of age.
How many crash did Pastor Maldonado?
You would have thought he’d have learned by now, but Maldonado suffered seven further crashes, and caused another that year. But still he drove on, and in his final season in the Championship, the chaos continued, with countless crashes and calamities tarring the Venezuelan’s name.
Does Lotus still race?
The Lotus name returned to Formula One in 2010 as Tony Fernandes’s Lotus Racing team. In 2011, Team Lotus’s iconic black-and-gold livery returned to F1 as the livery of the Lotus Renault GP team, sponsored by Lotus Cars, and in 2012 the team was re-branded completely as Lotus F1 Team.
Who drove for Lotus in 2011?
The team scored no championship points in the two years it competed. The team was set up by a group of Malaysian businessmen led by Tony Fernandes using a licence from Lotus Cars owner Proton, for the use of the Lotus name in Formula One….Team Lotus (2010–11)
| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| Final entry | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix |