Lotus pulls out of F1. Lotus stays in F1

[simonrockman]

Group Lotus, having ousted Team Lotus has now pulled sponsorship from Lotus Renault.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98628

Simon

[hornetrider]

I don't mind admitting I haven't got a barry clue about this whole Lotus/Not Lotus sponsorship malarkey.

[simonrockman]

I'm sure they are only doing it to provide SniffPetrol with material

[skinny]

wtf? i thought i had a reasonable grip on the lotus lotus thing but this has me pretty confused now...!

[thiscocks]

absurd. They go to all that effort with the bullst court case with fernandez and now they pull out! Caterham is more true to the lotus F1 name than this pathetic sponsorship deal with Renault.
Well done Bahar, hope your proud of yourself.

[LordGrover]

No! I'm Spartacus!

[Stu R]

Tony Fernandes must be laughing his sack off at that one!

[DanDC5]

Stu R said:

Tony Fernandes must be laughing his sack off at that one!

He commented about it on Twitter last night, basically along the lines of 'the court case was a waste of time and money then'

[groomi]

Rumours on Twitter this morning that Bahar has left Lotus (in the sh*t IMO).

If Mr Fernandez steps forward with his chequebook then I think I ought to buy a lottery ticket...

[simonrockman]

PW said:

You realise the story you link to says quite clearly that it was the other way round...

"Lotus has terminated its title sponsorship deal with sportscar manufacturer Group Lotus"

"Genii Capital has ended its formal relationship with the marque"

"Genii owner Gerard Lopez recently agreed a deal ... to be cancelled"

Yes, sorry. And although I'd searched I didn't find the other thread.

Mods please close this one.

Simon

[NHK244V]

LordGrover said:

No! I'm Spartacus!

I'm lotus and so is my wife

[fatboy69]

I am confused with the whole Renault, Lotus, Caterham thing to be honest.

However not sure that i care too much either. Should i be as a long-time F1 fan?

[skwdenyer]

Lotus can't even pay the builders for the work done on Danny's 'staff cottage', it seems: http://www.edp24.co.uk/home/builder_s_high_court_c...

[Kinky]

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