Comments on: I know Lotus, and you, sir, are no Lotus

By: bosyber

bosyber — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:35:38 +0000

About the livery itself: that photoshop does look okay (seen a job with endplates made black), although it looks bulky and needlessly bling-bling from the front (the nose with that big logo etc.); but unfortunately the photos of the 2010 car in the livery look a lot worse – the gold is thicker and seems sloppier, and shaped differently, and not in a good way.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:20:39 +0000

Its a pity that Renault’s yellow/black livery is gone now; that was fantastic, probably my favourite livery for the last 5 years at least.

At least Team Lotus is going back to the green/yello livery, so we haven’t lost both the best 2010 liveries.

By: Aly

Aly — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:33:03 +0000

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88663
Team Lotus to remain Green and Yellow, Tony Fernandes says it would be “ludicrous” for them to run in black and gold.

Kenny, you would appear to have got your wish and Team Lotus are staying exactly how they are.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:26:19 +0000

Fair point? Aly, perhaps you don’t mind being called ignorant and primitive, but I certainly do.

I thought that I had found that rarest of things- a civil forum on the internet- here. Alas, my search continues…

Cheers.

By: [fliP]

[fliP] — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:23:59 +0000

So we have 4 “Silver Arrows” on the grid. And 4 Red Bulls. And 4 Lotus Renaults. Maybe Williams extends its partnership with HRT to the livery. And maybe Sauber gets some more expertise from Ferrari – and more red on the car. And then there could be something between Force India and Virgin. And suddenly we have 6 teams instead of 12.

By: OllieJ

OllieJ — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:51:55 +0000

I think the reason people are so annoyed at Group Lotus’ actions isn’t because they mind having 4 Lotuses on the grid, it’s because we can all see what’s going to end up happening. Team Lotus, who have grafted away and earned the fans’ respect over the last year, will be bullied by Behar/Bernie/the Malaysian government into giving up their name, and maybe even close down because of it. Then ‘Lotus Renault’ will be left, sullying not only the memory of the original Lotus but also the efforts of the ’02-’10 Renault team.

By: Dahie

Dahie — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:24:33 +0000

I just call all teams Lotus…
Lotus Ferrari
Lotus McLaren
Lotus Mercedes
Lotus Redbull
…

By: Aly

Aly — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:59:13 +0000

Fsir point chrisk5, it will make the grid a better place rather than the usual copy cat red, blue or white liveries that tend to appear each season

My standing on my last comment was that, and its a personal opinion, each team should have a unique identity thsat can be seen acorss the cras, trucks, merchandise, team wear etc. We wait for years for the much promised returtn of Lotus and then two come along at once lol. It just seams daft but yeah I’m sure both teams have put a ton of work into it, also it makes another “British” team to support doesnt’t it?

By: CHRISK5

CHRISK5 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:34:55 +0000

Get a grip you lot.
The planning that has gone into the rebranding is way beyond your comprehension – stay ignorant if you wish.

The LotusRenault 2011 livery looks immaculate and having also seen pictures of the potential TeamLotus livery – equally as beautiful.

Why be so primitive and back one or the other ?

Both entities are essentially the same and at least the soapopera element is more entertaining than anything you get out of Ferrari,McLaren,Mercedes etc not to mention their liveries being virtually unchanged each season.

4 Black and Gold cars,2 (Team)LotusRenault brands,
F1 gets tons of publicity (good or bad it’s all the same to most people)

Bring it on.

By: Aly

Aly — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:11:22 +0000

The whole, 2will the real lotus please stand up” thing is just silly, why Group Louts just don’t buy Team Lotus and get on with it I will never know.

As far as the livery goes, after team Louts announced the whole Black and Gold thing why they didn’t pick another scheme just seems daft, partuclularly with Total’s insistance for the past couple of seasons that they maust have white on red logos, hint hint, why is the new Lotus Renault not in Gold Leaf coulours? Problem solved and everyone can move on, kind of lol