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WELCOME BACK Welcome and thank you. We decided to show the irst pictures of our 2011 challenger in Team Lotus Notes as it is you the fans, who truly power us on and motivate our steps forward. I hope you enjoy the irst taste of our beautiful green and yellow car, and I hope you enjoy reading this; an honest and open insight, written from the heart of the team. When I was asked to pick one word to describe Team Lotus, a million looded into my mind! But eventually I had to come back to where it all started for me – dreams. Team Lotus is about dreams, and those dreams becoming reality. I remember when I was a boy, running a hole in the carpet with my model Lotus ™ car. I had dreams then, I still do, but what I hope to inspire is the belief that if you dare to dream, you can achieve great things. created the last dynasty and it’s one that inspires me and all my team to do more, think more, be more every day. But now it is time for us to create our own legend. Thank you for sharing this spirit of adventure with us, for being a part of our team, for stepping onto the rollercoaster we’re about to ride and daring to dream.

‘THE GOOD ALWAYS WIN.’ TONY FERNANDES WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK ‘THIS YEAR’S CAR IS A MUCH MORE CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. THE CAR REALLY WILL BE A MIDFIELD RUNNER. IT’S A MODERN F1™ CAR. I’M VERY CONFIDENT IT IS A BIG STEP UP AND IT’S THE START OF A PROCESS THAT TAKES TEAM LOTUS BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE GRID.’

WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK ‘ THE LAST SIX WEEKS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC FOR ME, DOING BASIC TRAINING INITIALLY AND NOW SHIFTING UP A GEAR TO GET THE PERFORMANCE LEVELS RIGHT. IT’S BEEN A GREAT WINTER AND I THINK I’M THE BEST PREPARED I’VE EVER BEEN.’ ‘ SITTING ON THE GRID IN BAHRAIN THIS YEAR WILL FEEL VERY DIFFERENT – A DIFFERENT TENSION. LAST YEAR WE WERE JUST AIMING TO FINISH THE RACE. THIS YEAR WE’LL BE AIMING TO FINISH IN THE POINTS. BUT WITH THE PACKAGE WE HAVE, THAT SHOULD BE ACHIEVABLE.’ TEAM LOTUS NOTES TEAM LOTUS NOTES

INVASION OF THE NEWS POD(CAST) PEOPLE Two of our brand new favourite friends dropped by to award us the A.D.U.T.A. trophy last week. Kevin and Terry IN THE HOT SEAT of the comic ‘Another F1™ Podcast’ Both Heikki and Jarno (pictured presented us with their Underdog right and below) came to the factory Award for being best of the new teams recently for a seat itting for the all- in 2010. They brought us a fantastic new Team Lotus challenger. They trophy and a hand-crafted Team Lotus irst popped by just before Christmas Formula One™ car (below). We showed and the pair arrived again last week Marianne, our Head of Aero, and she to work through the inal details. The said that although she appreciated the reason the drivers have to go through e ort, the front wing in particular wasn’t this is due to the chassis changing, quite what we’re looking for. We were and not on account of how many chu ed with the trophy, though, and Christmas puddings they’ve had! awarded it to Heikki (who won A.D.U.T.A Both drivers were impressed with the Driver of the Year). atmosphere in the factory and the You can listen to the podcast online progress of the car, and were eager to for free, plus hear about their get back on track. Keep an eye out for adventures at the Team Lotus HQ. TLTV for our latest videos of them. Simply go to iTunes and download it now.

CLOGGING AWAY Team Lotus’ Marketing and Communications department is NEAT TWEET #1 happy to welcome a new graphic designer to the fold, Christian Clogger. @tonyfernandes “Hi Tony, car looks No stranger to Formula One™, Christian’s brother Liam was, until very, very good, I hope it’s as quick as it recently, Press O icer for AirAsia’s former partner Williams F1™. Having to looks, certainly a very big step forward. balance a new baby boy at home and redesign pretty much everything here New we need to wait for track results means it’s been a baptism of ire for Christian but they do say it’s fastest but I’m con ident. From Jarno.” moving sport in the world so…

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THE THINK TANK Something you don’t see in any other Formula One™ factory is the Chief Technical O icer pulling a joke on his sta . As we expand, one of the factory’s front-of-house rooms has WOOF! been re-developed and has been a ectionately named ‘The Aquarium’... “Hey Max, what have you It’s right by reception, so it’s become been up to over the winter? compulsory to make ish faces through the window to those inside, “Hi Sam. You know, the usual: hence Mike Gascoyne’s impromptu getting clipped, sleeping a bit of interior design (below). lot, eating things I shouldn’t, wrecking some furniture and debating the merits of the movable rear wing and calculating whether the delta is su icient to make overtaking in Formula One™ a knife-edge possibility or the motor racing equivalent of the bus you’re not waiting for.” – “What?” “They come along every two minutes.” “Sounds complicated.” “It is Sam. But not as tricky as driving a Formula One™ car – HEIKKI SQUASHED there’s so much for the driver to Formula One™ drivers are inely tuned machines, supreme athletes contend with in the cockpit this whose expert re lexes give them year, it would make you dizzy.” an advantage over us mere mortals, “If you’re a certain seven-time right? Think again. world champion, I think it Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes recently challenged Heikki already has” Kovalainen to a gentle game of “Hmmm... simulated sickness. squash, a contest the ace driver reckoned he’d have no problem Tricky one. How you can tell winning. How wrong he was… if it’s even real…” “It didn’t go very well for me,” Heikki lamented after being run o court by his opponent. “I lost 30 to him and only managed to win one point! In the SIGNS OF THE TIMES end, I think it was 91, 50, 50. But I’d One of the biggest changes never played the game before! over the winter season was “I igured I’d just get Tony running. the removal of our old sign NEAT TWEET #2 I thought ‘Well, I’m itter than Tony, and the beautiful new Team so if I just get him out of breath then Lotus signage going up. We’re @tonyfernandes “RT @H_Kovalainen: no problem’. But it wasn’t so easy. immensely proud of our Basically, I had no chance! He was fantastic headquarters and Things looking great at Lotus, big completely controlling the game putting up the Team Lotus sign and I didn’t know what to do.” was the next big step in our Of course, everyone knows that F1™ rapid development. Over the thanks to Mike and the shareholders, drivers are notoriously bad losers, and next few months (and years!) Heikki’s already looking for revenge. there will be a lot of updates and of course all the members of the at our humble Hingham home “I’ll de initely practice a bit more,” and we’ll keep you posted team who are working very hard!” he said. “I’ll ind a coach and I’ll be about them all! looking for a re-match.”

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THIS YEAR’S MODEL It’s been a while in the making and it’s very di erent from last year’s car: ladies and gentlemen, this is the the new Team Lotus challenger, and here’s how it came about…

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Mike Gascyone (Chief Technical O icer): With last year’s car and especially the irst half of the season it was just an exercise in survival, whereas from the middle of last year it was about building the team up – that’s when we started working on this car. Marianne Hinson (Head of Aerodynamics): In aerodynamics, we’ll start thinking about a new car before any of the other departments, and we started looking at this car around Spring last year. We begin by sitting down with the new regulations because there’s almost always something new. Normally, you’d take the previous year’s car as a basis, talk about what engine and gearbox will be used and roughly what will need to be packaged inside the car, then move on to where the aerodynamic regulations have changed the most. Lewis Butler (Chief Designer): In my role, I started looking at this car around June last year while I was working on iterations of the 2010 car. Marianne: I have to say that the start of the process is a really fun period, when you’re looking through the new rules, thrashing out ideas and trying to ind loopholes. Elliot Dason-Barber (Head of R&D and Vehicle Dynamics): It’s a very complex process – take the front wing, for example. The Aero department would’ve started working on it during the middle of last year, trying to make it generate as much load as possible. Design will then focus on making it sti enough so that it isn’t too lexible on track. Between them they’ll re ine the design by going through a number of iterations. At the same time, I’ll start looking at the nose section and by crashing test pieces into a wall we can start to see if it’s a ‘little too sti ’ or ‘not sti enough’ in the event of a real crash. It’s con licting requirements from three di erent departments that make the process so complex. You’re probably looking at 20 people being involved in the design of one part. Mike: I think the thing that was a challenge this year was that the 2010 car really was a one-o , because of the way it was done with the design team and the time we had. There’s been almost no carry-over of parts for the 2011 car, whereas normally you’d have a substantial carry-over and the chance to optimise last year’s parts. It looks substantially di erent from last year’s car – it has a much more ‘current’ feel about it. And it’s the basis of our cars for the future. Lewis: I think people will be quite impressed with the shape of the bodywork compared to last year. Mike: Absolutely. It really follows current design trends, and aerodynamically it’s much more evolved. I mean, a car is really the sum of 4,000 small details, so it’s hard to pick out speci ic areas that are particularly brilliant,

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but overall it’s a much more optimised work of design and engineering. Dieter Gass (Sporting Director): If there were speci ic things to get really excited about I probably wouldn’t want tell you what they were! Lewis: Personally, I really like the suspension at the front. It’s not necessarily that outlandish but it’s very tidy. I like the roll hoop arrangement too. A lot of the stu that I like as a designer is probably stu you can’t see because it’s underneath the bodywork! Elliot: I agree – the area that intrigues me the most is the front suspension, and the rear as well actually. We’ve tried to push the boundaries with a few things to make it a bit lighter and more e icient. Marianne: I can’t give away too many secrets, but I think the front half of the car is quite a big step away from the 2010 car. Last year’s car was a bit blocky in the sidepod area, but this one looks a lot racier – it’s a lot smoother and curvier around the sidepods. Lewis: That was the biggest design challenge, actually – just trying to package everything a bit smaller. We were trying to get that area around the driver really tight so the aerodynamicists were happy with it. Keith Saunt (Chief Operating O icer): You can just see that this car will be faster than last year’s. It’s got the right sweeps and curves on it – it’s the very latest version of what an F1™ car should be. One of the things people have mentioned, though, is that we’re not using KERS… Lewis: Well, the decision not to use KERS made the design job slightly easier, because packaging it in the car is always a bit more of a headache. Marianne: It’s the same for us in aerodynamics: no KERS is actually easier because packaging all the bits you need for it is actually quite limiting for some of the aero shapes you need in some areas. Keith: If KERS was going to get us from eighth to sixth then we’d have it. But when you look at the weight of it and some of the engineering challenges, I think it’s a good decision not to start with it. We might end up with it, who knows? But if we did we’ve got a lot of experienced people who could turn their hands to it. If we had to design a motorised catamaran canoe in a day, I reckon we could do that too! We’ve got some very clever people here. Lewis: Then there was the moveable rear wing. When I irst heard about it I was quite excited; any opening up of the regulations is always a challenge and it’s good fun. Marianne: Absolutely. Whenever something like that comes up in the rules, it’s certainly a new challenge for us in terms of how to use it and what sort of performance we should be looking for aerodynamically. The challenge is working out what e ect you’d like it to have in terms of optimum lap times.

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THE SECOND SEASON IS ALWAYS CRUCIAL AND EXPECTATIONS GO HIGHER... “WE ARE NOT A NEW TEAM ANY I NEED TO TAKE "IT’S A FRONT-RUNNING CAR IN EVERY AREA." THE NEXT STEP IN MIKE GASCOYNE MORE. PUSHING THE TEAM. EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGHER Dieter: It was a bit less of a challenge than want to start challenging the established achievement to be able to compete I thought it would be, though. Once you’ve teams, and I think that’s very achievable. with some of those established teams looked at all the di erent concepts you can But that line has to continue going up, so in only our second year. use, it wasn’t that hard to achieve a solution. we’ll have to target being up there with Toro Mike: The thing is, every team says they’re BUT ALL OF US ARE READY FOR IT I think we have quite a neat, simple system Rosso, Sauber and Force , and then end going to progress each year and people on this car. the season by targeting Williams and . might say, ‘Well why are you going to do Lewis: One of the best bits is when the car’s Dieter: Absolutely. We want and need to it better, then?’ The simple fact is that they’re inished and it’s ired up for the irst time. You catch up with the midifeld, and get some going to keep doing what they do – whereas AND WE’RE ALL VERY MOTIVATED start getting excited when you see what it’s points. we’re growing up. We’ve got resources going to look like in CAD, but when it’s built Keith: A lot of people might say I’m too coming on stream now, like new CFD and you inally see it, that’s really incredible. I optimistic… But I’d like to think we’ll get resources and a new wind tunnel programme get pretty nervous just before it’s irst ired up between 40 and 50 points this year. I think in the UK, that we’ve never had. What we can – there’s always something small that needs we’re targeting eighth strategically, but I do now will get better. TO MAKE THAT NEXT STEP. ixing unless you’re lucky… doubt there’ll be a lot between sixth, seventh Keith: I think it could be a very good Dieter: I don’t really get nervous… There’s and eighth. Depending on how the other year for us. excitement and then relief when it’s actually guys are doing, seventh could be achievable. Mike: The problem for these other teams been done! Elliot: We’re de initely going to take a step is that if we’ve been going for a year and Keith: Oh, I’m always nervous! But it’s a forward with this car. Quite how much we’ll then we start beating them, it’s a very clear happy, great, exciting nervous. To be able close the gap to the teams in front of us, we’ll message and it sends out a story which is to see the fruits of everyone’s labour is see, but my hope is we’ll be competing with embarrassing for them and good for us. It something you don’t get much in other the teams that were a second or two ahead would be great for Formula One™ if this industries. of us last season. When you’re two seconds car can take us into the mid ield, because Mike: I think that basically, when you look behind someone it’s tough; when you’re half it shows what’s achievable for a properly at this car it looks like a front-running car in a second behind, you can start racing them. run small team. every area. We’ve said very clearly that we Marianne: It would certainly be a real HEIKKI KOVALAINEN WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK ” WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK TEAM LOTUS NOTES TEAM LOTUS NOTES

01 04 18,000rpm, the pistons experience pressure will be travelling down ive times greater than FORMULA 101 FormulaOne™ cars Before the Monaco the bore and back in their body weight. have around 800bhp Grand Prix, manhole three thousandths of but only weigh 640kgs covers are welded a second. including the driver. down. That’s because 12 That means they have the downforce created Monza in Italy is similar power to a by an F1™ car has 08 renowned as the Veyron in a car enough suction to When a car is driving in hardest track on that has around half the rip them o ! the wet, the tyres get brakes. When drivers weight of a new . rid of 250 litres of water brake for the irst 05 per second – enough to corner they go from ill a large bath. 200mph down to 02 F1™ helmets are among 60mph in just over A driver’s steering the toughest things in two seconds. wheel isn’t like the one the world. Some of the 09 in your average road tests they have to pass The chassis – the 13 car: it costs around to be deemed legal car’s main structure £20,000 alone and has to race in are being – is incredibly strong, Under extreme a multitude of buttons subjected to an 800 being made from over braking, some drivers to control absolutely degrees C lame for 45 a thousand di erent have said that this force everything. This season seconds (without the parts of Kevlar, carbon is so great that their the drivers have a new heat inside the helmet ibre, metal and various tear ducts squirt water button which, when exceeding 70 degrees honeycomb structures. into their visors. pressed, will help them C) and a visor that has to overtake the car projectiles ired at it at in front – as long as around 300mph. If any 10 14 they’re no more than of these make dents The safety of modern Formula One™ brake a second behind it. deeper than 2.5mm, F1™ cars means drivers discs are made from a the helmet also fails. can withstand huge special, indestructible 03 crash impacts. The form of carbon ibre. 06 biggest crash impact A set costs several While aeroplanes use on record was su ered thousand pounds their wings to lift them The front suspension by David Purley at the and takes a month to into the air, F1™ cars of a Formula One™ British Grand Prix in make, but the most use theirs to create car is so strong that 1977, where he had impressive thing about downforce – the force it can withstand two an impact that was them is that when that pushes them onto tonnes of pressure. estimated as 197.8g a driver stamps on the track and helps That means that those – meaning his car the brakes the discs them corner faster and carbon ibre rods that went from 108mph heat up to around have more grip. It’s connect the wheels to to a standstill in two 1,200 degrees C – said that at upwards the main body could seconds. He recovered typically the average of 150mph, a Formula have an adult bull on and went on to race temperature of One™ car will create so top of them without again. molten lava. much downforce that it breaking. could be driven upside 15 New subscriber to Team Lotus Notes? down on the ceiling of 07 11 15Don’t panic! Here’s our handy guide to a tunnel. Formula One™ drivers Even after a race has When a driver has his are subjected to forces been completed, a car’s INCREDIBLE F1™, the only sport in which the cars can foot to the loor and of up to 5G when tyres will be about 120 ™ drive upside down and where the brake the engine is revving at racing – meaning that degrees C – hot enough discs are as hot as molten lava. Yes, it’s in a very high-speed to cook an egg on. F1 FACTS a bit more complex than football… corner, their body will

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SYSTEMS ENGINEER HOSPITALITY AND EVENTS MANAGER IAN BENNETT ACHIEVABLE MABEL DAUTZENBERG V 6. What’s the rev limit in the current engine regulations? AND WITH THE WORK WE’VE DONE WE’LL DO THAT. Mabel: 18,000. 1. In which year did the iconic green and yellow Ian: 18,000. scheme hit the Lotus Formula One™ cars? Correct answer: 18,000. Mabel: Oh no! I have no idea… what about 1965? Ian: I’ll guess at 1965. 7. How long is FP3? Correct answer: 1958. Mabel: Good question. I’m not sure but I think it is one hour? THE 2011 CHALLENGER 2. What is Mike Gascoyne’s nickname? Ian: One hour. Mabel: The bulldog? No? Ah the Rottweiler! Correct answer: One hour. Ian: Ha! Don’t know… err. Pass. Correct answer: The Rottweiler 8. Which of the following three has Mike not worked for? Sauber, Renault, Williams... Mabel: Williams. IS ALMOST A TOTALLY 3. How many components make up a modern Formula One™ car, to the nearest 1,000? Ian: Sauber. Mabel: That’s an impossible question! It could Correct Answer: Williams IT’S A MASSIVE STEP depend on loads of things. I’ll say 6,000. Ian: No idea. 268,000? 9. What year did Heikki win ? FORWARD IN EVERY AREA. Correct answer: Point to Mabel. Mabel: 2010? Oh wait he knocked himself NEW CAR. We were looking for 4,000 main components unconscious last year. Noo! Ian: I’ll say 2006? OUR CAR NOW LOOKS LIKE 4. What does ACBC stand for in the Team Lotus logo? Correct answer: 2004 Mabel: Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. A FRONT-RUNNING CAR. Ian: Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. 10. How many sets of dry tyres does the team Correct Answer: Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. use over a weekend? Mabel: 11. 5. Which one is Max and which one is Sam? Ian: Pass… errr per car? Or Team? If it’s team then 22? Mabel: Sam is the one with the black patch over his eye. Correct answer: 22 (11 sets per driver) Ian: Their haircuts? Correct answer: Sam has a black patch over his eye. MIKE GASCOYNE WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK WINNER ”WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK TEAM LOTUS NOTES TEAM LOTUS NOTES

THE ATMOSPHERE IN SAO PAULO JUAN RAMIREZ – RACE ENGINEER, HEIKKI KOVALAINEN In terms of racing, it’s got to be tracks like Spa and Suzuka, where the track layouts are impressive and challenging and technical, and it’s always nice to see how a car performs around those. Monaco and come next because they get something extra from the driver and Heikki likes those too. Outside racing, I love going to Montreal. Even before going there for Formula One™ races, I went on holiday a couple of times and it’s just great. I really enjoy it and I’m delighted it’s still on the calendar. Apart from that, maybe Sao Paulo – partly because it’s close to the end of the season and you know it’s soon going to be over, but also because, being Mexican, it’s always good to go back to Latin America. It’s a similar feel and attitude to Mexico. It would be great if we had a race back in Mexico. It’s a shame the plans for Cancun didn’t materialise. I think I was an F1™ fan before I went to the races in Mexico City but the irst time I went to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was what I think really WORK made me want to do this job. HARD, PLAY

TEE-TIME AND TOKYO HARD. HEIKKI KOVALAINEN – DRIVER It’s the longest F1™ season ever, Tokyo is one of my favourite places. I really, really like Japan, the culture, the food, the people. I’m not a big fan of cities but I just so little wonder that the race love to go to Tokyo. team personnel will look for Then there are also good golf courses I like to visit, I like to play golf when I get a day o . KL has some fantastic golf some R&R along the way. But courses. Riad’s father is my playing partner there. He takes me just what are the places, people around the best courses whenever we’re there. The KLGC – the KL Golf and Country Club is great. Riad himself lives on a golf and parties they look forward to resort, a place called Tropicana, and that’s a great course. Tony the most? In honour of the 2011 comes to play sometimes and that’s one game where I can de initely kick his ass. If he talks about winning at squash then season we present the 11 best... all I have to do is mention golf and that makes us even.

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FOOD, MONTREAL LIFE’S A BEACH AND MAYBE ESCAPING TONY FERGUSON, RACE TEAM FITTER I’m really looking forward to Australia again. I TO ARGENTINA really liked it last year. I just want to see more GIANLUCA PISANELLO – of Melbourne, the city’s great. And I really liked St Kilda. It’s great to walk along the beach RACE ENGINEER, JARNO TRULLI there, get something to eat, have a few drinks. And if we can pick up a couple of points while Maybe because I’m Italian it’s all about restaurants for me. we’re there that would be good too. Wherever we go I’m always picking where the team eats! For me it’s really important to see something outside the track, it’s a privilege of the job. I can’t understand people who spend all their time in the hotel bar. Montreal is number one. It’s amazing because the city KONICHI-WA SUZUKA really lives the event. It’s a place where everybody’s stuck DAVID FRASER, RACE TEAM HYDRAULICS inside during the winter and we go there in June when it TECHNICIAN starts to be summer and everyone wants to be out and Australia and Japan. I’ve got a lot of friends in enjoy it. The atmosphere is fantastic. both places so I’m looking forward to them But my main idea this year… Wait, I haven’t spoken to my coming along and making themselves known. boss about it! If I could though, after Sao Paulo I really want Both are really good. They’ve both got a good to get to Argentina for two weeks. Buenos Aires and any- atmosphere and fantastic fans and it really where else I can get to. Everybody I know who has been feels like it’s worth it when you get there. The there says its fantastic. Japanese fans are always special. They make it their business to come and ind out who everyone is individually, which gives it a real personal touch. People have been contacting me already saying they can’t wait to see the new new car, the new colours. They’re just so MORE TWEETING enthusiastic. MIKE GASCOYNE, CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER It was fairly surprising how the stu took o , and to do Tweets during a race and actually tell people live what TEAM LOTUS’ you’re doing has gone down very well. I think it’s some- thing we should do more of, and it’s good for the sport. YOUNGEST FAN That’s something that Tony really pushed us to do to stand JOHN EAGLING, FACILITIES MANAGER out, and to be more open to our fans. For me it will be watching the races with my lit- Does it all add to the reputation of being a bit anti-es- tle grandson. He’s really enthusiastic and we’re tablishment? I thought I was 5ft 3 and short! I think I quite both lunatics as well so it’s always fun to watch like the reputation, I suppose. We have sponsors and you with him. I’m really proud of him, he’s great. His have to balance it, but the pitlane gets very self absorbed one ambition is to come here and meet Heikki, sometimes and I think we do need to be more open. If so maybe we’ll get that organised for him as you end up coming across as rock ‘n’ roll then so be it. My well. In terms of races, they’re all good for me. I daughter inds it very amusing though! don’t really have any favourites. THE RUBGY WORLD CUP GRAHAM WATSON – TEAM MANAGER HOME IS WHERE DESERT SONG For me this Grand Prix season could come and go and I’d say ‘I don’t know I was too busy waiting for the Rugby THE HEART IS KANE HEMMANT, RACE World Cup to get going’. It’s starts on September 15th, the SIMON MICKLEBURGH, FRONT-END ELECTRICIAN, JARNO TRULLI irst game is in Auckland, in New Zealand. For me this is a Abu Dhabi, because of the theme de ining year for rugby and New Zealand – my home. MECHANIC, JARNO TRULLI park and Ferrari World which is cool. Like all the other World Cups, New Zealand I’m really looking forward to Silver- Hopefully one day we’ll have Team are expected to win it and probably won’t, so I’ll be stone, which might sound weird, but Lotus World there! The weather is disappointed for six months after but it’s a big year for me. it’s Team Lotus’ second home race and absolutely incredible, so that helps All the dates are on my laptop. Tony’s got tickets for that means lots of friends and family and the people are so friendly. It’s the quarter- inals, semis and the inal, and he asked me if around, which is great. I de initely will great to be there and be involved. I wanted to go to the semis, so I’m hoping he remembers have a lot of friends at the race and I Because it’s been the last race of the that and gives me the nod, but he’s probably got more might even meet a few of them in the past two seasons, there have been important people to invite! pub. Also, hopefully, there’ll be loads a few parties too, which has been We’ve got a couple of clear weekends but most of of our fans there as well with plenty of good. Also it’s very clean! the matches are on race weekends. I’ve already been in Team Lotus banners in the crowd. touch with someone in Korea telling them ‘you better ind somewhere for me to watch it’!

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BLACK AND GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY A Team Lotus car running in iconic black and gold? It was a fascinating idea. So much so that we asked for your help in visualising how it might look. Here are the results of your hard work…

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At the end of last season we asked you to put your design skills to the test and imagine what a Team Lotus car would look like if it raced in the iconic gold and black livery of beloved F1™ cars of the 1970s and ’80s. The response was overwhelming, with entries coming from all over the world. One winner was eventually chosen but, the entries were so outstanding that we just had to present a few more. So, while the prize and the plaudits go to London-based Brazilian designer Raphael Campos, our thanks and praise go out to everyone who sent us designs. If only we could build every one!

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Heikki certainly has a fan in Benjamin Vinel, who thinks he’s the best driver there is... The Frenchman has been supporting him for four years, and loves GRAND DESIGNS that he now drives for Team Lotus! It's not just us that have been busy over the winter you guys have also been showing o your creative side... NO.1

More Japanese creativity in the shape of T Surotokana, whose support for the team at the race in Suzuka last year stretched right to her inger tips!

A di erent kind of horsepower, @sowi1 designed and made this Team Lotus numnah (saddle cloth for non-horsey people) for her competition horse. We think they look super smart and love the e ort! Best of luck in your competitions!

Japanese fan Naoko If there’s one thing every Honma’s tiny Jarno race fan needs it’s a Trulli doll and Team slot-car track and the Lotus bear provide next step is cars in the that necessity of colours of your favourite LET US KNOW. modern Japanese team. Give it up then for If you’ve created a masterpiece, life, the dangly Graham Best from Yeovil mobile phone in Somerset, who built done something cool or simply accessory. these shiny new Team have something to say, email us . We can’t at [email protected] to believe these aren’t in be in with the chance of being production! featured. Best piece wins a cap signed by Jarno and Heikki!

WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK TEAM LOTUS NOTES TEAM LOTUS NOTES SUPPORT NETWORK It might be little brother to the Team ™ team but the all-new Team Air Asia GP2 squad has big plans in Formula One’s™ most prominent feeder series as team I THINK THAT WITH THE PROGRESS WE’VE MADE manager Phill Spencer explains. WE’LL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE MAIN PACK AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE SOME SPEED IS EVERYTHING 1979, starting at Shadow with Elio De “I was working as Chief Mechanic for Angelis and Jan Lammers. Then I went to Lotus Racing, and in Japan last year Mike where I was Ayton Senna’s mechanic GOOD POINTS AND SPRING SOME BIG SURPRISES. (Gascoyne) and Graham Watson the Team when he irst started in 1984. I was Chief Manager, came to me and said ‘Phill, we’ve Mechanic at Jordan and then at Super Aguri. “ got another project for you – it’s GP2 and I helped start that up. I did the same thing you’ve got four weeks to put it all together here 12 months ago, so I’m used to starting before the car has to test at Paul Ricard’. I lew from scratch! back, had a meeting on the Wednesday after the Japanese Grand Prix and that was it. I had THERE’S PLENTY TO PLAY WITH to sort out the car, a workshop, personnel, From a technical point of view it’s down to truck… everything all in four weeks. As it the Engineers. We think we have some of was with the F1™ team, this was incredibly the best out there, so we’re con ident we can IT LOOKS GOOD, tight, but we made it. I thrive on that kind of do something. You have a variety of springs challenge though. I love it. and roll bars to change, some car settings, gear ratios, a few aerodynamic things. It’s all SEASON’S GREETINGS down to the Engineer and the Driver to get Between the Asia races and the European the best out of it as everyone has the same season we’ll have 12 races. Testing starts on equipment. It’s incredibly competitive. the 2nd of Feb in Abu Dhabi, a two-day test REALLY GOOD, and then the same again on 5th and 6th and WE ARE FAMILY a week after that we do our irst race, at the We’re already beginning to become a close- , on the 11th and 12th. Then knit little family. There are only 13 of us, so it’s we go to Bahrain and we do a race there on still small. It’s all based here beside the F1™ the following weekend and we’re then back factory. I’m in an o ice here with the F1™ Race home for a week or so before heading back Team Manager and the Team Secretary just to Bahrain for a race on the F1™ weekend. We because it keeps a degree of consistency ly home for two tests in April at Silverstone and communication. But the workshop is AT THE MOMENT. and Barcelona and start racing with F1 again just around the corner. It’s hand in glove at their irst European race in Turkey. Then we with Team Lotus and hopefully there will be follow F1™ around Europe until our last round aspects of both series we can help each which is in Monza. It’s busy, but not as crazy other with. It’s de initely a two-way street. as this year’s F1™ calendar. THE OBJECTIVE IS DEFINITELY I LOVE THE SMELL OF VICTORY WELCOME TO FINISHING SCHOOL Tony (Fernandes) and Mike want the best. GP2 is for the drivers, they are there to learn, There is no excuse for us not to do well. We gain experience of what the major series are have put together a collection of some of like and move up to F1™. They race at the the best people out there. They know how to TO BE UP THERE IN THE MIDFIELD. majority of circuits F1™ goes to, they drive a screw a car together so there is no reason we similar type of car, on similar tyres, and they can’t go out there and race at the front. We get the chance to progress to F1™ if they can have to, that’s the target we have. I want to go get out there and get themselves noticed. out and win. We all want to win. We wouldn’t That’s why the series is so rough and tumble have set this up if we didn’t have a chance. and so competitive. In GP2 there’s nowhere There’s no point in starting this to run for a driver to hide. His talent will show in the around in mid ield. end, or not. THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE We think we’ve put together an excellent team of people, some of the best out there and they certainly know how to do the job. For myself, I’ve been in Formula One™ since WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK” TEAM LOTUS NOTES TEAM LOTUS ZOOM Clive Mason won the inal round of the 2010 version of Lotus Racing Zoom with this shot of the Lotus T127 at Spa-Francorchmps. We’re going to do it all again in 2011 thanks to Dell, so start snapping the the new car now! All entries to [email protected]

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WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK TEAM LOTUS NOTES TEAM LOTUS NOTES LAP TIMES JODY EGGINTON WE KNOW WE HAVE THE PACKAGE TO COMPETE AND OUR AIM IS TO Our Chief Engineer had a ilthy irst job but lucked in through an audience with a young Mike Gascoyne. RACE FOR POINTS AT “EVERY GRAND PRIX. CV Born: Coventry, BUT WHILE NO-ONE EXACTLY KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE, January 28th, 1974 Job Title: Chief Engineer. I ALWAYS DREAM AND HOPE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER THAN WE Qualiication: BSc Industrial EXPECT. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST – SO MAYBE Design from Loughborough WE CAN EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. University. Best moment in Motorsport: Getting at Spa in 2009 with when I was at .

IT’S IN THE BLOOD DEVELOPING OBSESSION THERE ARE ALWAYS WORSE JOBS… My father was involved in motorsport as a My irst motorsport job was in F1™ but having I spent as while as a bin man during a sum- I FEEL VERY Driver and Mechanic so right from an early worked also in other formulae I would say the mer break while at university, the smell was age I spent endless weekends at race events thing that makes F1™ di erent is the incredible terrible and some of the things you see in bin helping out, as a result there was always a rate of development, which, as an engineer, is bags is just beyond description. However I do high probability motorsport engineering a compelling challenge. believe that this type of experience does give would become my profession. you a certain grounding. NO REGRETS TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH I have to be honest and say that I have not NEVER STOP LEARNING The single most decisive moment for me regretted any career moves and in terms of Team Lotus is a new team and growing fast, was when I decided after only one or two obstacles it is just a case of sometimes the so it’s good to be part of that, and to play a weeks of my graduate training scheme with job being more di icult than ideal! Even then small part in shaping it. I am still on a learning a mainstream engineering irm to apply for it’s simply a case of putting in long hours and curve which for me keeps the job both chal- motorsport positions, as my job at the time asking lots of questions! lenging and interesting. Right now I am more CONFIDENT. wasn’t challenging. The result, amazingly, was than happy to be part of Team Lotus and a job o er from Tyrrell. Mike Gascoyne actu- IT AIN’T THAT SIMPLE grow with the team. ally interviewed me for the job but doesn’t If you want to work in Formula One™, I think remember it, so I am not going to thank him it’s really a case of setting your goals and too much, although he deserves some pushing hard to achieve them. But it’s also credit – maybe!? important to realise that things are not always as straightforward as you may like. JARNO TRULLI WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK WWW.TEAMLOTUS.CO.UK” TEAM LOTUS NOTES

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