Mar 19, 2010

Latest News On Lotus Racing

Lotus To Join-back IndyCar-Race

 Lotus was last seen in the American single-seater Indy-Car Race in the middle of 1960's with driver Jim Clark winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500 Series. KV Racing Technology which is one of the established team and competitor in the Indy-Car Race Series has announced a technical and commercial tie-up with Lotus and Cosworth to run in the 2010 Indy-Car Series. The Lotus-Cosworth Indy-Car will be expected using the classic Racing Green and Gold livery that was used on the Lotus Racing since 1950's and 60's and will be expected to debut at the first round of the USA Indy-Car Series with former Formula-1 driver Takuma Sato on wheels.

 We will be waiting and expecting a good result from this. The 2010 IndyCar Series starts with the Sao Paolo Indy 300, Brazil on the 14th of March 2010. We will bring more news and coverage on this.


About Lotus
The main operating subsidiary of Group Lotus plc is Lotus Cars Ltd, which has two operating divisions - Lotus Engineering and Lotus Cars. Lotus Engineering is an internationally recognized automotive engineering consultancy based in Norfolk, UK. Global facilities include those in Michigan (USA), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), China and offices in Germany and Japan, with rapid expansion in new territories such as South East Asia.

Lotus Engineering provides comprehensive and versatile consultancy services to many of the world's OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, offering a full engineering service from initial concept and project design through development and integration of the complete vehicle to meet all worldwide markets and customers to full production. This includes third party 'niche vehicle' engineering and manufacture worldwide.

Lotus Cars builds world class, prestige, high performance sports cars for sale in 37 countries. These include the iconic Lotus Elise, the Exige, the 2-Eleven and Lotus’ latest model, the Lotus Evora. Lotus is a global high-tech company, expanding rapidly and committed to driving forward technology for both Lotus Cars and its Engineering clients, spearheading research into such areas as hybrids, electric vehicles and renewable fuels.

About Cosworth
The Cosworth Group provides high performance technologies to a diverse range of global industries including automotive, defence, clean energy generation and sports.
The Cosworth Group is headquartered in Northampton, UK and operates additional facilities in the UK, North America and India to leverage its unique combination of advanced technologies, mechanical and electronic engineering expertise and globally recognized brand to deliver performance solutions.

Cosworth has been at the forefront of international motorsport for over 50 years and is a brand synonymous with success. Cosworth high performance race technologies have delivered championships in every major series across the globe including Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR, World Rallying, World Touring Cars and MotoGP.





source: KvRacingTechnology, LotusRacing, Cosworth

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