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Lotus Renault Launch (25 posts)

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AndrewTanner said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Well we’re due a decision from the courts soon aren’t we to sort all this crap out?

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US_Peter said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Not anytime soon I’m afraid. I don’t think it’s up in the courts until sometime in July. Can anyone confirm?

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Prisoner Monkeys said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Well we’re due a decision from the courts soon aren’t we to sort all this crap out?

Unlikely. Conservative estimates suggest the courts will not produce a verdict until August at the earliest. No doubt there’s a backlog of cases that need to be resolved before Lotus and Lotus can have their day in court. You don’t just say “We’ll see you in court” and then show up the next day – a date for the hearing is set, and you need to take time to prepare your arguments. It’s a long and drawn-out process because it needs to take time in order to come to a resolution.

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Icthyes said 2 years, 4 months ago:

What I don’t like is the FIA have been very silent about all this. We’re facing the ridiculous situation of having two teams with the same name in the same language and they don’t seem to really care.

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AndrewTanner said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Fair point PM. Little naive of me to think it would be so soon I guess! For some reason I had January in my head…

I assume the FIA will wade in at some point and bang their heads together…but at the moment it may be wise to leave them to it…generate some off-track off-season interest?

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morningview66 said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Contrary to how it ealier appeared, according to Autosport, the Renault launch at autosport international show is only a livery launch :(

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88812

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RIISE said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Only a livery launch? Damn, i’ll be going to the Autosport show this year again, there will be much more interesting things going on than a Renault launch though.

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Dan Thorn said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Ahhh that’s a shame. Was looking forward to that, at least I wont need to waste time hanging around that area now.

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Oscar Becker said 2 years, 4 months ago:

This is how Team Lotus(Lotus Racing)’s black and gold livery would’ve looked like
(looks much better than the one renault showed up)

http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/88757

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Prisoner Monkeys said 2 years, 4 months ago:

What I don’t like is the FIA have been very silent about all this. We’re facing the ridiculous situation of having two teams with the same name in the same language and they don’t seem to really care.

The FIA haven’t intervened because they have no cause to. In the case of Lotus Renault GP, Renault is the constructor. In the case of Team Lotus, Lotus is th constructor. There’s no conflict there, and they cannot start dictating who is and who isn’t allowed to sponsor which teams.

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