Group Lotus

Lotus Racing has been on the grid for a season already, but that's not the "real" Lotus. Group Lotus, the corporate parent of Lotus Cars, won't be in F1 until next season--as new owner and title sponsor of the former Renault F1 Team, running under the new title "Lotus Renault GP." Confused yet? It's no wonder, and the fight between Group Lotus owner Proton and Tony Fernandes' Team Lotus over rights to use the Lotus name continues. To confuse matters further, both teams plan to use variants of the black-and-gold John Player Special livery of the original Lotus F1 team cars of the 1970s and...