#38 I agree 100%. it wont be lotus just a by name, same­ goes for the brabham wich is just the failed super­ aguri.

GEOFF M yes he was. (lets not go down the pantomine­ route lol)

francis s=superstar and potter are certainly on top of­ their game.

david_cowan - Does this mean that it would be proper to­ keep the name Lotus F1 dead forever? Because Lotus has­ been gone for so long (as has brabham etc) that I­ cannot see how it will be revived in any other way.­ Lets face it no one can ever replace Chapman, but maybe­ from the ashes? And who knows, they might really be­ into the Lotus heritage and do the best job they can­ for Lotus fans. I say its worth giving them the chance.­ It maybe a genuine Lotus revival from an unlikely­ source!

They can buy a name off e-bay, paint the car whatever­ colour they like but how can it in any way shape or­ form be a Lotus ? Would you guys be so happy if it was­ a Proton running around in Max's Pri-mark F1 series­ ?

Cashel - Yes, founding fathers die but in many cases­ the team continues on. There is always some kind of­ thread - family, factory etc. Or, if there is no­ thread, the trend in the past has been a bigger outfit­ taking over a smaller one and using the name.
What we­ are seeing here is no real connection at all - just a­ name being purchased. And a more illustrious name/­ outfit than those purchasing it. We have a genuine­ major British outfit with an uninterupted thread of­ real history (Mclaren) being replaced by a small­ English F3 team (Litespeed), plucking a name from the­ past. How can this be construed as being good for F1 or­ for British Motor Racing?

gareth hall - no he wasn't

Chapman died in 82, but the lotus name continued into­ the 90's, I did not see anybody complaining then?­ Should Ferrari disband because Enzo died? What about­ Mclaren? Brawn is a good one, what on earth can you­ say about them, and Renault ofcourse. None of these­ (and many others) have there founding fathers at the­ helm. Most of them have moved factorys and premises and­ a bet you none of them have have original team­ members.

So most of them are names past from owner to­ owner, names purchased and changed over the years or­ kept the same. The point is that Renault are a UK based­ team rkun by a French owner! No one complains that they­ are not Renault, or points out that English people run­ the factory and make the car. Remember Ferrari are now­ just a branch of Fiat and the name is only kept alive­ for marketing purposes, thats all. Get some real idiots­ in charge of the motor racing arm and bang!!!!!

I­ guess my point is that things change and you can have­ either the name or the reality, but very rarely both.

Chapman died in 82, but the lotus name continued into­ the 90's, I did not see anybody complaining then?­ Should Ferrari disband because Enzo died? What about­ Mclaren? Brawn is a good one, what on earth can you­ say about them, and Renault ofcourse. None of these­ (and many others) have there founding fathers at the­ helm. Most of them have moved factorys and premises and­ a bet you none of them have have original team­ members.

So most of them are names past from owner to­ owner, names purchased and changed over the years or­ kept the same. The point is that Renault are a UK based­ team rkun by a French owner! No one complains that they­ are not Renault, or points out that English people run­ the factory and make the car. Remember Ferrari are now­ just a branch of Fiat and the name is only kept alive­ for marketing purposes, thats all. Get some real idiots­ in charge of the motor racing arm and bang!!!!!

I­ guess my point is that things change and you can have­ either the name or the reality, but very rarely both.

what a way to make a REAL RACING TEAM LIKE LOTUS AND­ DISGRACE ITS NAME!!!!
A lowest of the low F3 team­ LIGHTSPEED using a great British Name like LOTUS ­ Gasgoigne should be banned from all F1 and te BBC­ forever.
And this is how Max n Bernie want F1 ro be?­ Thats Brabham March now Lotus what next COOPER, BRM,­ EMBASSY HILL, SHADOW, DISGRACEFUL F1 UTTERLY­ DISGRACEFUL
mickey mouse racing for 2010 in F1 if Max­ gets his way

It is soooo obvious that Burt and Touronroute are one­ an the same person.
a) look at their appalling,­ childish grammar,
b) Look at their one-topic material­ and
c) They always turn up at the same time.

I think I­ have proved my point.

Touron you are the weakest link­ - buzz off.

Jim clark was the best driver ever!!!!

You know what might be better - a breakaway hybrid of­ the current top iconic manufacturers mixed with the­ small independent teams racing under old iconic names.­ The best of the new and the best of the old!

We have Mclaren at the moment Peter, but in all­ likelihood, under the cost cap, we will lose them and­ Brawn in exchange for Litespeed-Lotus. Anyway you look­ at it that's a downshift...

well if Lotus can make a come back to F1 , good luck to­ them, and I didnt say they should be painted racing­ Green, I just said bring that back too. it could be­ LOTUS or BRAWN or even MCLAREN, just as long as its a­ British racing team.

The return of Lotus is in name only. Those who cite­ how, in the past, the current big manufacturers bought­ small teams and built them up under their own name to­ what they are now, should consider that what F1 is­ doing is the reverse. Former, big names like Lotus and­ Brabham are having their names used by small,­ backmarker F3 teams. This is the direction that F1 is­ going under a cost cap - the big will become small and­ legendary names will become devalued. This is just­ Moselys smoke and mirrors at work - he is gambling that­ no-one will notice that they are watching GP2 with an­ F1 stripe. A Ford Fiesta in British racing green is­ still a Ford Fiesta...

just been browsing on the internet under Lotus and seen­ abit about Ronnie Petersen , probably one
of the best­ Lotus driver ever, JPS. but Lotus would look great in­ British Racing Green, and i think they
would get a lot­ of fans too.

AS LONG AS THEY KEEP MCLAREN!!!

I like how you can get abusive mad people on these­ forums and they hardly get a thumb down and then Peter­ MC suggests that Lotus cars should be green and gets­ tumbed down for it! Yes bad Peter for suggesting such a­ mad thing!!!