Anderson Y, Malaysian driver Fairuz Fauzy out-classed­ Jamie Alguesuari in first race of Renault 3.5 world­ series last night at Nurburgring to finish second on­ the podium. Overall Fauzy is only 13 points behind­ Jamie, who is currently second in the championship with­ another 3 race to go. If Torro Rosso can have faith in­ Jamie as their F1 replacement driver, dont see why­ Lotus F1 can't give a Malaysian i.e Fairuz Fauzy a­ shot at it too. Not all successful F1 drivers have to­ come through GP2, and neither is it something new that­ some teams would at times put in preference for­ national drivers.

For the 1st season of Lotus F1, no Malaysian should be­ driving for Lotus F1. Send those local driver to GP2­ first. They can only graduate to F1 if they can get top­ 3 in overall GP2 championship! Do the right thing­ Fernandez! Don't be the typical stupid Malaysian...­ They are very little smart people in Malaysia,­ hopefully Fernandez is a smart one to realize no­ Malaysian driver is good enough for F1. I know the­ Malaysian Government is full of stupid people who wants­ a Malaysian driver to drive in Lotus F1, hopefully that­ get no say in driver line-up. Merit should be above­ everything, nationality of driver should not play a­ role in deciding driver line-up. Smart people will know­ that, stupid people will say Malaysian should get an F1­ seat in Lotus F1.

jdjrf1, what u r saying is Gascoyne can contribute to a­ F1 car. However, he is unable to improve in further to­ make it a winning car. U said Gascoyne design the 05­ renault, but someone else improve it in 06 to make it a­ winning car. Gascoyne again design Force india car in­ 07 and 08, after he left, someone else improve it to­ make it so competative now! It's much easier to­ design a F1 car than to improve it to a winning F1­ car!! Clearly Gayscone cannot design a winning F1 car­ and are unable to improve the car he designed. Lotus F1­ really needs someone more capable than Gascoyne

Just a quick note on the GB, UK, England thing... It­ was ALL considered England before WW II... The History­ of England included Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,­ Canada, Australia, etc. The distinctions between­ England and the rest of GB/UK have only arisen­ relatively recently. (But Harleyboy is a fool­ nonetheless).
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octaneoverboost,thanks for your advice. However­ I'm 63 so I'm not a kid. I well remember Lotus­ (for many years painted BRG) and a winning tradition­ with drivers such as Clark, Hill, Moss, Rindt,­ Fittipaldi and Andretti as I was a big Lotus fan. ­ Regardless, I'm not saying that the Malaysians­ don't have the right to buy a team, clearly they­ do. But they really only bought the name, not the­ history. And if their automotive advances are as you­ say, wouldn't a new name reflecting these advances­ possibly highlighting their Malaysian roots be more­ appropritate?

Anderson. If it wasn't for mike gasgoyne alonso­ wouldn't have won his titles. He designed the 05­ and that was the basis for the 06. He tends to set the­ groundwork for a good car

ddtruax, You're obviously a kid, or you're from­ another planet. Where do you think the Timberland shoes­ are made now? You've no knowledge about the­ Malaysian's advancement in auto technology, please­ go to back school.

if it wasn`t for proton and malaysia lotus would be­ nothing but a memory. think back to minardi italian or­ english force india indian or english who cares as­ long as theres good racing!!!!!

If the F1 cars are to be built in Malaysia, they're­ not Lotus F-1's. Maybe the owners and investors­ bought the rights to the name, but they should consider­ renaming the team.

Lotus owned 100% by Malyasians,cars designed and bulit­ in Malaya,then its not
a Lotus is it? Colin Chapman­ and Jim Clark must be turning in their graves.

12- Yes, I am stupid and yes Toyota are based in­ Germany, but the point is even more valid because of­ this.

The Ashes are a waste of time..they will be hoovered­ up­ the next time we can be bothered vacuuming the­ place.

It's stupid to get Mike Gascoyne involvements. Mike­ Gascoyne is always in the team that never perform well­ and that's because Mike Gascoyne never done his job­ well. With over 20 years of experience but no­ constructor championship for the team he works for­ during his employment, Mike Gascoyne is definitely not­ a good option and it seems like Malaysian have a­ tendency to make stupid decision.

I just hope there is­ no more stupid decision from this Malaysian teams. But­ there is one stupid decision that is likely to be made;­ they will put a Malaysian driver. At the moment no­ Malaysian driver is good enough to be in F1 because­ they are not champion in GP2 or any other Formula­ races. Only when a Malaysian driver is a GP2 champion­ or A1GP champion, then he deserve an F1 set

It's stupid to get Mike Gayscone involvements. Mike­ Gayscone is always in the team that never perform well­ and that's because Mike Gayscone never done his job­ well. With over 20 years of experience but no­ constructor championship for the team he works for­ during his employment, Mike Gayscone is definitely not­ a good option and it seems like Malaysian have a­ tendency to make stupid decision.

I just hope there is­ no more stupid decision from this Malaysian teams. But­ there is one stupid decision that is likely to be made;­ they will put a Malaysian driver. At the moment no­ Malaysian driver is good enough to be in F1 because­ they are not champion in GP2 or any other Formula­ races.

hi cashel are u stupid toyota f1 cars are not built in­ the uk they built in germany

I reply to no one with the word PINGU in the middle of­ his name lospinguinosnovuelan.

Oh by the way, on the drivers front, F1 is a commercial­ enterprise and Drivers with something to offer in the­ way of sponsorship etc have been employed for decades.­ Colin Chapman used to employ them, thats how Nigel­ Mansell got his break, with Lotus. He PAID for his­ drive in his first year. I too hope that the drivers­ are selected on skills alone, but no one here is­ slating the long line of Japenese drivers that have­ occupied a car that just happens to have a Japenese­ engine. Go all the way back to Lotus again in the­ 80's who had a third wheel of a driver just to­ secure there engine deal and Williams today. Stop all­ this half arssed snobbery! The world don't work­ like this and there are plenty of examples both past­ and very present that people are choosing not to see.

There seems to be alot of bad feelings because Lotus is­ now Malaysian. I don't see a problem with this. No­ one complained when Jaguar came to race, they where­ american. No one complains about the German Merc engine­ that is winning all the races at the moment, its­ designed and built in the UK. No one complains that­ Renault, a French team, are built and designed in the­ UK, same for the Japanese Toyota and until recently­ Honda. So what, they are Malaysian and they SAVED lotus­ from the scrap heap, turned out some great sprots cars­ in the true spirit of Colin Chapman, so as some of you­ are suggesting, Colin Chapman would not be turning in­ his grave, he loved racing and I personally think that­ not only would he be proud of cars like the Elise etc­ that have been built on his principles of a sports car,­ he also would like to see team Lotus still racing. Most­ of the teams on the grid today where founded by long­ dead racing giants (or at least retired) and there­ companys have changed hands many times in one form or­ another. Mr Mclaren no longer runs Mclaren are Ferrari­ are just a branch of Fiat. Having an unbroken heratige­ means nothing. No one slated BMW for being Swiss and­ setting up there racing team again did they. Companys­ change hands, if not in name then in share holders etc.­ If you can't handle this then stop supporting F1,­ because what have you got left, Mr Williams (god bless­ him) and um well, I am sure there are one or two more,­ isnt there? Oh Red Bull, thats another morfed team,­ built in the a country far away from its owners? Do you­ think that Ken Tryell would want Renault to fail just­ because they bought the team (then Benneton) or would­ he like to think "thats the team I started, look­ at them go". Who can say!