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Lotus granted 13th entry for 2010


The Lotus F1 team has been awarded the 13th entry in the 2010 Formula 1 championship, the governing body announced on Tuesday.

The FIA said it had also received an "impressive" application from the BMW Sauber team, but given the uncertainty about the ownership of the Hinwil squad the governing body decided to give the entry to Lotus.

BMW was, however, given the "14th place" in case any vacancy arises on the 2010 grid.

The governing body added the it will look into expanding the grid to 14 teams, "consulting urgently with the existing teams regarding the introduction of an appropriate rule change to expand the grid to 28 cars in time for the first Grand Prix in 2010."

As revealed by AUTOSPORT earlier this month, the Lotus entry will be backed a company called 1Malaysia F1 Team Sdn Bhd, with Tony Fernandes as team principal. Fernandes is the founder and CEO of the Malaysian-based Tune Group, owner of the Air Asia airline.

The FIA said Mike Gascoyne will be the team's technical director and that Lotus will use Cosworth engines.

The company is a partnership between the Malaysian government and a consortium of Malaysian entrepreneurs. The Lotus name will return to Formula 1 as a constructor for the first time since 1994.

Lotus will be initially based at the RTN facility in Norfolk, UK, some 10 miles from the Lotus Cars factory. The 50,000 square foot facility was originally built by Toyota for its initial Formula 1 programme and then used by Bentley for its Le Mans programme.

The team's future design, R&D, manufacturing and technical centre will be built at Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit.

izgleda da će F1 sledeće sezone imati 20 klubova, kako je počelo ne bi me čudilo i da se Zastava Auto (mislim da je to sada zvaničan naziv) prijavi

ništa se ti ne sekiraj, proširi će to berni eklston za još par timova. što čovjek da odbije par stotina miliona evra kad ima zainteresovanih ljudi da ulažu.

ali dzaba sve to kad se titula vraca u ruke Ferrarija

BMW Sauber sold to Swiss company


The BMW Sauber team has confirmed that a buyer has been found in the Swiss Qadbak Investments company. The firm hopes to find a place on the 2010 Formula One grid as the FIA writes to all entrants in order to request permission to enter a fourteenth team.

With Bavarian manufacturer BMW having announced its departure from F1 in July, the team hopes to remain as part of the field following a successful sale to Qadbak, 'a Swiss-based foundation which represents the interests of certain Middle East and European-based families' and which is also rumoured to be the secret owner of England's Notts County football club.

'BMW wishes Qadbak and the Sauber Team every success for the 2010 season and beyond,' a Tuesday statement reads. Sky claim the deal with Qadbak, headed by Swiss entrepreneur Lionel Fischer, to be in the region of £70m.

Gdje cemo mi sad DELLBOY?

Gdje cemo mi sad DELLBOY?

Force India

Uvjek sam volio tim koji ispod prosjeka a napravi nešto senzacionalno.

Tim ili vozac. Zato mi je Kubica bio super .. kad je dosao, nije se ni najmanje ocekivalo da bude tako brz .. a ne npr od starta izvikani Hamilton (dobro, zbog toga i zato sto je opstio sa Nicole ). Na stranu sto je on zaista vrhunski vozac.

Zato .. do kraja sezone .. ako BMW ne napravi cudo .. ja navijam za Force Indiju

I 'ocu .. ovo .. sad pa sad