Originally Posted by
jimbo
It all goes back to when Chapman split Lotus into Team Lotus and Lotus Cars to prevent one going bust bringing the other down. Team Lotus stayed with the family/friends/racers and Lotus cars got bought up by Proton. So the namings go like;
2009 - Lotus Racing 1 Malaysia
2010 - Team Lotus Renault
2009 - Renault F1
2010 - Lotus Renault
In terms of the "real" Lotus, Team Lotus (fernandes' mob) are more like the original Chapman Lotus. They're based in Norwich, they have the support of the family and are trying to build a team from the ground up. The other Lotus is a sponser rebadge of an old team.
The old renault team will be more successful but I'll be supporting the green ones. The whinging and moaning about Fernandes' Lotues being "fake" also make the Renault guys look like tossers as well (imho).