Lotus Racing

**Lotus Racing** was a Formula 1 racing team. The team was created by the Malaysian government and Proton. It started racing in 2010 and ended by the end of 2011.

Lotus Racing is not the same as Team Lotus. Lotus is owned by Proton, a company that builds cars. The Malaysian government owns a large part of Proton.  Lotus Racing was started by the Malaysian government to promote the Proton company and its Lotus cars. The right to use the name _Team Lotus_ is owned by David Hunt.  David Hunt is the brother of James Hunt. James Hunt is the 1976 F1 world champion. The only connection between the two teams is the name _Lotus_.

The new Lotus race car is painted green and yellow. These colors are the same colors used by the oridgnal Team Lotus.

At the end of 2011, Team Lotus' name was changed to Caterham F1 Team. Caterham F1 Team went bankrupt by the end of 2014.

## Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Chassis|Engine|Tyres|Drivers|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|Points|WCC|||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="3"|Lotus T127|rowspan="3"|Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8|rowspan="3"|||BHR|AUS|MAL|CHN|ESP|MON|TUR|CAN|EUR|GBR|GER|HUN|BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|BRA|ABU||rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**0**|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**10th**|||||||||||
|align="left"|Jarno Trulli|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#ffffff"|DNS|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|21|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|19|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|19|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|21||
|align="left"|Heikki Kovalainen|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|NC|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#ffffff"|DNS|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|18|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|18|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17||
|rowspan="4"|Lotus T128|rowspan="4"|Renault RS27-2011 2.4 L V8|rowspan="4"|||AUS|MAL|CHN|TUR|ESP|MON|CAN|EUR|GBR|GER|HUN|BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|IND|ABU|BRA||rowspan="4" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**0***|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**10th***|||||||||||
|align="left"|Heikki Kovalainen||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Jarno Trulli||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Karun Chandhok||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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## Infobox (f1 team)

- **constructor name**: Lotus-Renault
- **long name**: Lotus Racing
- **base**: Hingham, Norfolk, Hingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
- **principal**: Tony Fernandes
- **director**: Mike Gascoyne
- **2011 drivers**: 20.  Heikki Kovalainen
21.  Jarno Trulli
- **2011 test drivers**: Karun Chandhok
 Luiz Razia
 Davide Valsecchi
 Ricardo Teixeira
- **2011 chassis**: Lotus T128
- **2011 engine**: Renault F1, Renault RS27-2011
- **2011 tyres**: Pirelli
- **debut**: 2010 Formula One season, 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
- **final**: 2011 Formula One season, 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
- **races**: 38
- **cons champ**: 0
- **drivers champ**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **poles**: 0
- **fastest laps**: 0
- **last season**: 2010
- **last position**: 10th (0 points)
- **logo**: