Lotus’s ‘Baptism’ at Sakhir

After a 16-year absence, Lotus still has a big name with seven constructors’ championships have ever won. Heat and dryness become the baptisms of Bahrain GP race comeback to land the jet.

Year 1994 was the last season in which F1 Lotus cars participated. Withdrawal of the team in 1995 is considered a blow for F1 because Lotus is a collection of seven world championships and six Constructors’ world championship drivers.

September 2010 and officially announced Lotus finally returned to the world of F1. Received support from the Malaysian government, they now appear with the name of Lotus Racing.

After undergoing a series of winter tests, Lotus will have his comeback debut on Sunday (14.3.2010) on the upcoming Bahrain GP. Although he admitted would be very difficult race track conditions relating located in the middle of the desert, a team based in the UK that claim very enthusiastic.

“Bahrain is a difficult place to start the race again. Very hot there, it’s dry and sandy. Thus it will be a baptism of fire for us, but we must start from a point, hopefully we can finish,” said team principal Lotus, Tony Fernandes at Reuters.

Although considered as the best team than the other two newcomers, Lotus obviously still losing much if it had to compete with teams such as McLaren’s top, or a Red Bull Ferrari. As a picture of Lotus’s T127 five seconds adrift with the MP4-25 McLaren Mercedes belonging to the test in Barcelona.

“It could be there on Saturday qualifying, with Ferrari, McLaren and Renault, Red Bull, and all the other teams long since become something really fantastic,” added Fernandes.

For the 2010 season Lotus rely on two drivers who have just had a lot of experience of riding a jet land Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen. While the position of third place racer Fairuz Fauzy local drivers.