big havoc now with Proton & Group Lotus vs Tony Fernandez...I said suck to Tony...he got big headed this time...
I dont like Lotus with no real relation to real lotus...might as well get lotus name from restoren lotus....lagi better...ahhaha
But Team Lotus is the "original" Lotus F1 team when they were in F1 many years back, not Lotus Racing. Proton claims ownership to the word Lotus in Lotus Racing which is valid as they own Lotus Group. But that might not be the case with "Team Lotus" coz when Lotus tutup kedai years ago, someone else bought over the company Team Lotus Ventures which owns Team Lotus. And now Tony owns Team Lotus Ventures, hence he has the rights to use the brand Team Lotus.
If Proton owns the name Team Lotus, why didn't they race as Team Lotus this year? Why create Lotus Racing?
Most probably someone from Proton made the decision to acquire Lotus Group and gave up on Team Lotus Ventures, thinking "What do we need a company that operates a F1 team for when we're not even racing in F1?".
I think Proton is going to be seen as a joke if they did indeed acquire Lotus Group, passed up on Team Lotus and is now claiming Tony has no rights to use Team Lotus simply because there is a Lotus in that word.
They must be worried that the world will see Team Lotus as a separate entity from Proton owned Lotus. If I were them I would have just kept quiet about the whole issue and ride on the free publicity.
Heck, who do you think has done more for the Lotus brand in the past year, Proton or Tony Fernandes?
I also support Petronas's view that it's time for Malaysians to come out of their Jaguh Kampung mentality. It's better to have more Malaysian brands in different teams than to have all Malaysian brands in one team. My ten cents worth.
Go Red Bull!!!
