General 
Total race laps: 58    Weather: Sunny
Max track temp: 30°    

Fastest laps 
KOV - 1:32.695, lap 55 / TRU - 1.32.862, lap 39            

The full 8 minutes or so presentation by Ansar Ali - 27/04/2011 on Club YouTube Feed

The full 12 minutes or so presentation by Tony Fernandes - 27/04/2011 on Club YouTube Feed

Heikki Kovalainen donuts Tom Webb In Caterham/Lotus 7 at Team Lotus Buys Caterham Media Day 27th April 2011 - Club Lotus YouTube Channel

Heikki Kovalainen Goes Nuts In Caterham/Lotus 7 at Team Lotus Buys Caterham Media Day 27th April 2011 - Club Lotus YouTube Channel

YouTube Promotional Video from Team Lotus and Caterham Cars

Team Lotus Enterprise today announces that it has purchased British sportscar maker Caterham Cars.

The acquisition by Tony Fernandes, Kamarudin Meranun and SM Nasarudin, the men behind the Team Lotus Formula 1 squad, from the shareholder consortium led by Corven Ventures, will see the legendary lightweight sportscar manufacturer expand its brand profile and product family.

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart" Confucius (551 - 479 BC)

General

Total race laps: 56  

Weather: Overcast, cloudy (am), sunny (pm)

Max track temp: 32˚
 
Fastest laps

KOV - 1:42.672, lap 45 / TRU - 1.42.052, lap 53           

"The journey of 1,000 miles starts with one step" Lao Tzu

Weather

Grey, cloudy, dry

Min/max track temperature: 21˚ / 24˚  

"Great acts are made up of small deeds", Lao Tzu 600BC - 531BC

Total laps

FP1
KOV - 13
RAZ - 9

FP2
KOV - 30
TRU - 32

Total race laps: 56  

Weather: Overcast, cloudy (am), sunny (pm)

Max track temp: 35˚   

Total laps

FP3: KOV 19 / TRU 15

QUALIFYING: KOV 8 / TRU 8  

Fastest laps

FP3: KOV 1.39.260, lap 16 / TRU 1.39.699 lap 14

QUALIFYING: KOV 19th, 1.38.645, lap 4 / TRU 20th, 1.38.791, lap 7

Total laps  VAL - 18KOV - 4TRU - 40 (21 FP1 / 19 FP2)

Weather  Grey, cloudy, humid  Min/max track temperature: 32˚/ 49˚

Fastest laps  VAL 1.44.054 (lap 16)TRU 1.41.620 lap 1 FP1KOV 1.44.886 lap 3 FP2

You can now get your very own Team Lotus livery for your mobile phone, thanks to new team supplier Diabloskinz.

The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award will serve to further facilitate the promotion of commercial and cultural ties between the United Kingdom and Malaysia, says Dato' Sri Tony Fernandes who was honoured with the award by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II here today.

General

Total race laps: 58  

Weather: Overcast, cloudy (am), sunny (pm)

Max track temp: 22˚   

Fastest laps: KOV - 1:35.230, lap 16 / TRU - 1.32.550, lap 52

Weather
Grey, cloudy, dry
Min/max track temperature: 19˚ / 20˚  

Total laps
FP3: KOV 17 / TRU 18
QUALIFYING: KOV 10 / TRU 12    

General

Race laps: 58

Chassis: T128-01 / T128-03

Total laps: CHA - 0, KOV - 36 (14 FP1 / 22 FP2), TRU - 23

Weather: Grey, cloudy, rain

Min/max track temperature: 19˚/ 23˚

Fastest laps: CHA n/a / KOV 1.30.829 lap 15 FP2 / TRU 1.30.910 lap 18 FP2

Team Lotus has today finalised its 2011 driver line-up with confirmation that Karun Chandhok is the team's Reserve Driver, joining Race Drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli, Third Driver Luiz Razia and Test Drivers Davide Valsecchi and Ricardo Teixeira in the Anglo / Malaysian team's stable of driving talent.

Team Lotus has today confirmed that Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi will be combining their 2011 GP2 Team AirAsia commitments with official roles in Team Lotus , with Luiz Razia as Third Driver and Davide Valsecchi as Test Driver. Ricardo Teixeira also joins as a second Test Driver to continue his long-term development program with the team.

Luiz and Davide will be taking part in a number of Friday practice sessions at selected 2011 Grands Prix and Team Lotus is also working on a number of other exciting driver-related projects which will be announced in due course.

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen

Total laps: 138

Fastest lap: 1.23.437 (lap 36)

Chassis: T128-03

Drivers: Jarno Trulli (am) / Heikki Kovalainen (pm)

Total laps: 46 (Trulli 6 / Kovalainen 40)
Fastest laps: Jarno Trulli - 1.34.490 (lap 5) / Heikki Kovalainen - 1.23.990 (lap 23)

Chassis: T128-03

Driver: Jarno Trulli

Chassis: T128-01

Total laps: 98

Fastest lap: 1.26.090(lap 79)

DRIVERS: Davide Valsecchi (am) / Luiz Razia (pm)

TOTAL LAPS: 81

FASTEST LAPS: Valsecchi - 1.25.406 (lap 45) / Razia - 1.26.723 (lap 73)

CHASSIS: T128-01

Driver: Jarno Trulli / Chassis: T128-01

Fastest lap: 1.29.992 (lap 4)

Driver: Jarno Trulli / Chassis: T128-01

Total laps: 48

Fastest lap: 1.25.454 (lap 45)

DRIVERS: Heikki Kovalainen / Ricardo Teixeira
CHASSIS: T128-01
TOTAL LAPS: 84
WEATHER: Sunny - Min/Max track temp: 7˚/ 17˚
FASTEST LAPS: 1.26.420 (KOV lap 17) / 1.31.584 (TEI  lap 22)

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen / Chassis: T128-01
Weather: Grey, cloudy (am) / sunny (pm)
Min/Max track temp: 6˚/ 25˚
Fastest lap: 1.30.065 (lap 37)

IT'S IN THE BLOOD

My father was involved in motorsport as a Driver and Mechanic so right from an early age I spent endless weekends at race events helping out, as a result there was always a high probability motorsport engineering would become my profession.

A random set of pictures courtesy of Team Lotus from 2 days of testing in Jerez for Heikki Kovalainen

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen / Chassis: T128-01

Total laps: 43 / Fastest lap: 1.21.632 (lap 42)

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen / Chassis: T128-01

Total laps: 61 / Fastest lap: 1.21.711 (lap 60)

Driver: Jarno Trulli / Chassis: T128-01

Total test laps 11/02/11: 40
Fastest lap: 1.23.220 (lap 6)
Weather: Dry, sunny - Min/Max track temp: 11˚/ 30.6˚

End of first test day in Jerez.

Driver: Jarno Trulli / Chassis: T128-01

Total laps: 54 / fastest lap: 1.24.480 (lap 46)

Team Lotus official production release on YouTube video from the final day in Valencia last week. Well worth a watch.

Enjoy some pictures from Team Lotus from today's testing in Jerez.

More will be added during the day.

RICARDO TEIXEIRA: “I want to thank Team Lotus for giving me the chance to drive the T128 today. I am really pleased I could help out with the filming this morning and after my first taste of an F1 car I can't wait to have another go.”

You can checkout some of the filming here

Tony Fernandes , Team Lotus Team Principal, AirAsia Group CEO and Malaysia's iconic entrepreneur, has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire honour by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Some YouTube videos from Valencia - as Team Lotus release them we will keep adding them to the news story.

More photos of the T128 in action at the hands of Jarno during his stint on day 3 in Valencia.

Thought we'd share some photos of the T128 in action at the hands of Heikki during his short stint on day 2 in Valencia.

Chris Sawyer, Executive Editor of US-based website Cars In Context, reflects upon this week’s developments in the dispute over the IPRs to the Team Lotus Trade Marks in an inciteful article on AROnline. Check out what he has to say here.

JARNO TRULLI: "It has been a very positive first day, despite the fact we deliberately didn't set any meaningful laptimes as the car is missing a few parts that will be with us tomorrow. Nevertheless, the car feels great - it has good grip and today we were able to concentrate on carrying out work on the systems which we were going to have to do at some point anyway. Now we can concentrate on building up the performance levels tomorrow and in the next tests, so while it's a shame I couldn't have a full taste of the car, it was still a very positive first day in the new car."

HEIKKI KOVALAINEN: “Despite the limited running today the car felt fantastic. It immediately felt like it was much better balanced than last year’s car and the grip level felt ok, but it’s a bit hard to make any real judgements as we weren’t going for performance. Today was basically our shakedown and we managed to get through most of the checks we’d aimed to – it wasn’t about pushing today, it was about checking the systems and making sure the new engine, gearbox and hydraulics are all working as we want them to. The whole team has had a very busy winter and everybody has been working flat out to make sure we could be at the first test of the season which wasn’t the case last year. This morning we were the first car out on track and that’s been the story all winter – we’ve hit all our targets and it was the same today.”

Here it is ....

Team Lotus will launch its 2011 car, the TL11, exclusively free and online in the Team Lotus Notes magazine at 0500 (GMT) on Monday 31st January via www.teamlotus.co.uk

Team Lotus is delighted that we were successful at the Summary Judgment Application hearing today and that the Judge threw out Group Lotus' application even before hearing the arguments of the barristers on either side.

Team Lotus / Group Lotus date set for full trial in F1 naming row - 21st March 2011 date set by Mr Justice Peter Smith

Team Lotus has decided to revert to green and gold colours in the latest twist in the ongoing dispute between themselves and Group Lotus. This is a variation on the green and yellow colour scheme they used in their debut season in 2010 when they competed as Lotus Racing .

Today's announcement by Bernard Rey, President of Renault Sport, of the engine partnership with Renault from the 2011 season and beyond finally confirms one of the most interesting stories of the 2010 Formula One™ season and is a clear sign of the strength of the Anglo & Malaysian team's ambitions to move up the grid as quickly as possible. Team Principal Tony Fernandes, Chief Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne and Chief Executive Officer Riad Asmat gave their thoughts on the announcement today.