Vitaly Petrov has dedicated his maiden F1 podium to everyone in the Lotus Renault GP team after overcoming a tough winter. read more »

Lotus looks back at the 2011 Qantas Australian Grand Prix in which its drivers finished 15th and DNF read more »

  Jarno Trulli (15th): "It was really good to finish the race and to show that there is some pace in the car, despite some of the read more »

After a tough first Grand Prix weekend of the 2011 Formula One season, Team Lotus is pleased with both Jarno Trulli's and Heikki Kovalainen's performance.... read more »

Australia Sunday quotes: Lotus read more »

Lotus said it was very satisfied with its race pace in Melbourne, even though it did not achieve its aim of catching the more established midfield teams in the season opener read more »

Sebastian Vettel had virtually led from start to finish after launching away from pole position and easily retaining first, even without KERS. Lewis Hamilton came in second... read more »

David Hunt has leant his support to Team Lotus, less than a week after it was reported he would sue team principal Tony Fernandes. read more »

David Hunt appears to have backtracked on his criticism of Tony Fernandes to wish Team Lotus well in its first race since 1994. read more »

Team Lotus has received a message of support from David Hunt, the man who used to own the name - just a few days after he had hit out at team principal Tony Fernandes read more »

Both drivers of Team Lotus were unable to show their true performance as they were struggling to get the tyres up to temperature. The team is hopeful though that with higher... read more »

With Nick Heidfeld unexpectedly out-for-the-count as early as Q1, Vitaly Petrov artfully raised Lotus Renault GP's spirits with an excellent qualifying run to line up... read more »

Team Lotus has said that it remains optimistic of a good result in the Australian GP despite a disappointing qualifying performance. read more »

Australia Saturday quotes: Lotus read more »

Lotus drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli are adamant that they will be much more competitive in race conditions tomorrow when they can generate some tyre temperature,... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen (20th): "Unfortunately the rear wing was stuck in the high downforce configuration for the second run which definitely masked the real pace there read more »

Having anticipated a leap up the grid in F1 2011, free practice in Melbourne only yielded more of the same for a frustrated Team Lotus - but all concerned are convinced the... read more »

Newly-labelled Team Lotus enduring a trying start to the 2011 campaign on Friday, with reserve driver Karun Chandhok’s first-lap spin only overshadowing what was a generally... read more »

Lotus has said it is expecting more from its car on Saturday after it appeared slower than expected during Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Karun Chandhok has accepted full responsibility for the embarrassing incident which involved the Indian crashing just three corners into his Team Lotus career.  read more »

A solid day for the Lotus team as they began their second season in Formula One. The programes for both Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen were completed as planned despite... read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Lotus read more »

Lotus is adamant that it did not show its true pace in free practice in Melbourne and will be more competitive over the rest of the weekend read more »

Karun Chandhok: "I'm obviously disappointed to have had such a short run for my first time in the Team Lotus car, but I put my read more »

Local favourite Mark Webber led a Red Bull 1-2 in the opening practice session of the 2011 Formula 1 season on Friday afternoon. Behind the Milton Keynes cars, Fernando Alonso... read more »