Lotus return to track

ByReuters

Published 09/02/2010 at 21:12 GMT

Lotus returned to a Formula One track for the first time in 16 years when test driver Fairuz Fauzy gave their car a shakedown at Silverstone.

Malaysia's Fairuz Fauzy talks during a press conference at the newly announced Malaysian-backed Lotus team in Kuala Lumpur

Image credit: AFP

The yellow and green Lotus brand has been brought back to F1 by a Malaysian consortium and the car will be officially unveiled in London on Friday before entering the third official test session in Spain next week.

Lotus is one of four new teams in Formula One this season although fellow newcomers Campos and US F1 are in danger of not being ready for the season opener in Bahrain on March 14.

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