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01 TEAM LOTUS BRIEF HISTORY

02 TEAM LOTUS ON THE WEB

03 TEAM LOTUS PARTNERS

04 LOTUS RENAULT T128

05 TEAM LOTUS DRIVERS

06 TEAM LOTUS SHAREHOLDERS

07 TEAM LOTUS SENIOR MANAGEMENT

08 TEAM LOTUS FACTORY

09 1MALAYSIA RACING SDN BHD

CONTENTS


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TEAM LOTUS

BRIEF HISTORY


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5 01: TEAM LOTUS BRIEF HISTORY

The legendary Team Lotus name has

returned to Formula One for the 2011

season, but to trace the roots of the

return of one of world sports most

iconic names we have to go back to

2009. On September 12th 2009 the

team, then known as Lotus Racing, wasofficially born when the FIA granted its

entry into the 2010 FIA Formula One

World Championship. Headed up by Team

Principal Tony Fernandes and Deputy

Team Principals Kamarudin Meranun

and SM Nasarudin, supported by Chief

Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne and

Chief Executive Riad Asmat, the teammade its base in Hingham, Norfolk, near

the original home of Team Lotus and set

about its 2010 challenge of winning the

battle of the new teams in Formula One.

Stepping back even further, the teams

origins began before September 2009, with

Tony and fellow shareholders Kamarudin

Meranun and SM Nasarudin leading

a consortium of Malaysian business

interests who joined forces to provide

initial funding for the nascent team under

the parent company 1Malaysia Racing Sdn

Bhd. Tony immediately began appointing

key senior management positions,

including Riad Asmat as Chief Executive

Officer and Keith Saunt as Chief Operating

Officer, while Mike Gascoyne began work

on the technical program in the UK andacross Europe.

As the team moved into its new Hingham

home, work began immediately on

building the 2010 cars with Mike directing

the technical efforts across centres

of excellence in design, wind tunnel,

composite manufacturing and a host of

ancillary support services throughout

Europe in an intensive effort to be ready

for the rapidly approaching season ahead.

With the car build process under way, a

similar effort was also being undertaken

in creating the team itself, with new staff

being taken on every day, and the fabric

of the teams identity being created

from scratch.

In December 2009 one of the firstmajor milestones was reached, with a

ceremony in Kuala Lumpur unveiling the

first Lotus Racing drivers - Italys Jarno

Trulli, Finlands Heikki Kovalainen and

Malaysias Fairuz Fauzy as third driver. The

combination of race winning experience,

determination and passion gave the team

a good platform from which to establish

the true pace of the car and have a

fighting chance of exceeding expectations

in the season ahead.

Team Lotus Brief History

In December 2009 one of the first

major milestones was reached,with a ceremony in Kuala Lumpurunveiling the first Lotus Racingdrivers - Italys Jarno Trulli, FinlandsHeikki Kovalainen and MalaysiasFairuz Fauzy.


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December brought the UKs worst winter

for 30 years and as staff numbers at the

Hingham factory grew work continued

apace on preparations for the forthcoming

season. Jarno, Heikki and Fairuz all spent

time in snowy Norfolk, having their seats

fitted and familiarising themselves with

their new Race Engineers, pit crews and

support staff. Chassis 01 passed all its

crash tests in early January and soon

afterwards was back at the factory for

the engineers and mechanics to start

work on the cars build process. As the

teams hours in the factory increased,

a modern F1 car began to take shape,

and by early February the months of hard

work culminated in the first Cosworth

engine fire up in the factory.

Two days after that momentous first

engine fire up the now 130 strong staff

gathered in the factorys race bays for

a first view of the car in its final buildspecification. As the final pieces of

bodywork were fixed in place, the Lotus

Racing team saw had their first look at the

cars green and yellow livery, bringing to

mind some of motor racings most iconic

images and leaving everyone involved

with the impression that not only was the

car beautiful, but also would exceed the

expectations of motor racing fans around

the world.

The next day the team moved to a

very cold and snowy Silverstone for

shakedown a day where system checks

and engineering procedures worked in

harmony to finally see the Lotus Cosworth

T127, as it had by then been designated,

break cover on track, with Malaysias

Fairuz Fauzy at the wheel. There was hugeinterest in this test from fans and media

alike, and at the end of the 2010 season

Autosport, the motorsport industry bible,

reported that a spy-shot of the T127

at the shakedown was its most viewed

image of the whole year.

Having successfully completed the

shakedown, the team and nearly 500

guests gathered in London in February

2010 at the prestigious Royal Horticultural

Halls to see Tony, Mike, Jarno, Heikki and

There was huge interest in this testfrom fans and media alike, and at theend of the 2010 season Autosport,the motorsport industry bible,reported that a spy-shot of theT127 at the shakedown was its most

viewed image of the whole year.


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Fairuz unveil the T127 for the first time in

public. Among the guests were some true

legends of the sport, including Sir Stirling

Moss and Nigel Mansell, as well as the

massed ranks of the worlds media, thereto see the car that would be competing

around the world in the 2010 Formula

One World Championship. The team

received a huge vote of praise at the

event, in the subsequent press coverage

and feedback from fans around the world,

proving they had made the right choice

in terms of the driver line-up, strategic

goals and, most importantly to many fans,

the colour scheme a green and yellow

livery that pays homage to the marques

illustrious heritage and demonstrates that

Having both cars classified earnedthe team huge respect across themotorsport world, and this respectgrew throughout the season asthe team took charge of the battleof the new teams, a lead theycomfortably held onto throughoutthe 19 race season.


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the team is fully aware of its

place, standing on the shoulders of

motorsport giants.

Barely taking time to breathe, Lotus

Racing then moved on to the pre-season

tests, the first time the cars would run in

anger only five months after the teams

inception. Straight after the tests it was

destination Bahrain for the season opening

race. On March 12th, exactly six months

to the day since gaining their entry to

the 2010 Championship, Lotus Racing

recorded another milestone this time

seeing both cars out on track in Friday

practice for the first time. The weekend

ended with both cars being classified

Heikki finishing 15th and Jarno 17th after

an extremely emotional weekend brought

a dream conclusion. Having both cars

classified earned the team huge respect

across the motorsport world, and this

respect grew throughout the season as

the team took charge of the battle of the

new teams, a lead they comfortably held

onto throughout the 19 race season.

At the last race of 2010 in Abu DhabiLotus Racing was confirmed in tenth place

in the Championship, securing the best

new team title. Alongside this success

on track the team continued to go from

strength to strength off track with the

total number of staff now over 220,

including 30 Malaysian staff based in the

UK and Malaysia working in the design

office, marketing and the commercial

team. A few notable incidents took place

in the latter half of the year, with Heikki

and Mark Webber coming together in

spectacular fashion in Valencia, Heikki

earning a new nickname FireMan for his

heroic fire-fighting exploits in Singapore

and then recording the teams best result

of the season in the incident-packed

Japanese Grand Prix when car 19 came

home in 12th place. That result, anda very strong end to the season from

both drivers, was enough to secure

that all important tenth place in the

2010 Championship, sparking off major

celebrations for the team at the season-

ending race in Abu Dhabi.

By that point a number of other significant

changes had taken place in the team, all

of which will help the Anglo-Malaysian

squad take the next steps forward in their

long-term challenge to reach the top. For

...giving the team an incrediblypowerful, reliable andaerodynamically efficient new

powertrain that will help it take thefight to the established teams...


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the 2011 season and beyond the cars

are powered by Renault engines, as used

by the Championship winning Red Bull

Racing team in 2010, and the similarities

with Red Bull extend to the new gearbox

and hydraulic systems package that

will be bolted onto the Renault engines

powering Team Lotus in 2011, supplied

by Red Bull Technology and giving theteam an incredibly powerful, reliable and

aerodynamically efficient new powertrain

that will help it take the fight to the

established teams from the start of the

2011 season.

Another demonstration of Team Lotus

commitment to providing aspiring

motorsport talent from around the

world with the opportunity to join the

Team Lotus dream is the establishment

of a dedicated demonstration team in

Malaysia. This team, who will run showcars

at events around the ASEAN region and

will be launched before the Malaysian

Grand Prix 2011, gives a chance for

young mechanics, engineers and ancillary

support staff to learn and perfect their

skills with a running car, giving them aninvaluable first step on the ladder to

future F1 success.

Even more exciting for the army of

Lotus Racing fans was the news that for

2011 and beyond Lotus Racing officially

changed its name to Team Lotus. Having

successfully concluded the purchase of

the full rights of the Team Lotus brand

from David Hunt, the 2011 grid sees

the return of Team Lotus, one of the

most famous names in motor racinghistory. Fans around the world have been

following the development of the Norfolk

based squad since that momentous day

in September 2009 when there were just

four people in the factory in Hingham, and

with the return of Team Lotus in 2011

they will be glued to the next exciting

chapter of this incredible story.


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TEAM LOTUS

ON THE WEB


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11 02: TEAM LOTUS ON THE WEB

Team Lotus is leading the F1 pack on the

internet, with a strong presence on a number

of digital platforms that extends interaction

with the team straight into fans PCs, mobiles

and their social networking lives.

The Team Lotus websitewww.teamlotus.co.uk is the gateway

to all our digital content, including Team

Lotus Notes, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr

and Twitter. Its also the place fans can

go to buy merchandise, sign up for every

edition of Team Lotus Notes, and join Spark

our unique fan community which gives

unprecedented access to Team Lotus on and

off track.

On Facebook www.facebook.com/

teamlotus now has almost 80,000 fans (as

of February 2011), and is updated every day

with images from on and off track, in the

factory and at events. Fans are given almost

unlimited access to what goes on in the day

to day life of the Anglo / Malaysian team and

the popularity of the page extends every day.

www.flickr.com/myteamlotus is where

all the teams official photos are uploaded.

At races, over 75 images a day are put up

for fans to browse and download, and every

aspect of the team is covered, from the

action in the garage to how the catering

team feeds our travelling race team.

Go to www.youtube.com/myteamlotus

for video Team Lotus TV (TLTV) and all

the moving image content that the team

produces footage of the teams early days,

interviews with drivers and key personnel

all goes up on the worlds favourite video

sharing site and on TLTV.

www.twitter.com/myteamlotus is where

Team Lotus really is leading the way, with

access to the team and its daily activitiesbeing provided through the official feed

@myteamlotus, via the Team Principal Tony

Fernandes @tonyfernandes, himself a leading

proponent of the power of Twitter, and

@mikegascoyne, a feed that is so unique in

F1 that it led one journalist to say gasps

were heard in the media centre when Mike

Gascoyne announced that Jarno Trulli would

be pitting, the lap before he did so. Never

before has such access to a teams strategy

been given to the world Additionally,

other team members also tweet daily,

including driver @heikkikovalainen and CEO

@riadasmat as well as people working across

most of the teams departments - follow all

of these for a truly unique inside view of the

life of Team Lotus.

For media we also have free access to all ofthe collateral the team produces integrated

into www.teamlotus.co.uk, including all the

press releases, photos, logos and everything

else the media need to report on us. There is

no registration to access the site - just go to

www.teamlotus.co.uk/media and you will

be able to access all our press releases, and all

the high res, copyright free (for editorial use)

imagery we produce. However, registration is

still available for the press release distribution

list all the details are on the site.

Team Lotus on the web


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TEAM LOTUS

PARTNERS


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13 03: TEAM LOTUS PARTNERS

Team Lotus Partners

Founded by Dato Sri Tony Fernandes

and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, the

Tune family of companies share the

common passion and drive to deliver

great services at low costs to the fastgrowing ASEAN region.

The Tune Group provided a unique

lifestyle offering with their diverse stable

of companies ranging from airlines,

travel, mobile telecommunications,

financial services and entertainment,

their success lies in constantly finding

better ways to provide quality services

at good value for money.

For more information, please visit

www.tunegroup.com

From a household name in the local

automobile business to a diversified

conglomerate, the Naza Group is poised on

the pathway to a global presence. Over three

decades, it has grown rapidly transformingitself into a world class corporation built on

excellence, professionalism and dedication.

It is this foundation that is driving Naza

Group forward as a recognised Malaysian

brand globally.

Today, the Naza Group is synonymous

for cars, bikes, property, hospitality,

transportation and logistics, research and

development, after-sales service, finance and

plantation. Indeed, the strength of the Group

lies in the diversity of its business activities

and its ability to take it to new levels.

This is their vision, a clear pathway to

reinvent the Naza brand beyond local shores

and far into the realms of the 21st century.

For more information, please visitwww.naza.com.my


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The Renault group, present in

118 countries, designs, develops,

manufactures and sells passenger cars

and light commercial vehicles under the

Renault, Dacia and Renault SamsungMotors brands.

Frances number-one car brand,

Renault relies on more than 100 years

of innovations to bring customers

high-quality, pioneering products and

services that are ahead of their time,

with ingenious, attractive, accessible and

carbon-efficient vehicles. Renaults new

baseline, Drive the Change, expresses

the companys ambition to lead the way

in sustainable mobility for all. Renault will

launch a zero-emission range with three

electric vehicles in 2011 and a fourth

in 2012, making innovation accessible

to all. With its partner Nissan, Renault is

targeting world leadership in the mass

marketing of zero-emission vehicles.

The Renault group reported net

revenue of 37,791 million in 2009,

and employs 121,422 people worldwide.

In 2010, Renault sold more than

2.6 million vehicles.

Throughout its history, Renault has

always invested in Motorsport in its

global strategy. This strategy, particularly

in Formula 1, has strengthened

Renault's international ambitions, whilebeing a great technological asset to

develop its products.

Present in Formula 1 since 1977, and

winning nine Constructors World Titles

and eight Drivers' World Titles, Renault

Sport F1 will support Renault's future

ambitions by developing and testing

tomorrow's technologies on tracks

around the world.


www.renault.com


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AirAsia is the leading and largest

low-cost carrier in Asia, servicing

the most extensive network in the

sector with approximately 132 routes

covering destinations in Asia, Australiaand Europe.

Within 8 years of operations, AirAsia has

carried more than 92 million guests and

grown its fleet from just two aircraft to

approximately 96. The airline today is

proud to be a truly Asean (Association

of Southeast Asian Nations) airline

with established operations based

in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand,

servicing a network stretching across all

Asean countries including China, India,

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Australia. This

is further complemented by AirAsia X, its

low-cost long-haul affiliate carrier that

currently flies to destinations in China,

Australia, Taipei and the UK. AirAsia was

named Worlds Best Low Cost Airline

in the annual World Airline Survey bySkytrax for two consecutive years in

2009 and 2010.


www.airasia.com

Created in 1980, CNN Worldwide

reaches more than 360 million

television households globally. It

comprises 30 branded services

including nine cable and satellitetelevision networks; radio networks

and wireless devices around the world

together with CNN Digital services

including the award winning website

www.cnn.com


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EQ8 is a fashionable lifestyle brand for

those who like living life in the fast lane

and in a balanced way. Balanced is about

being in control, equating enjoyment

and performance with respect for mindand body.

EQ8 will be launching with an invigorating

range of energy drinks made from

100% premium natural ingredients to

balance enjoyment and performance

with respect for mind and body - for

maximum mental clarity.

EQ8 energy drinks will be launched in

the UK in Spring, with other countries to

follow thereafter.


www.eq8energy.com

Pirelli makes its return to the Formula

One grid for the first time since 1991

for the 2011 season as sole tyre supplier

to the grid. The company has a famous

pedigree in global motorsport and hasalready recorded 44 victories from 200

starts in F1. Founded 1872 in Milan

by Giovanni Battista Pirelli, Pirelli initially

specialised in rubber and derivative

processes and now its sole focus is the

design and manufacture of tyres.

The company has a rich pedigree in

motor racing and in 1974 invented

the "wide radial tyre" for the iconic

Lancia Stratos, a tyre strong enough to

withstand the power of the then new

breed of rally cars. Pirelli competed

in Formula One in three distinct

periods between 1950 and 1958, 1981

and 1986, and 1989 and 1991 and

returns to the sport in 2011 following

Bridgestone's decision to withdraw from

the role at the end of 2010.

In a further demonstration of their

commitment to motorsport across

categories Pirelli has also been the

sole tyre brand in the FIM World

Superbike Championship since 2007

and is the official tyre supplier of the

World Rally Championship.


www.pirelli.com


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PACT was founded by The Duke of

York on the proceeds of the book of his

photographs (Photographs: HRH The

Prince Andrew), which he published in

1985. For 25 years the Trust has beensupporting charities and individuals

with funding. The Trust concentrates

on supporting specific elements of the

charitable sector, based on His Royal

Highnesss personal interests. The

definition of what PACT supports is:

to provide public benefit in which

The Duke of York has a particular

link or interest: research into the

alleviation of blindness and deafness,

scientific and practical assistance for

disabled, brain-damaged or socially

disadvantaged children, educational

donations and participation of the

disabled in sporting activities.

The donations will generally take

the form of a one-off payment for a

specific project or part of a project,

with an emphasis on pump-priming.

Core funding and/or salaries arerarely considered.

As the Executive Chairman of Outward

Bound (OB), The Duke of York is

passionate about youth development

enabling youth to achieve their

potential and become useful citizens.

PACT provides scholarships for a

number of disadvantaged children to be

able to afford to take part on Outward

Bound courses each year.

In addition, in exceptional cases,

individual scholarships have been

provided for those already in tertiary

education who are unable to continue

on their courses because of lack of

funds. Two individuals have been

helped in this way.


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LOTUS RENAULT

T128


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19 04: LOTUS RENAULT T128

Engine: Renault V8 RS27-2011

Chassis material: Carbon Fibre

Bodywork material: Carbon Fibre

Front Suspension: Carbon Fibre

Rear Suspension: Carbon Fibre

Dampers: Penske & Multimatic

Steering: Team LotusGearbox: Red Bull Technologies

Clutch: AP

Discs: Carbone Industrie or Hitco

Calipers: AP

Pads: Carbone Industrie or Hitco

Cooling system (radiators, heat exchangers): Team Lotus

Cockpit instrumentation: MES

Seat belts: Schroth

Steering wheel: Team Lotus

Driver's seat: Team Lotus

Extinguisher system: FEV

Wheels: BBS to Team Lotus Specification

Fuel cell: ATL

Battery: Yuasa

Fuel provider: Total

Lubricants provider: Various

Wheel base: More than 3000 mm

Overall Length: Approx 5 metres

Overall Height: 950mm

Lotus Renault T128


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TEAM LOTUS

DRIVERS


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21 05: TEAM LOTUS DRIVERS

HEIKKI KOVALAINEN

Heikki started his motor racing career

karting in the early 1990's. His first

recognition came with second place in

the Finnish Formula A Championship

in 1999 and 2000. That year also

saw Heikki add the Scandinavian

Championship and the Elf Masters, held

at Paris Bercy, to his achievements,

earning him the title of Karting Driver of

the Year in his native Finland.

Heikkis success saw him move up to the

British Formula Renault Championship in

2001, bringing two wins, two poles and

three fastest laps, enough to give him

fourth place in the Championship, plus

the 2001 Finnish Automobile Sports

Federation "Rookie of the Year" award.

That same year, Heikki made his F3

debut at the world renowned Macau

Grand Prix, finishing 8th.

In 2002 Heikki moved on to compete

in the British F3 Championship, scoring

an impressive five wins, three poles and

three fastest laps, securing his third

position in drivers' standings. He was

once again given the "Rookie of the

Year" award, and won the prestigiousF3 support race at the British Grand

Prix. He capped an impressive year by

finishing second in Macau and fourth at

the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort.

In 2003 Heikki moved to Japan to

compete in the World Series by Nissan:

a win and two poles were enough to

earn third place in the Championship.

That same year he also made his F1

test debut, driving the Renault R23 at

Barcelona and the Minardi Cosworth at

Vallelunga two weeks later.

2004 brought more success for Heikki,

securing the World Series by Nissan

Championship. Driving for the Pons

Team he crushed the opposition, with

six wins, nine poles and ten fastestlaps to his name, competing alongside

Tiago Monteiro, Enrique Bernoldi and

Narain Karthikeyan. As a member of the

Renault Driver Development Programme

Heikki assisted with the development

of Renault's Championship winning R24,

adding to his growing F1 experience.

Team Lotus Drivers


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Stade de France, Paris, was the

venue for the season ending Race of

Champions in 2004. Alongside Marcus

Gronholm, Heikki represented Finland

in the Nations Cup , where he and his

team mate took the runner-up spot.

However, the top step of the podium did

not elude him long, with Heikki winning

the coveted Champion of Championstitle by beating 2004 World Rally

Champion Sebastian Loeb and seven

times Formula 1 World Champion

Michael Schumacher in front of a

packed stadium.

In 2005 Heikki moved up to GP2, taking

part in the inaugural series with Arden

Motorsport. His impressive development

continued, finishing second overall in the

series, securing five wins and two poles

along the way.

2006 saw Heikki make the step up to

the very pinnacle of world motorsport,

replacing Frank Montagny as the

Renault F1 Teams third driver. A series

of impressive displays in testing saw him

achieve his primary Formula 1 goal,with the announcement he had been

promoted by the Renault F1 Team to a

full-time race seat for the 2007 season.

Pitted against the vastly experienced

Giancarlo Fisichella, Heikki enjoyed an

excellent debut season in 2007, out-

performing and out-scoring his team-

mate, becoming second best rookie of

the season after Lewis Hamilton and

taking a very credible seventh place in

the final Championship standings.

These achievements did not go

unnoticed, and in December 2007

Team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

announced Heikki as team-mate to

Lewis Hamilton, a position he held for

the 2008 and 2009 seasons, until the

announcement of his appointment to

Lotus Racing in 2009. 2008 saw Heikki

claim both his first pole position, at the

British Grand Prix at Silverstone, and his

first race win, at the Hungarian Grand

Prix, where he became the 100th driver

to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Having joined the new Lotus Racing

team in 2009, Heikki finished 20th in

the 2010 season and his heroic fire-

fighting skills at the Singapore Grand

Prix earned him the coveted title LGMoment of the Year.

In 2011 Heikki will be racing in the Team

Lotus colours and is aiming to take the

fight to the established midfield teams.


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JARNO TRULLI

Jarno made a fighting start to his

Formula One career when he joined

the Minardi team in 1997, but after just

seven races he was asked to replace the

injured Olivier Panis at Prost where he

made an immediate impact. He finished

fourth in the German GP and led the

Austrian GP until he was cruelly denied

a sensational podium finish with an

engine failure. Nonetheless, Jarno had

made his mark and stayed at the Prost

team for a further two seasons. Results

were not forthcoming but he claimedhis first career podium with a fine drive

to second place in the wet European GP

in 1999. The result was something of

a fitting farewell to his time at Prost as

Jarno joined the Jordan Grand Prix squad

for the new Millennium.

It was another barren period for

Jarno in terms of podium results but

a handful of fourth places and some

sublime qualifying performances

attracted the attentions of the Renault

team for 2002. His first year at the

French manufacturer alongside Jenson

Button did little to improve upon his

previous results but in 2003, with the

teams technical department led by

Mike Gascoyne, he was given a more

competitive car with which to show his

full potential. Racing alongside Fernando

Alonso, Jarno returned to the podiumfor the first time since his Prost days

with third place in the German GP at

Hockenheim. The result gave Jarno

renewed confidence and paved the

way for Jarnos breakthrough season

in 2004.

Once again partnering Alonso, Jarno

attained regular points and podium

challenges before taking a breathtaking

victory around the streets of Monte

Carlo. Jarno had established himself

as one of the men to beat but midway

through the year relations with his team

had started to deteriorate and towards

the end of the year he opted for a

surprise switch to Toyota with whom he

would stay until 2009.

In his five-and-a-bit seasons with

Toyota Jarno put in some incredible

performances both in qualifying and in

races. In his first full season with the

team in 2005, with Mike Gascoyne

at the technical helm, he was one of

the Championship leaders in the early

races taking Toyotas first ever podium

results in Malaysia and Bahrain. Toyotas

competitiveness dropped off after

Gascoynes departure from the team in

2006 and Jarno was only able to fight


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for occasional points finishes until a

reversal of fortunes in 2008. His scored

his first podium in three years at the

French Grand Prix and Toyota were one

of the teams to beat in the first races

of 2009. Jarno took an incredible pole

position in Bahrain but a miscalculated

race strategy prevented him from

converting it into the teams maidenvictory. Nevertheless, with two podiums

from the first four races and a highly

competitive second place in the teams

home race in Japan, Jarno ended

the season what would be Toyotas

final in Formula 1 with some

career-high performances.

Jarno had a tough 2010 season with

Lotus Racing, with reliability issues

repeatedly bringing his races to an early

end. The switch to Red Bull Technology

gearbox and hydraulic systems will go a

long way to eradicating those issues and

will give Jarno another chance to show

the world exactly why he is regarded

as being one of the sports quickestever one lap specialists, and a race

winning driver.


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TEAM LOTUS

SHAREHOLDERS


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27 06: TEAM LOTUS SHAREHOLDERS

DATO SRI TONY FERNANDES

TEAM PRINCIPAL

Educated at The London School

of Economics, Tony Fernandes has

established himself as one of the

worlds most successful entrepreneurs.His illustrious career started in

1987 when he assumed the role of

Financial Controller for Warner Music

International London before moving to

Virgin Communications at the end of

the 1980s as Senior Financial Analyst. In

1992, he returned to his native Malaysia

as Managing Director of Warner Music

Malaysia. At the end of the Millennium,

Tony became Vice President ASEAN of

the company, but it was in 2001 that

Tonys vision took him and his associates

to new heights.

Together with partners Dato Pahamin

Rejab (former chairman of AirAsia), Dato

Kamarudin Meranun (now Deputy Group

CEO, AirAsia), and Dato Aziz Bakar (now

Chairman of AirAsia), Tony founded TuneAir Sdn Bhd in 2001, with a vision to

democratise air travel and free it from

the clutches of the elite by offering

low fares and high quality, under the

banner Now Everyone Can Fly. They

bought the then loss making AirAsia

from its Malaysian owner DRB-Hicom,

for a token RM1 (USD 0.25 cents), and

agreed to take on the airlines RM40

million debt.

They started with two planes, one

destination (Pulau Langkawi) and a

staff of 250. The airline, together with

Indonesian and Thai affiliates, now

operates 82 new Airbus A320s and flies

to more than 65 destinations in Asia

from hubs in Malaysia, Thailand andIndonesia. The company employs almost

7,000 staff and has carried more than

75 million guests in its short history.

A similar opportunity arose with Lotus

Racing, with Tony first approached

about a sponsorship opportunity with

a new team (having already brought

AirAsia into F1 with AT&T Williams as

a team partner). Having been an avid

motorsport fan since childhood, he saw

the opportunity to bring the much-

loved Lotus name back to F1 and, with

a consortium of Malaysian business

interests, successfully led the creation

and launch of the team in 2009, with

the key milestone being September

12ths confirmation of the teams

entry into the 2010 FIA Formula 1World Championship.

Having led Lotus Racing to its first

season objective of tenth place, Tony

and his fellow shareholders oversaw the

transition to Team Lotus for 2011 and

he and the whole team is now aiming to

move up the grid and fight for points in

their second season.

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DATO KAMARUDIN BIN MERANUN

DEPUTY TEAM PRINCIPAL

Dato Kamarudin Bin Meranun has

become one of Malaysias most

successful business tycoons, working

alongside Tony Fernandes to make Air

Asia a true phenomenon within and

outside of the aviation industry.

With an honours and masters degree in

Finance, Kamarudins career started at

the end of the 1980s when he joined

the Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank

where he stayed from 1988 to 1993

as a Portfolio Manager, managing

both institutional and high net-worth

individual clients investment funds.

In 1994, he was appointed Executive

Director of Innosabah Capital

Management Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary

of Innosabah Securities Sdn Bhd. He

subsequently acquired the shares of

its joint venture partner of Innosabah

Capital Management Sdn Bhd, which

was later renamed Intrinsic Capital

Management Sdn Bhd.

Kamarudin then sold a private music

label to Warner Music and later joined

forces with his long-serving business

partner Tony Fernandes to co-found

AirAsia, Tune Hotels and AirAsia X.

He now holds the position of Deputy

Group CEO of AirAsia and Deputy Team

Principal of Team Lotus.

SM NASARUDIN SM NASIMUDDIN

DEPUTY TEAM PRINCIPAL

SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin joined

Malaysias renowned Naza group of

companies following a four-year period

of study in the USA from where he

graduated in business economics.

He joined Naza Kia Sdn Bhd as a

management trainee in 2005 and

has since been intrinsically involved in

various areas of the company.

In 2006, he was appointed Head of

Operations at Naza Corporation Sdn Bhd

and took up CEO positions in three Naza

companies in 2008 Nasim Sdn Bhd

(Peugeot franchise), Naza Corporation

Sdn Bhd, and NZ Diners Sdn Bhd (Nazas

first foray into the food business, Bubba

Gump Shrimp).

He was appointed CEO and executive

chairman of NAZA Group of Companies

on 16 May 2008, following the demise

of his father and founder of NAZA, Tan

Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin.

In 2009, Nasarudin became Chairman

of the Malaysian French Chambers of

Commerce and Industry, as well as

becoming one of the two Deputy Team

Principals of Team Lotus.


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TEAM LOTUS SENIOR

MANAGEMENT


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RIAD ASMAT

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Riad Asmats career has been driven by

a passion for motorsports. Soon after

graduating from Western Michigan

University, Riad joined the worldspremier sportswear company, Nike.

Based in Malaysia, he joined the public

relations division. It was at Nike where

he cultivated his deep passion and love

for sports.

As part of his role with Nike, he had

to work closely with the various

government agencies, sports

associations and sports officials. While

his personal interest was sports, he

was equally committed to achieving

the objectives of his company and

enhancing Nikes image and position in

the Malaysian sports market.

His obsession for sports has been a

major factor throughout his career.

While he enjoyed sports, from footballand karting to golf, his keen interest in

motorsports developed further when he

joined the Sepang International Circuit.

This became evident when he was with

the courier company UPS where Riad

developed a sponsorship programme for

several race car drivers.

His interest in motorsports reached

its pinnacle when he joined Proton in

2006. At Proton, Riad with his vast

experience in running the operations

in global companies (like at UPS)

combined with the personal keenness in

motorsports, was soon able to help thenational car company further develop its

motorsports programme.

Riad played a central role in Protons

motorsports programme which includes

R3 and the Proton Axle Team. He was

in charge of overseeing the various

motorsports programmes and managed,

from Protons end, the companys

involvement in the A1 Grand Prix.

Riads expertise and vast experience

in operations has resulted in Protons

motorsports programmes being

developed to a fairly successful level.

Under his belt, new Malaysian-managed

motor racing teams have been created

and young potential Malaysian drivers

have been given the opportunity to race.

As CEO of Team Lotus Riad provides the

sort of dynamic and success-oriented

leadership that the Anglo-Malaysian

team requires. His knowledge of

motorsports coupled with his vast

experience contributes daily to the

success of the team.

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MIKE GASCOYNE

CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

Mike Gascoyne is one of the most renowned

technicians in Formula 1 and has carved

out an illustrious career at the pinnacle

of international motorsport over the last

two decades. Having studied for a Ph.D.

in fluid dynamics at Cambridge Universitythroughout the 1980s, Mikes passion for

motorsport took him into the world of

Formula 1 for the first time in 1989

when he joined the McLaren team as

an aerodynamicist.

At the turn of the 1990s, Mike took up a

brief sojourn as Chassis Dynamicist at Tyrrell

working under famed designer Harvey

Postlethwaite, which led to a three-year post

as Head of Aerodynamics at Sauber, where

he stayed until 1993.

The following season saw Mike return to

the Tyrrell team in the more senior role of

Deputy Technical Director, a position he held

until the teams demise in 1998.

That year, Mike joined the Jordan Grand Prixteam as Technical Director and led the team

to its most successful season ever in 1999

with two race victories, six podiums and third

place in the Constructors Championship.

During the 2000 season Mike was

approached to join the Benetton team,

which was to become Renault in 2002.

In his Technical Director capacity, Mike

transformed the team into a winning

operation, taking Renault to its debut victory

in the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Having established himself as a man capable

of turning around team fortunes, Mike was

snapped up by the relatively new Toyota

team at the end of 2003. Although unable

to have much impact on its 2004 challenger,

Mike set about developing the teams 2005

race car. The Cologne-based squad enjoyed

its most competitive year in Formula 1

that season with five trips to the podium andan overall fourth place in the Constructors

Championship.

2006 saw Mike move back to the UK

to become Chief Technology Officer

for the Spyker F1 team in time for the

2007 season in which the team was to

sensationally lead a rain-hit European Grand

Prix. In 2008, Spyker was taken over and

renamed Force India with Mike retaining

his role. The highlight of that year was

seeing team driver Adrian Sutil running in a

competitive fourth place in the Monaco GP

before after another driver crashed into him

just seven laps from the end of the race.

After leaving Force India before the 2009

season, Mike made his Formula 1 return

with Lotus Racing as Chief Technical Officer,confounding all expectations by designing,

building and racing a modern F1 car in just

six months. The successful conclusion of the

2010 season was another first for Mike,

helping lead the team from literally four

people in September 2009 to over 220 in

January 2011 when it fired up its new car in

the Team Lotus colours for the first time on

January 26th.


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KEITH SAUNT

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (UK)

Keith Saunt has an enviable career in

the top flight of motor racing and his

move to the new Lotus Racing squad

as Chief Operations Officer in 2009

saw his Formula 1 career come full

circle. Born and bred in Norwich, UK,Keith started his racing profession at

Team Lotus International where he

worked with Clive Chapman in the

Purchasing and Logistics department.

Keith then moved to the Benetton

Formula 1 team, initially heading up

the Buying department. He quickly

assumed responsibility for all internal

manufacturing as well as all purchasing

and logistics. He was latterly to become

Special Projects Manager at the team,

leading a number of engineering

and operational projects throughout

the business.

In 1999, he took a short break away

from Formula 1 but soon returned

to the sport with the Renault team as

Head of Manufacturing. In this keyrole, Keith was responsible for

all project management, manufacturing,

purchasing, production and management

reporting.

In 2006, Keith was offered the Chief

Operating Officer role at Red Bull

Racing, managing the teams Formula 1

facility in Milton Keynes. Shortly after

assuming this post, he was asked by

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz to

become Director of Red Bull Technology

charged with delivering a brand new

manufacturing centre which enhancedthe overall capability of the Red Bull

Racing team.

Keith left Red Bull in 2008 and in 2009

joined Lotus Racing as COO, reporting

directly to Chief Technical Officer Mike

Gascoyne, to help establish the teams

racing operations at its UK facility

in Hingham. As COO of Team Lotus

he has played an integral role in the

establishment of the team as a

serious force in F1 for the long-term,

a fitting accolade for someone with

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MIA SHARIZMAN

HEAD OF OPERATIONS (ASIA)

Mia Sharizman has a total of 12 years

experience in motorsports, starting

with organizing the MotoGP in 1998 to

helming the Motorsports Association of

Malaysia (MAM) as its CEO since 2008.

Upon graduating from Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1996 with an

LLB (Hons) and subsequently accepted

to the Malaysian Bar in 1997, Mia

Sharizman joined Malaysia Airports

Management and Technical Services Sdn

Bhd in 1997 as a junior executive. After

successfully organizing the MotoGP

event in 1998, Mia became among the

pioneer staff members of the Sepang

International Circuit in 1998. He spent 5

years with SIC rising from Legal Officer

to Events Coordinator, Broadcasting

Manager and eventually Manager of

Events and Operations Services.

In 2003, Mia was offered the

opportunity by Motorsport Asia Limited

(MAL) to embark on an ambitious

project to organise and promote the

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, Formula

BMW Asia, and the Asian Touring

Car series. For the next 5 years as

the General Manager, he gained

experience in organising andundertaking all operational matters

of the series and the Asia Festival of

Speed events in every circuit in Asia

and the Middle-East.

In late 2008, Mia took on the challenge

to be the Chief Executive of the

Motorsports Association of Malaysia

(MAM), striving to improve and change

the face of Malaysian Motorsports by

enhancing its development programme

to move the sport forward in Malaysia.

In 2009 he accepted the huge

responsibility of helping create a new

F1 team from nothing, and now plays a

key role in helping Team Lotus reach its

long-term goals.


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TEAM LOTUS

FACTORY


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37 08: TEAM LOTUS FACTORY

The Team Lotus production and race

team base is in Hingham, Norfolk in the

UK, a 50,000 square foot facility that is

fully equipped to enable the team to face

the challenges of an aggressive car build

programme. The factory is close to the

original Team Lotus base and currentlyemploys approximately 220 people.

The team is also in the early stages of

building a dedicated wind tunnel on the

Hingham site, giving it complete control

of its design, testing and development

programmes in-house.

In the initial stages of car development

in 2009 / 2010, the team established

technical partnerships with Cosworth

(engines), aerodynamics specialists

Fondtech as well as gearbox / hydraulics

specialists Xtrac. These have now

been updated for 2011, with Renault

supplying engines and Red Bull

Technology the gearboxes and hydraulic

systems while Fondtech continues to

provide wind tunnel facilities. The teamalso collaborates with two Malaysian

universities Universiti Teknologi

Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Teknologi

PETRONAS (UTP) for engineering and

composites support.

An open plan design office housing

70 designers exists on the first floor

with conference facilities adjacent.

This floor also houses the offices for

management, marketing and the support

functions of Information Technology,

the teams engineers and all the otheradministration functions.

On the ground floor further offices for

operational departments lie next to the

machine shop which comprises CNC mills

and lathes as well as manual machining

centres and support equipment. A

composites function boasts two modern

autoclaves, one big enough for the

largest of F1 carbon components and

both a large pattern shop (including

5-axis router) and an impressive clean

room for laminating key car parts. A

fully equipped quality and inspection

department is also on site which opens

onto the race shop where the cars are

built, re-built and prepared for racing.

The other race team support functions

of sub-assembly, gearbox, hydraulicsand electronics are also housed within

this facility.

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1MALAYSIA RACING

SDN BHD


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39 09: 1MALAYSIA RACING

Team Lotus is operated by 1Malaysia

Racing Team Sdn Bhd, a privately-

funded project owned by Tune Group.

Tune Group is jointly owned by Team

Principal Dato Sri Tony Fernandes and

Director Dato Kamarudin Meranun and

the third Director of Team Lotus is SMNasarudin SM Nasimuddin, the CEO of

Naza Group.

As Lotus Racing, the teams entry into

Formula 1 was confirmed by the

FIA on 15 September 2009 and was

announced to the world by Malaysian

Prime Minister Dato Sri Najib Tun

Razak in Kuala Lumpur. From 2011 the

company race under the Team Lotusname, reviving one of sports most

iconic brands.

1Malaysia Racing Team Sdn Bhd


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