Lotus Under Scruntiny for Car Design

The new Lotus team, headed by been-around-the-block Mike Gasgoyne, finds itself under the microscope this week because the initial designs of its car resemble that other another team. And that’s a big no-no, although one that Lotus only will be officially bound by once it signs the Concorde Agreement. But I think we all will agree that’s not the big news here. The big news: the team that Lotus is accused of parroting. Red Bull? No. Brawn GP? After all, it just won both championships. Not it. McLaren? Try again. OK...Ferrari? I mean, the car was kind of hopeless there at the end, but surely it has a solid base to begin with, right? No. The Lotus wind-tunnel design looks, apparently, an awful lot like Force India’s car. I know, I know...

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