Tony Fernandes has made his true feelings on the matter of the Lotus naming saga quite clear, after posting several messages on Twitter explaining the situation.
“Let’s get a few things straight,” Fernandes wrote on his Twitter page. “You set up a separate company from car company to protect car company from racing’s ups and downs.
“[Lotus team] company goes into liquidation. Bought by David Hunt. Sixteen years no racing. Team bought from David Hunt by Nasa, Din and Tony.”
He continued: “We are no different from Ron Dennis at McLaren. End of story. Ron Dennis didn’t start McLaren, Bruce McLaren did.
“Proton and Dany Bahar didn’t start Group Lotus. Colin Chapman did.
“What’s the difference? Proton own Group Lotus, and Din, me and Nasa own Team Lotus.”
He then continued to explain that Lotus were simply a sponsor – which Eric Boullier confirmed earlier this week – which means the team remain Renault, unlike his outfit which truly is Team Lotus.
“Lotus Renault is a Renault, end of story. McLaren is McLaren, not Vodafone and Mercedes is Mercedes not Petronas Mercedes or a Petronas car.”
It looks like we can look forward to further tweets on the matter, with the Malaysian businessman promising to shed more light on the subject.
“More to come on my feeling’s and the truth on this Lotus saga. The good always win.”
