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F1 driver Jarno Trulli straight from being
announced as driver for Lotus F1 Racing in
Malaysia made the trip to the home of Lotus at
Hethel in England, visiting where Lotus history
was made.
It was an exciting day, with Jarno enjoying a
visit to the production facilities, meeting
Lotus staff and driving the new Lotus Evora –
the first Lotus he has ever driven!
Jarno was also given a special tour of the
Classic Team Lotus workshops by Clive Chapman,
son of Lotus founder Colin Chapman. During the
visit to Classic Team Lotus Jarno viewed some of
the most successful and iconic F1 racing cars of
all time. The tour was steeped in Lotus heritage
and included some of the F1 cars that helped
Lotus to achieve 79 GP wins, seven constructor’s
titles and 6 drivers’ championships, including,
Emerson Fittipaldi’s Type 72, Graham Hill’s Type
49 and Jim Clark’s Type 25.
Dany Bahar, CEO of Group Lotus plc said, “The
family gets bigger with the arrival of Jarno. It
was very special to host Jarno at Group Lotus,
he is an exceptional driving talent and we wish
him and Lotus F1 Racing every success for the
2010 F1 season.”
Dany Bahar continued, “We take great pride in
the sports cars that we produce at Hethel and
Jarno’s visit provided a great opportunity to
show off the multi-award winning cars that we
produce and the advanced niche production
facilities at Hethel.”
Jarno had a fantastic time driving the Lotus
Evora and visiting the home of the iconic Lotus
marque, commenting, “Gino Rosato and I come from
the same region of Italy, Abruzzo, we have been
close friends for years and it was always a
dream of ours to work together. Claudio Berro
and Dany Bahar are also old friends and I
honestly never thought that I would get the
opportunity to work with these great people.”
He went on to say,” It was a great occasion and
I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the fantastic
Classic Lotus F1 cars and new Lotus models. The
facilities at Group Lotus are very impressive
and I was amazed at the dedication and
craftsmanship that goes into the production of
Lotus cars. The Lotus Evora lived up to all my
expectations of what a Lotus would be like to
drive. It is clearly a very well engineered car
that provides an exceptionally rewarding drive
and I am looking forward to Lotus’ exciting
future.”
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