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The best of British meets the best of France
as Lotus Motorsport and GP2 championship winners
ART Grand Prix unite to create the ultimate GP2
and GP3 race teams.
Lotus Motorsport in collaboration with seasoned
championship winners ART Grand Prix can confirm
their participation in the 2011 GP2 (Europe and
Asia series) and GP3 series. The contract with
ART Grand Prix sees Lotus commit to providing
technical and engineering support for the GP2
and GP3 race series for the foreseeable future.
Lotus Motorsport and ART Grand Prix share a
hunger for success, the facts speak for
themselves. With seven F1 Constructers
Championships, six F1 Driver Championships and
numerous other considerable accolades, Lotus has
a unique racing pedigree making them the perfect
partner for ART Grand Prix.
Since the GP2 series was launched in 2005,
Lotus’ new collaborators ART Grand Prix have won
the GP2 championship three times, first with
Nico Rosberg (2005), then with Lewis Hamilton
(2006) and last year with Nico Hülkenberg (2009)
under the expert management of team founders
Nicolas Todt and Frédéric Vasseur. Vasseur and
Todt’s complementary abilities guarantee the
best possible management of the team, day in,
day out. Frédéric Vasseur is in charge of the
team and the factory on the ground, while
Nicolas Todt runs the commercial and marketing
side of the organization.
Commenting on the news Gino Rosato, Director of
Corporate Communications at Lotus said: “This
deal means a lot to me personally; I’ve known
Nicolas Todt for many years and have already had
the opportunity to work alongside him in the
past. Lotus is proud to be partnering ART Grand
Prix and in doing so uniting with the most
successful and recognized team in GP2 Series. We
come together with a common goal: to continue
our great success in motorsport.”
Frédéric Vasseur Team Manager of ART Grand Prix
said: “It is a fantastic opportunity for ART
Grand Prix to be working with Lotus. The goal is
clear: winning together the future GP2 and GP3
championships. I can’t wait to see the new
livery of our racing cars.”
As part of the celebration, Lotus ART will field
two cars in the GP2 Europe and GP2 Asia series
and three cars in the GP3 Europe series. The GP2
Series, one of the World’s premier racing
categories, is widely recognised as the breeding
ground for future F1 talent. Almost half of the
current F1 grid got their chance to race at the
pinnacle of motorsport after proving their worth
in the GP2 Series including Lewis Hamilton, Nico
Rosberg, Timo Glock and Heikki Kovalainen. The
goal of the new GP3 Series is to give young
upcoming drivers a chance to develop their
driving skills and jump to the next step: GP2.
Lotus Motorsport Director of Operations Miodrag
Kotur said: “The move into GP2 and GP3
solidifies Lotus Motorsport’s commitment to
promoting driver development and supporting the
search for the world champions of the future.
Lotus won’t simply be partner in name only, ART
Grand Prix will also benefit from Lotus’
considerable engineering and technical support
and experience.”
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