Renault F1 prepare to fly British flag as Lotus takes over French Formula One team
With no active French Formula One racing drivers, and no French grand prix since 2008, Renault were the last ones flying the flag for a country whose heritage and language permeates the sport from chassis to grand prix and on to parc ferme.
British-based sports car company Lotus, owned by Malaysian carmaker Proton, has joined as title sponsor and significant stakeholder this season after Renault sold its shares in a team that retains its name.
“Lotus is an English manufacturer,” Lotus Renault GP team principal Éric Boullier said after the launch of the team’s new livery at the Autosport International show in Birmingham with their Russian driver, Vitaly Petrov.
“We will be running under a British licence now,” added the Frenchman, whose team factory is based at Enstone in central England.
“It means that if we win, we will play the British national anthem. And that is important for everybody inside the team. We are rebranding everything inside the company now.”
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