Lotus/Renault

steve45 · 28 Jan 2016 at 16:58

Just seen that pop up on autosport, probably the best news of the off season if true!!!

timmeh · 28 Jan 2016 at 17:28

Magnussen can probably save the team more than $46m in car parts that Maldonado destroys over the course of a season.

UTmaniac · 28 Jan 2016 at 17:37

Good for K Mag, if this goes official.

Valo · 28 Jan 2016 at 17:42

Really hope this is true and K-Mag gets the seat....he deserves to be in F1 and would be a great move by Renault

JeditOjanen · 29 Jan 2016 at 12:43

timmeh said:
Magnussen can probably save the team more than $46m in car parts that Maldonado destroys over the course of a season.

Pastor didn't crash very much at all last season, though. The car always failed before he got the chance.

Reaper 392 · 29 Jan 2016 at 12:57

JeditOjanen said:
Pastor didn't crash very much at all last season, though. The car always failed before he got the chance.

I haven't looked into it much so their opinion may be a bit biassed, but Sky believe he has had 5 crashes in the 2015 season up to singapore (race 13) which were his fault: http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24231/9992453/was-pastor-to-blame

andicole0 · 29 Jan 2016 at 13:00

60 days from his last crash http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

Andi.

deuse · 29 Jan 2016 at 14:51

UTmaniac said:
Good for K Mag, if this goes official.

Valo said:
Really hope this is true and K-Mag gets the seat....he deserves to be in F1 and would be a great move by Renault

413x · 31 Jan 2016 at 13:17

I'm assuming maldanados money is pure loss
I'm sure this is actually not a good thing for the team.
With the recent implications in the co2 thing I think development money and a weak engine won't make for a pretty showing next year

I would think they will slip to near bottom of the teams.

FI and TR I expect to beat Renault substantially

Closest thing to support for a team for me is Renault/lotus whatever the name. So this isn't going to be pretty. I think I'd actually rather maldanados (only for his money obviously)

Duke · 31 Jan 2016 at 20:19

More reports out today that K-Mag has the seat, lets hope.

Skeeter · 31 Jan 2016 at 20:25

413x said:
I'm assuming maldanados money is pure loss
I'm sure this is actually not a good thing for the team.
With the recent implications in the co2 thing I think development money and a weak engine won't make for a pretty showing next year

I would think they will slip to near bottom of the teams.

FI and TR I expect to beat Renault substantially

Closest thing to support for a team for me is Renault/lotus whatever the name. So this isn't going to be pretty. I think I'd actually rather maldanados (only for his money obviously)

K Mag brings his own sponsorship, but it won't be anywhere near what Maldonado did. I would assume the only reason its been going on this long is because, in all honesty, Renault would love to get hold of that £30m if at all possible.

413x · 1 Feb 2016 at 17:49

I would think the loss is fairly big one in terms of the budget of Renault. So I assume development will be hit.

Skeeter · 1 Feb 2016 at 19:06

But repair costs will be less.

Swings and roundabouts

Mr Jack · 2 Feb 2016 at 16:09

K. Mag in; Maldonado out. Great news for F1!

TaKeN · 3 Feb 2016 at 12:47

The car has launched today..

Too black for my liking..

Nismo · 3 Feb 2016 at 12:55

Looks like a Pirelli test car, should have more yellow :/

Skeeter · 3 Feb 2016 at 12:58

TaKeN said:
The car has launched today..

Too black for my liking..

MooMoo444 · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:43

TaKeN said:
The car has launched today..

Too black for my liking..

Loving that grin from Mags. Much better to have in the car than Maldonado. Hope he does well.

smr · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:03

Livery isnt too bad imo

miikeeyy92 · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:20

I like it. (Apologies for the Facebook quality)