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Lotus and Cosworth have entered into a new technical and commercial partnership with established IndyCar competitors KV Racing Technology to run in the 2010 IndyCar Series. The Lotus-Cosworth IndyCar will use the classic Racing Green and Yellow livery used on Lotus Racing cars in the 1950s and 1960s and this new livery will debut at the first USA round of the IndyCar Series. Driving the Lotus-Cosworth IndyCar will be the former F1 driver Takuma Sato. Lotus competed for a number of years in the IndyCar Series in the 1960s, winning the Indianapolis 500 race outright in 1965 with the pioneering Lotus Type 38, driven by Jim Clark, and narrowly missing victory to c…
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Sao Paulo race winner Will Power picked up where he left off by topping the opening practice session for round two of the IndyCar Series in St Petersburg. The Penske driver finally hit the front in the closing minutes with a 1m03.6741s, after a frenetic session that saw all three Penske entries, both Ganassi drivers, Andretti Autosport's Tony Kanaan and Dreyer & Reinbold's Justin Wilson all take turns at the head of the order. Dario Franchitti ended up second for Ganassi, just 0.032 seconds behind Power, ahead of Penske's Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves. Newman/Haas/Lanigan's Hideki Mutoh was quick throughout the hour and eventually ended up f…
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So what do Takuma Sato, 1 yard of historic bricks still exposed at the start-finish line out of 3.2 million original bricks, and a bottle of milk have in common? The answer: the Indy 500 of course. Get ready for a unique experience. Known within the sports industry as the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' this weekend sees the 94th running of the Indy 500 at the Indianapolis Speedway, better known as the Brickyard and the natural home of IndyCar racing. The event, broadcast into 292 million households, is so huge that it runs over two weekends starting this weekend (22nd -23rd May) with qualifying followed by an entire week of activities in the build up to the m…
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Takuma Sato is catching onto oval racing rather quickly with his No. 5 Lotus-KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone entry with another top-ten qualifying effort Friday in preparations for Saturday’s Cafes do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead Miami Speedway. Sato, who had never competed at an oval track before May, recorded his sixth appearance in the top-11 for oval qualifications in 2010 with a two-lap average speed of 211.355 miles per hour. Sato’s best oval qualifying run was seventh at Iowa this year. After making an appearance for Lotus in this year’s Paris Auto Show, Sato flew across the Atlantic Ocean all day Thursday to prepare for his Homestead debut. …
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Takuma Sato just missed out on a spot in the second round of qualifying for the Honda Indy Edmonton after finding himself in the harder of the two first round qualifying groups. The Japanese rookie will start 13th on the quirky City Centre Airport circuit after clocking 114.713mph in the #5 Lotus-KV Racing Technology Dallara-Honda, ending the short session just a tenth of a second off the fastest six drivers in a group that included points leader Will Power, multiple Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves, the third Penske driver Ryan Briscoe, reigning champion Dario Franchitti and last weekend's polesitter Justin Wilson. "The first group was the toughest group today,"…
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Lotus drivers Tony Kanaan, Takuma Sato were 12th and 17th on the speed charts respectively after the first day of practice for the 2011 season ending IZOD IndyCar World Championships at Las Vegas Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. E. J. Viso ended up 32nd when a fluid leak cut his session short. All three KVRT – Lotus drivers are making their first appearance on the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval. Kanaan, No. 82 GEICO – KV Racing Technology – Lotus, who is currently fifth in the championship race with 366 points and trying to become the first KVRT driver to finish in the top-five in the final standings, ran a total of 33 laps posting a fast lap of 24.9664 secon…
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Lotus drivers Tony Kanaan, Takuma Sato were 12th and 17th on the speed charts respectively after the first day of practice for the 2011 season ending IZOD IndyCar World Championships at Las Vegas Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. E. J. Viso ended up 32nd when a fluid leak cut his session short. All three KVRT – Lotus drivers are making their first appearance on the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval. Kanaan, No. 82 GEICO – KV Racing Technology – Lotus, who is currently fifth in the championship race with 366 points and trying to become the first KVRT driver to finish in the top-five in the final standings, ran a total of 33 laps posting a fast lap of 24.9664 secon…
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Lotus will be looking to finish the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season with strong showings and two-cars in the top-10 in the final standings at this weekend’s IZOD IndyCar World Championships at Las Vegas Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although all three KVRT – Lotus drivers will be making their first appearance on the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval, the team has been exceptionally competitive on ovals this year. In the seven oval races contested this year, counting Texas as two starts, KVRT – Lotus has finished in the top-10 eight times, including four top-five showings and one podium performance. The team has earned one pole and led laps at Texas, Milwaukee, Iowa and New Ham…
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The IndyCar Series street race in Toronto is always a bit of a war, and this year's was no exception, but even so the last thing you expect is to be shot down in a fight with your own team-mate. Unfortunately for Takuma Sato, that's exactly what happened to him, as he fell victim to a collision with fellow KV Racing Technology driver Mario Moraes that put the Japanese star out of the race with just 15 laps in the books. The claustrophobic little track in Toronto's Exhibition Place is a tricky one to learn, as Taku discovered over Friday's practice sessions with his Lotus-backed Dallara-Honda. "Toronto is well-known as an extremely unique and tricky street cou…
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It was a tough weekend for Takuma Sato in the latest IndyCar Series round at the Sonoma road course in California, but the Japanese star looked set for a rewarding tenth-place finish in the closing laps... Then came a mystery problem on the final restart, which left Sato with no grip at the front and contributed to a late collision. After a pit-stop, he rejoined to finish a disappointed 18th. For the second race running, Sato and his KV Racing Technology team had the opportunity to get in some pre-event testing with their Lotus backed Dallara-Honda. But it did not go as planned. “We had such a strong race in Mid-Ohio, and the test there had been very p…
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Lotus driver Tony Kanaan captured the pole for Sunday’s 2011 season ending IZOD IndyCar World Championships on the 1.5-mile D-shaped Las Vegas Speedway oval in Las Vegas, Nevada. Teammate Takuma Sato qualified 16th while E. J. Viso was penalized and will start 31st. Kanaan, No. 82 GEICO – KV Racing Technology – Lotus qualified with a two-lap average speed of 222.078 mph. This was the 15th pole of Kanaan’s 14 year career and 11th in the IndyCar Series. It is his first earned pole since June 27, 2008 at Richmond International Raceway. Kanaan sat on the pole earlier this year in Texas No. 2, but that was by virtue of a draw. “It feels awesome,” …
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IZOD IndyCar Series rookie Takuma Sato was cruelly denied the strong result he deserved in the 2010 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend, after late-race contact dropped the KV Racing Technology star down the order to an unrepresentative 18th-position finish. Having continued his impressive learning curve across the Pond by qualifying an impressive ninth – the best-placed of the KVRT trio – Sato ran inside the top ten along with oval-racing veterans Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter and Vitor Meira in the early stages of the 200-lap Cafes do Brasil Indy 300, before a three-way battle over the final 20 laps sadly ended in tears, as the #5 Lotus-KVRT …
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LEXINGTON, OHIO (Aug. 7, 2010) — Rookie Takuma Sato is becoming a fast learner on the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series after another stellar road racing qualifying performance Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Sato, a Formula One regular for seven years, moved to the IndyCar Series this year and continues to impress in his No. 5 Lotus - KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone entry. Sato drove his car to third in qualifications Saturday for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 feature. The Japanese star was only bested by Will Power and Dario Franchitti in the ten-minute Firestone Fast Six final round with a speed of 120.545 miles per hour. Power’s 120.965 readin…
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Lotus driver E. J. Viso was ninth on the speed charts while teammates Tony Kanaan and Takuma Sato were 14th and 16th respectively after the first day of practice for Sunday's Milwaukee 225 on the Milwaukee Mile in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Viso, #59 PDVSA – KV Racing Technology – Lotus, following up on his best performance of the season last week in Texas, had a fast lap of 165.197 mph (22.1191 seconds) on the challenging and slightly banked one-mile oval. Kanaan, #82 GEICO – KV Racing Technology – Lotus posted a fast lap of 164.638 mph (22.1942 seconds), while Sato, #5 KV Racing Technology – Lotus, came in at 163.897 mph (22.2945 seconds). Viso finished seventh in the …
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