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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