{"id":537,"date":"2009-12-17T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/?p=537"},"modified":"2009-12-17T10:03:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T18:03:17","slug":"f1-driver-jarno-trulli-sits-in-his-first-lotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gglotus.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/f1-driver-jarno-trulli-sits-in-his-first-lotus\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Driver Jarno Trulli Sits In His First Lotus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was an exciting day, with Jarno enjoying a visit to the production facilities, meeting Lotus staff and driving the new Lotus Evora \u2013 the first Lotus he has ever driven!<\/p>\n

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\u2019s titles and 6 drivers\u2019 championships, including, Emerson Fittipaldi\u2019s Type 72, Graham Hill\u2019s Type 49 and Jim Clark\u2019s Type 25.<\/p>\n

Dany Bahar, CEO of Group Lotus plc said, \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dany Bahar continued, \u201cWe take great pride in the sports cars that we produce at Hethel and Jarno\u2019s visit provided a great opportunity to show off the multi-award winning cars that we produce and the advanced niche production facilities at Hethel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarno had a fantastic time driving the Lotus Evora and visiting the home of the iconic Lotus marque, commenting, \u201cGino 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to say,\u201d 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\u2019 exciting future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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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 … <\/p>\n

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