Hired by Lotus who will join the family of world championship Formula One from 2010, with the Italian driver Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, as he announced on Monday in Kuala Lumpur.
The official announcement of the contract with the two drivers on the tongue and Sports Minister Abdullah Ahmad Chabri at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, which revealed the name of the third driver in the team and will be Malaysia's Fairuz Fauzi.
Not surprisingly, the Lotus contract with Trulli, who found himself without a team after the withdrawal of Toyota the world championship, but the name Kovalainen is a surprise, especially as he was a candidate to return to his former team Renault after McLaren Mercedes abandoned in the interest of world champion, Britain's Jenson Button.
He will return the name of the Lotus to the world of the first category for the first time since 1994, this time under the "flag" instead of Malaysia because the British Malaysian car maker Proton bought the company prestigious British.
The Lotus of the leading teams championship in the sixties and seventies, which culminated in the constructors title on seven occasions the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1978, and the drivers title six times the years 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1978, and achieved 73 victories during her career, which began in 1958 (489 races until 1994), and the rotation of the leadership of a number of cars legends of the sport like the British Jim Clark and Graham Hill and Stirling Moss, Nigel Mansell, and Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, Mario Andretti and Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, in addition to Finland's Mika Hakkinen.
The Team Lotus will not be a newcomer to the championship next season, will join him as dead Campos Spanish (with Brazilian driver Bruno Senna, so far) and U S F-1 U.S. and British Virgin Racing (with Timo Glock), which will return the Sauber team after buying share of the BMW again, bringing the number of teams to 13 or 26 car, prompting the International Federation to amend the distribution of points giving the first place, 25 points against 20 for the second and 15 for third 10 for fourth and 8 and 6 for the fifth-sixth and 5 for the seventh and 3 points for the eighth and ninth and one point for tenth.
It is expected to be a thrill to date as was the case in 2009 due to new amendments to the laws which will enter the tournament within the scheme of the FIA "Via" to reduce costs, most notably the prohibition of refueling in the race for the first time since 1993.
The Department of the Formula One "Foam" to provide support for the new teams will get all awarded 10 million dollars in addition to ensure a "foam" the shipment of two structures to each team in addition to 10 tons of equipment and supplies in the race at their own expense and in all races next season.
The qualifying system will change because of the high number of teams participating, with 8 cars would be excluded after the first part of qualifying, and the same number in the second section, while the number of teams that will participate in the third section at the last session, in addition to the prohibition of the use of a special cover Bihme windows .
He will miss the cars of the 2010 "Kirz," which works to re-use of energy generated by braking, by a decision of the Association of teams, "Fouta".
Did not prohibit "true" use "Kirz," but that the decision issued by the difference in itself, forcing him to maintain its earlier decision to increase the minimum weight of the car from 605 to 620 kg in order to avoid teams that have drivers taller (heavier weight) that suffer the face of its competitors in the event decided to use a "Kirz," because it is not prohibited by law.
Source: agencies
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