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Lotus E23
The Lotus E23 Hybrid is a Formula One racing car which Lotus F1, Lotus used to compete in the 2015 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Nick Chester, Chris Cooney, Martin Tolliday and Nicolas Hennel with Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes supplying the team's powertrain. It was driven by Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado. This was the team's only car to use Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes engines, after a 20-year period of racing with Renault in Formula One, Renault based powerplants. The E23 Hybrid was also the first Enstone-based car not to use a Renault-based engine (including the period between 1998 and 2000 where the team used Playlife badged Renault-based Mecachrome/Supertec V10s) since the Ford Motor Company, Ford-powered V8 powered Benetton B194 in , as well as first full British team to utilize Petronas fuel and lubricants. Images of the 2015 car were released on 26 January 2015. The Lotus-Mercedes partnership was orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Grosjean
Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (; born 17 April 1986) is a French and Swiss racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini and serves as a reserve driver in the IndyCar Series for Prema. Grosjean competed under the French flag in Formula One between and , and the IndyCar Series from 2021 to 2024. Born and raised in Geneva to a Swiss father and French mother, Grosjean is the grandson of Olympic alpine skier Fernand Grosjean and the great-grandson of weapons designer Edgar Brandt. Graduating from kart racing to junior formulae in 2003 under a Swiss license, Grosjean began his career in Formula LO before moving to French Formula Renault in 2004 with SG Formula. He dominated the following season with 10 wins from 16 races. He then progressed to the Formula 3 Euro Series, winning the championship in 2007 amidst a title battle with Sébastien Buemi. Grosjean graduated to the GP2 Series in 2008, finishing fourth in his rookie season and winni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
