The ART-Lotus GP2 and GP3 teams have been renamed Lotus GP for the 2012 season.
The team was founded as ART in 2005 by Frederic Vasseur and Nicolas Todt, and went on to win the GP2 teams' championship in 2005 and 2006 with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton respectively winning the drivers' titles.
The French team went in to partnership with Group Lotus in September 2010 ahead of carrying the name in the 2011 season, and will now drop ART altogether.
Starting in 2012, the teams will be known as Lotus GP and will carry the colours that brought glory to the famous British car manufacturer in Formula 1: black and gold.
For Group Lotus, this new step will embody its heavy involvement in both feeder series to auto racing’s highest level, F1.
The team was founded as ART in 2005 by Frederic Vasseur and Nicolas Todt, and went on to win the GP2 teams' championship in 2005 and 2006 with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton respectively winning the drivers' titles.
The French team went in to partnership with Group Lotus in September 2010 ahead of carrying the name in the 2011 season, and will now drop ART altogether.
Starting in 2012, the teams will be known as Lotus GP and will carry the colours that brought glory to the famous British car manufacturer in Formula 1: black and gold.
For Group Lotus, this new step will embody its heavy involvement in both feeder series to auto racing’s highest level, F1.