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Fernandes then reverted to the historic Team Lotus name, having bought the rights from businessman David Hunt - brother of world champion James Hunt - who had purchased the rights to the name in after the team ran into financial difficulties. The team collapsed at the end of that season. Both decisions were the subject of a lawsuit which was finally resolved in London's High Court in May. A judge ruled Team Lotus could continue to race under that name but that Group Lotus retained the right to use the Lotus marque on its road cars, and in F1 if it chose to enter its own team.
Fernandes, however, had already begun formulating a back-up plan by buying English sportscar manufacturer Caterham in April. That led to new talks with Group Lotus, which ended with them submitting the joint request to change their names that was agreed by F1 decision-makers on Thursday.
The permission to change the names of the cars produced by the teams - and under which they are officially entered in the championship - was granted by the F1 Commission, a body of senior figures in the sport. Chassis names have an impact on the amount of prize money a team can receive, which is partly distributed on grounds of historical results.
Yes it does, the Judge found that Group Lotus has the right to use the Lotus marque on cars for road use. However this does not specify that Group Lotus has the right to use it on cars for competition use.
This may be one of the issues Group Lotus will raise in its appeal. Probably though this is also not clear, it is possible that Team Lotus will enter Caterhams in non F1 events in future. Subscribe Newsletter. In the end, both sides got something out of the decision. But the longer this acrimonious struggle between Team Lotus and Group Lotus continues, the longer this bizarre split tarnishes the legacy of the racing team and sports car company that both sides claim to uphold.
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