{"id":22635,"date":"2010-03-31T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/9690-lotus-aims-for-top-5-in-2013"},"modified":"2010-03-31T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:06:12","slug":"9690-lotus-aims-for-top-5-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/9690-lotus-aims-for-top-5-in-2013","title":{"rendered":"Lotus aims for the top 5 in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Fernandes aims for his team to be in the top 5 teams within 3 years. The Malaysian businessman has brought the legendary Lotus name back to Formula 1 circuits, and the team is currently the best of the new outfits.<\/p>\n<p>Heikki Kovalainen was the only driver from the 5 new teams to have finished the first 2 races (Bahrain and Australia) and also qualified ahead of his main rivals in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes intends for Lotus to fight to be in the top 10 for the next season, before taking another step in the following 2 seasons: \u00abAfter Bahrain, I got the idea that we could be in the top 5 in three seasons and I hope we will reach the top ten this season.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00abI think it&#8217;s hard for them [the established teams] to find two seconds but very easy for us because we&#8217;ve had five months. We had built a car that was too heavy, we had the wrong radiators, etc. So I think we can catch up with them. We are not that far off the race pace, Heikki was ahead of H\u00fclkenberg for part of the race, so I think we can reach the Sauber, Williams, Renault, and Toro Rosso. It sounds difficult even when I say it. A lot of things will happen over the next three years which I think will be easier for us. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>The Lotus boss, who provides the majority of the financial input, also believes that his team will not need a large budget to succeed in F1 in 2013: Toyota spent hundreds of millions of dollars and never succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>And Fernandes has clearly stated that he is in Formula 1 for the long haul, not only to succeed, but also because he believes it makes financial sense.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. You don&#8217;t do that if you&#8217;re in it for the long term. We&#8217;re here for the passion but also for the business, and we think it&#8217;s a good deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Fernandes aims for his team to be in the top 5 teams within 3 years. 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