{"id":23663,"date":"2009-09-04T17:36:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T17:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber"},"modified":"2009-09-04T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T17:36:37","slug":"8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber","title":{"rendered":"Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Sauber, founder and 20% owner of the BMW Sauber team, spent his week in Malaysia. It seems that the Malaysian government, already involved with the team to the tune of 35 million euros per year for the promotion of the oil company Petronas, might be interested in forming a national Formula 1 team.<\/p>\n<p>Through the involvement of the Malaysian consortium, it seems that the matter involves a few other entities such as Lotus, Litespeed, and Mike Gascoyne via an independent start-up. A takeover bid is being considered with the F3 team, the well-known engineer, and the new director of Lotus, Dany Bahar.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidence or not, it was confirmed a short time ago that Bahar was leaving Ferrari to take up the position of director at Lotus in October. &#8220;I am eager to take on the challenges as president of this legendary and symbolic company with an extraordinary history in motorsport,&#8221; stated Bahar. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to put my plans in motion in October.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lotus is owned by Proton, a Malaysian automobile manufacturer, and the current chairman is Malaysian Dato Nadzmi Mohd Salleh. Confident in his company, he opens up the possibility of a return to competition by praising the performance of his successor: \u00abWith Dany&#8217;s track record in motorsport and with Ferrari, we strongly believe we have found the right chairman to strengthen the image, brand, and reputation of Lotus, which builds world-class sports cars.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Sauber, founder and 20% owner of the BMW Sauber team, spent his week in Malaysia. It seems that the Malaysian government, already involved with the team to the tune of 35 million euros per year for the promotion of the oil company Petronas, might be interested in forming a national Formula 1 team. Through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":43060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-23663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-equipes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber - Motorsinside English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber - Motorsinside English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peter Sauber, founder and 20% owner of the BMW Sauber team, spent his week in Malaysia. It seems that the Malaysian government, already involved with the team to the tune of 35 million euros per year for the promotion of the oil company Petronas, might be interested in forming a national Formula 1 team. Through [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorsinside English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-09-04T17:36:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Vincent Guyon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vincent Guyon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber\",\"name\":\"Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber - Motorsinside English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/1500_edito_09DTWWn8Jr74N3oIsRF_gwFb4OqDLU_idSUtMvzvijSCzzf_ModBIr7JXa8eGA_beLJtw6RRLUEWFV30.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-09-04T17:36:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e01820ad52f9bb45bdaaf6bddc95ae53\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/1500_edito_09DTWWn8Jr74N3oIsRF_gwFb4OqDLU_idSUtMvzvijSCzzf_ModBIr7JXa8eGA_beLJtw6RRLUEWFV30.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/1500_edito_09DTWWn8Jr74N3oIsRF_gwFb4OqDLU_idSUtMvzvijSCzzf_ModBIr7JXa8eGA_beLJtw6RRLUEWFV30.webp\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Motorsinside English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e01820ad52f9bb45bdaaf6bddc95ae53\",\"name\":\"Vincent Guyon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bae7fc7981880d6fc9cb477070b63ae4d0a301e07fcdcf72a298ffe1fb0a9380?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bae7fc7981880d6fc9cb477070b63ae4d0a301e07fcdcf72a298ffe1fb0a9380?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Vincent Guyon\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/author\/vicenzooo\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber - Motorsinside English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber - Motorsinside English","og_description":"Peter Sauber, founder and 20% owner of the BMW Sauber team, spent his week in Malaysia. It seems that the Malaysian government, already involved with the team to the tune of 35 million euros per year for the promotion of the oil company Petronas, might be interested in forming a national Formula 1 team. Through [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber","og_site_name":"Motorsinside English","article_published_time":"2009-09-04T17:36:37+00:00","author":"Vincent Guyon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Vincent Guyon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber","url":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber","name":"Lotus and Malaysia interested in BMW Sauber - Motorsinside English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/1500_edito_09DTWWn8Jr74N3oIsRF_gwFb4OqDLU_idSUtMvzvijSCzzf_ModBIr7JXa8eGA_beLJtw6RRLUEWFV30.webp","datePublished":"2009-09-04T17:36:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e01820ad52f9bb45bdaaf6bddc95ae53"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/8644-lotus-malaysia-interested-in-bmw-sauber#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/1500_edito_09DTWWn8Jr74N3oIsRF_gwFb4OqDLU_idSUtMvzvijSCzzf_ModBIr7JXa8eGA_beLJtw6RRLUEWFV30.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/1500_edito_09DTWWn8Jr74N3oIsRF_gwFb4OqDLU_idSUtMvzvijSCzzf_ModBIr7JXa8eGA_beLJtw6RRLUEWFV30.webp","width":1500,"height":1000},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/","name":"Motorsinside English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e01820ad52f9bb45bdaaf6bddc95ae53","name":"Vincent Guyon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bae7fc7981880d6fc9cb477070b63ae4d0a301e07fcdcf72a298ffe1fb0a9380?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bae7fc7981880d6fc9cb477070b63ae4d0a301e07fcdcf72a298ffe1fb0a9380?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Vincent Guyon"},"url":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/author\/vicenzooo"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}