Caterham F1
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Caterham F1 Team is a Malaysian-owned Formula One team based in the United Kingdom. The team will compete as Caterham for the first time in the 2012 Formula One season, following the renaming of the outfit that raced as Team Lotus in 2011. This followed the acquisition of British sportscar manufacturer Caterham Cars by team principal Tony Fernandes, forming the Caterham Group.[3]
History
Background
Fernandes' team originally entered Formula One in 2010 as Lotus Racing, using the Lotus name under licence from Group Lotus. When Group Lotus' parent company Proton terminated the licence, Fernandes acquired the privately-owned Team Lotus name for use in the 2011 season. As Proton began legal proceedings against the team, Fernandes acquired Caterham Cars. In November 2011 the team applied to the Formula One commission to formally change their constructor name for the 2012 season from Lotus to Caterham, while Renault changed their name to Lotus.[4] Permission was granted before being formally ratified at a meeting of the FIA World Motorsport Council.[5] The team finished 10th in the Constructors Championship in 2011, with three 13th place finishes; two from Trulli, the other from Kovalainen.
2012 season
Trulli and Kovalainen re-signed with the team, under its new guise of Caterham, for the 2012 season.[1]
In January 2012, it was announced that the team would be moving to the Leafield Technical Centre in Leafield, Oxfordshire, the previous headquarters of both Arrows and Super Aguri F1 teams.[6] The Caterham CT01 is the first car the team has built to run KERS.
On 17 February, the team announced that Vitaly Petrov would replace Trulli alongside Kovalainen for the 2012 season.[7]
Mark Smith took over pitwall operations from Group CTO Mike Gascoyne starting from the Chinese Grand Prix.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Points | WCC |
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| 2012 | Caterham CT01 | Renault RS27-2012 V8 | P | AUS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | USA | BRA | 0* | 10th* | |
 Heikki Kovalainen
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Ret | 18 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Vitaly Petrov
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Ret | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 19 |
* Season in progress.
References
- ^ a b "2012 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Elizalde, Pablo (14 December 2011). "Caterham reveals Formula 1 team logo". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Team Lotus purchase Caterham Cars". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (1 November 2011). "Virgin applies for name change to become Marussia". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (3 November 2011). "Caterham, Lotus and Marussia name changes approved". Adam Cooper's F1 Blog. WordPress. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ Elizalde, Pablo (18 January 2012). "Caterham F1 team confirms proposed move to Leafield". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ "Petrov replaces Trulli at Caterham". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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