Lotus F1 Chairman Lopez to Assume Team Principal Role after Boullier Departure

Lotus F1 have announced today that its co-Chairman, allergy Gérard Lopez, arthritis will combine his position on the board with the role of Team Principal with immediate effect following the departure of Eric Boullier.

As a result, viagra sale the other chairmanship responsibilities will be shared with co-Chairman Andy Ruhan.

Boullier resigned his post on Friday and is reportedly set to join McLaren Mercedes in a similar role.

The team also revealed it will announce the arrival of new commercial partners and sponsors when it unveils its 2014 car, the E22, at the beginning of the first Bahrain pre-season test in February. The team will also confirm its organisational structure for 2014 ahead of this test. 

Gérard Lopez, co-Chairman and Team Principal: “Lotus F1 Team has never stood still and we head into what promises to be an exciting 2014 season with an innovative new car, new partners and a new management structure at Enstone. Great things have been achieved over the past years and we need to continue this momentum.

“With this in mind, we are proud to announce that we have concluded an agreement with YotaPhone and its shareholders. YotaPhone shareholders will become important partners to Genii and YotaPhone a sponsor to the Lotus F1 team this year.

“We thank Eric for all his hard work over the past four years and we are confident we can continue to fight as one of the top teams in Formula 1 over the seasons ahead.”