Renault ha completato l’accordo di acquisizione delle azioni Lotus e i debiti del team sono stati interamenti pagati, con il giudice della High Court di Londra che ha detto che ora il Costruttore francese “ha, a tutti gli effetti, le chiavi” della squadra di Formula 1. Come comunicato di recente da Renault, ulteriori dettagli sui programmi per il 2016 (inclusi queli che riguardano i piloti) saranno rivelati in gennaio. Sotto, il comunicato ufficiale Renault.
Redazione MotoriNoLimits
“On Friday 18 December 2015, Groupe Renault and Gravity Motorsport S.a.rl, an affiliate of Genii Capital SA, formally and successfully completed the acquisition by Groupe Renault of a controlling shareholding of Lotus F1 Team Limited.
The new team name, full management structure, team partners and other details will be announced during an event to be held in Paris in February. In the interim, a new board of directors has been appointed, with Jérôme Stoll as Chairman and Cyril Abiteboul as Managing Director.
Following the signing of a letter of intent by Groupe Renault and Gravity Motorsport S.a.rl on 28 September 2015, the parties entered into the various agreements on 3 December 2015. Since then, all parties involved have been working relentlessly to comply with all of the contractual and legal obligations under the agreements to enable the transaction to successfully complete. The technical teams are making good progress to have the 2016 car ready for testing in Barcelona at the end of February”.
