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Lotus target February car launch

Lotus are confident their new car will be ready by mid-February ahead of the start of the 2010 Formula One season.

The Malaysian-funded team announced a scale model has been cleared to undergo windtunnel testing in the near future.

Technical director Mike Gascoyne said Lotus' priority is for two cars on the grid at the start of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in March next year.

"There is no escaping the challenges we face to get the car ready for the first race of next season," said Gascoyne.

"But I am confident that we are up to the task.

"Our target is to get the car ready by the middle of February so that we can carry out pre-season testing for Bahrain in mid-March.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8308035.stm

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Williams confirmed on Wednesday that they will cease using Toyota engines at the end of this year. The British team’s cars have been powered by the Japanese automaker’s V8s for the past three seasons, scoring 93.5 world championship points together. Williams will announce their 2010 supplier in due course.

“At a time of great difficulty for us as a team, Toyota stepped forward and agreed to supply us with engines for 2007 through to the end of 2009,” said Frank Williams...

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10082.html

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