Went on a tour of Lotus F1 today

[Colesy]

Went on a tour of Lotus F1 today, thought I'd share the pics. Some amazing engineering on show, most of which we weren't allowed to take pictures of.

They had all the old trophies from back when they were Renault including the championship winners from 2005/6 plus a few of the old cars:

[Ian Simmonds]

Lovely stuff, thanks for sharing....

[Rocco]

Lovely stuff, thanks for sharing....

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[diogocartier]

Very nice!

[ash2050]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo9Gien7Tgk

Good watch

[BIGGYIN]

Brother,works for Lotus F1.

[pixsaudisex2]

Nice pics.. Them front wings look a bit complex lol..

[slacky]

must have been a great day out

[J7 In A TT]

How much is it to go?

I want to pay a visit as I am a Kimi fan

[vonbeck]

great pics thanks for sharing

[geryS2]

nice pics ! is it in Norfolk ?

good friend of mine is working at Genii Capital in Luxembourg, he s flying often to Lotus factories in Norfolk for auditing, a lot is top secret in this business...

[Colesy]

The F1 base is near Enstone in Oxfordshire so not far from me at all. My girlfriends parents won the tour in a raffle and didn't want to go so passed the prize on to me!

You can't buy tours from what I've seen but there are a few other options that they told us about. Like "Race Day" where you spend the day of the race in their "bunker" (which has a massive cinema in it), this has a live link to the track and you observe the whole thing from the team's point of view, more info on their site:

http://lotusf1team.com/-race-days-.html

There are a few other options under - Team - Experiences at the top on their site, including one that is just over £2k where you get a drive!