“We would prefer to have sponsors up to the full amount – but if we have
to fund it then we will fund it.
“When we changed the name from Lotus Renault to Lotus [for this year] it
opened up the door for a title sponsor. So if you take into account the fact
we signed Unilever, probably the biggest sponsorship agreement this year in
F1, and we signed Microsoft, which is huge news as it is a brand that has
never been in F1 before, we have a wide space for sponsorship.
“If we sign a title sponsor now, we will end up with a better cash flow
situation than this team ever had before.”
Lopez did not rule out the possibility of Genii Capital buying Group Lotus at
some point in the future, with the Luxembourg-based company having held
talks with Proton in the past.
“We don’t know yet, because we really do not know what the new owner wants
to do with it,” he told Autosport.