The Lotus F1 team is planning to open a Malaysian headquarters and wind tunnel later this year, according to a report in Malaysian newspaper The Star. Currently based in Norfolk, England, the team, owned by Malaysian airline tycoon Tony Fernandes, has been planning a move to Malaysia from the beginning, but the newspaper claims those plans are now well advanced for a facility with a wind tunnel and CFD center at the Sepang circuit.
"We are already moving toward getting this project off the ground and we are hopeful that it could be completed by this year," Fernandes told the Star, although he conceded that the team still needs to find more sponsors.