Lotus has announced the recruitment of Hong Kong racer Adderly Fong as a Development Driver for 2015.

Lotus has announced the recruitment of Hong Kong racer Adderly Fong as a Development Driver for 2015. He will undergo a driver development programme as well as contributing to the team's simulator work for enhancing and improving the E23 Hybrid.

Fong will combine his Lotus duties with competing in the GP3 Series and GT Asia seasons. He will work with the team at Grands Prix as well as at the team's base in Enstone, England.

"It's great to have Adderly join the team," said Matthew Carter, CEO of the Lotus F1 team. "We have an aggressive development programme with the E23 so he will be able to both learn from our engineers and race drivers as well as contribute to our car through the course of the season. We have a very strong driver line-up which Adderly will join so he has a great opportunity to learn ahead of him. We are committed to moving back up the competitive order and Adderly's work behind the scenes will be invaluable in assisting us to achieve this."

"This is a great opportunity to further my racing career," added Fong, who completed his first F1 test with Sauber at Valencia last year, covering 99 laps in a two-year-old C31, and subsequently drove the 20104 version in FP1 in Abu Dhabi. "I'll be able to learn how an F1 team operates during race weekends as an integral part of the team and these invaluable experiences are going to lay the foundations of my future development as an F1 driver. I am happy but I am not going to get carried away, for this is only the first of many steps. I aim to become the first Chinese driver to compete in a Formula 1 Grand Prix which will assist to promote the sport in China and also in Hong Kong. There is great potential for me with Lotus F1 Team so I can't wait to get underway in my new role."

Fong, of course, becomes the team's second development driver, the Enstone outfit having previously recruited Carmen Jorda.

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1. Posted by petes, 26/03/2015 4:12

"Sure, sign him up. Why not?
I mean, if the team formerly unprincipaled by Tony were still around, he'd have hooked him.

Fong's manager must be myopic......and have short term memory problems.....HRT and Ho ping weren't that long ago. IIRC, the wheels fell off as he stepped out of the car after his attempt at glory...."

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2. Posted by kiwi2wheels, 24/03/2015 14:41

"@ Mugmug

That's a bit demeaning to prostitutes. They at least have some principles !"

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3. Posted by Mugmug, 24/03/2015 10:54

"The prostitution of a F1 team. That's what I call it. I feel for the real racers in this team because they must be SO embarrassed being associated with a bunch of "Wall Streeters" that are using F1 to line their pockets, and selling team uniforms to whoever will pay the most. What do you suppose this photo cost Fong or his father/sponsor etc. I am not criticizing Fong, I AM criticizing the owners/management of the Lotus team for cheapening the sport and using it to line their pockets. It's time the FIA stepped in to prevent sleazy maggots from exploiting this sport. Another reason why F1 interest is declining."

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4. Posted by Carugatese, 24/03/2015 10:35

"How does Lotus choose the so called development drivers?"

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