Crikey! - The new Lotus F1 car (new video & images)

It's a name that's full of history and is as prestigious as Ferrari (in a sense at least) - and more importantly, it's back in Formula One, albeit the badge on a team funded by Malaysia, we're not complaining, it looks pretty and it's great to have the name back in Grand Prix.

Let's hope team principal Tony Fernandes' hype turns into reality and they are at least a little bit competitive...

Here's the new car - what do you reckon - like the retro look?

See the video below, for the actual unveiling, as it happened:

For some more images, click through the thumbnails below:

Two of Badger's staff were at the launch, so expect a full report on "what it's really like at an F1 launch" soon.  You can follow our Editor at the launch on twitter here and also follow Ciaran Buttonham's tweets here.