Wishful thinking... Does Ross Brawn fancy a job?

1.Some years ago, I made a proposal to set up a commercial training division for Lotus Engineering (Malaysia).
It wasn't greeted with any great enthusiasm by the then Management. I left soon afterwards!
I believe in the validity of the proposal, and as the following decade has past, this belief has only grown stronger...
I have contacted many people over the years, presented to CEO's and industry experts.

2.Recently, an induustry expert, recently employed by Mercedes Petronas F1 has left his position. In the near future he will take a sabbatical...

3.Another industry professional, also connected to Petronas is reviewing his options.

Below are three short pieces related to the above three (3) points.

Fabulous Interview with Francis Ford Coppola

by Andrew Einspruch Leave a Comment

 

What happened was for five years later they revisited it (Patton script) and they had hired George C. Scott and Scott didn’t like the script they then had, and someone remembered this earlier script. So they went back to my script and that’s how I got to be in it. So the moral I want to teach all the young people here is that the same thing you get fired for is what they give the Lifetime Achievement Awards 30 years later.
( Call me deluded... but this is what I see happening with my proposal)

Some thoughts about Ross Brawn

December 5, 2013 by Joe Saward

 

The up-side of such a job would be that Brawn would be able to have a positive impact on the sport and, if at some point, there was to be a stock market flotation, a man in that position would have all the credentials required to become the CEO. One might even say that he could be “the next generation Bernie”…

 

(It would be fantastic if Ross Brawn would come on board)

 

Published: Friday December 6, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Friday December 6, 2013 MYT 10:05:25 AM

Dr Mahathir reconsiders decision to quit Petronas

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) is rethinking his decision to quit as Petronas adviser.

 

(Wouldn't it be great if Dr. M would advise Petronas to fund my project and suggest they continue their successful relationship with Ross Brawn)

Lotus not attending the Geneva show.

Lotus will not be at the Geneva Motor show as far as I know...
Shame, but as the Management has stated it will be producing new models in the year 2015, it has nothing to show...
http://paultan.org/2013/01/15/lotus-five-concept-cars-canned-brand-wont-be-sold/

EDAG a design house has a stand. Last time I attended they had a Bentley or a Rolls Royce on their stand. They used it to demonstrate their Engineering input.

Lotus Engineering could do something similar. Companies like Tesla might even appreciate the publicity.

My last trip there was at the request of a former Lotus CEO. He never turned up. He was called to a board meeting in Malaysia. Group Lotus are Malaysian owned.

It was still interesting. Richard Rackham talked me through the low revving range extender engine Lotus had produced for use with electric motors. He felt this technology could be a saviour for Lotus.

I hope they licence it to some multi national OEM's.

However, the true game changer for Lotus would undoubtedly, (in my opinion) be the Motorsport University concept. I realise that Lotus are broke, however they could certainly play a part in this.

Petronas, as a fortune 500 and owner of a Private University famously designed by Foster and partners are heavily involved in Motorsport and may be interested in investing if approached.

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/petronas-university-of-technology/

 

I have visited the campus and presented my ideas. I feel that should a Senior Adviser to DRB-Hicom express his approval for the proposal it might be adopted. Success is never guaranteed. I would be amazed if this didn't work out.

I feel that Petronas will move on this sooner rather than later.

DRB-Hicom, owner of Lotus and Proton have their own University and are looking at turnaround business plans. This should dovetail nicely with their globalisation wishes.