Lotus F1 Team seem very determined to resolve the organizational issues within their team as soon as possible, in order to switch focus completely to the development of their 2010 challenger in Formula One. After the Malaysian company proceeded to some managerial changes during the past week, their F1 operations also named a new CEO in the person of Riad Asmat.

Only hours before the official start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Malaysian team made the official announcement about their new CEO, who used to be general manager at Proton before accepting the Lotus offer. Asmat will therefore work with Air Asia’s Tony Fernandez to bring the new team up and ready to the Bahrain grid next year.

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