Technical Director James Allison is to leave Lotus with Nick Chester taking over

Lotus have confirmed that James Allison is to leave the team with Nick Chester appointed their new Technical Director.

Chester is another long-term employee at Enstone, having worked at the team since 2000 in various roles including Head of Performance Systems, Head of Vehicle Performance Group, race engineer and, most recently, Engineering Director. "I am grateful to the management at Enstone for the faith they have in promoting me to this position," he said. "I am very aware of our need to keep pushing development of this year's E21 whilst developing next year's car to a set of very different regulations. There are some exciting times ahead for Enstone and I'm honoured to be part of it."