Lotus HVM Racing and Simona de Silvestro to Offer Media Availability at Autobau Event

Romanshorn, Switzerland - Lotus HVM Racing and star driver, Simona de Silvestro, will offer media availability on Saturday, November 26, 2011, from 3:45-5:30 p.m. at the unique Autobau Museum in Switzerland.

Simona De Silvestro, last year's Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, had three top-ten finishes in her 2011 season (St. Pete, Barber, Toronto) and achieved the Fastest Lap of the Race in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Swiss driver's 2010 Rookie of the Year Dallara IndyCar will also be presented at the event.

Just last week, HVM Racing announced its 2012 partnership with Lotus, world-renowned sportscar manufacturer. The team will also continue its prominent partnership with Entergy Nuclear and the mission to spread the message of the Nuclear Clean Air Energy campaign. Claudio Berro, Lotus Director of Motorsport, and Keith Wiggins, team owner of Lotus HVM Racing, will be present to offer interviews regarding the announcement.

What: Media availability for Lotus HVM Racing and Simona de Silvestro

When: Saturday, November 26 from 3:45-5:30 p.m. (Event runs from 2-5 p.m.)

Where: Autobau Museum, Egnacherweg 7, 8590 Romanshorn, Switzerland

About HVM Racing
HVM Racing was founded by Keith Wiggins and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. HVM enters 2011 as its tenth year of competition since forming in 2001 and has earned six victories, two pole positions, and an additional 16 podiums. They earned "Indianapolis Rookie of the Year" honors with driver Simona De Silvestro at the 2010 event and since joining the IZOD INDYCAR Series in 2008, the team has earned nine top-10 finishes. HVM finished fourth and third, respectively, in the Champ Car World Series in 2006 and 2007, and earned drivers Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos Rookie of the Year honors in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Follow HVM Racing at www.hvmracing.com, on twitter at www.twitter.com/HVMracing, and on facebook at www.facebook.com/HVMRacing.

About Lotus
For further details on Lotus Motorsport and Group Lotus please visit our dedicated media site www.lotusnewera.com using the following details:

User name: media
Password: lotus

Group Lotus plc, is based in Norfolk, UK, and has three operating divisions: Lotus Cars, Lotus Engineering and Lotus Motorsport.

Lotus Cars builds world class, high performance sports cars including the award-winning Evora, the iconic Elise and the stunning Exige and the road / track orientated 2-Eleven. Lotus New Era, the future product line-up, was unveiled in Paris on 30th September 2010 featuring the new Esprit, Elan, Elite, Elise and Eterne.

Lotus Engineering provides comprehensive and versatile consultancy services to many of the world's OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers and is an internationally recognised automotive engineering consultancy. Global facilities include those in the US, Malaysia, China and offices in Germany and Japan. Lotus is a global high-tech company, committed to driving forward technology for both Lotus Cars and its Engineering clients, spearheading research into such areas as hybrids, electric vehicles and renewable fuels.

Lotus Motorsport operates the motorsports activities of Lotus and includes the strategy to return the Lotus name to a great number of series including endurance racing with GT2, GT4 and LMP2, single seater racing with GP2, GP3 and IndyCar. Lotus has also returned to F1 with Lotus Renault GP from the start of the 2011 F1 racing season onwards.

For more information about Group Lotus please contact:
PR Department, Group Lotus plc, Potash Lane, Hethel, Norfolk, UK, NR14 8EZ
Tel: +44 (0)1953 608264 Email: pr@lotuscars.com

About Entergy
Entergy is the second largest owner and operator of U.S. nuclear energy plants. They operate or provide management services to 12 reactors at 10 sites. Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and more than 15,000 employees. Follow at www.NuclearCleanAirEnergy.com and www.entergy-nuclear.com; on Twitter at www.twitter.com/EntergyNuclear and www.twitter/NuclearCleanAir, and on facebook at www.facebook.com/Nuclear Clean Air Energy.