Lotus F1 Team pays homage to El Greco

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Sunday 4th May 2014 – Lotus F1 Team, on the initiative of owner Gérard Lopez, will pay homage to Spanish painter El Greco with a special livery for the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix on May 9-11.

The team’s E22 will feature branding of the major El Greco exhibition currently taking place in Toledo which commemorates the 400 years since the death of the leading figure of the Spanish Renaissance through his work as a painter.

A commemorative helmet will be presented to the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy on the May 8 in La Moncloa, and to His Majesty King Juan Carlos I during his planned visit to the Lotus F1 Team motorhome at the Circuit de Catalunya on SundayMay 11.

Gérard Lopez, Owner, co-Chairman and Team Principal, Lotus F1 Team
This is the first time a Formula 1 team has publicised a Spanish cultural event so prominently. We will promote the El Greco exhibition – for no commercial fee – to a global TV audience of over 600 million people. Through this the legend of El Greco will be displayed in support of Spanish Culture and cultural tourism in Spain.”

About Gérard Lopez
The owner co-Chairman and Team Principal of Lotus F1 Team, Gérard Lopez is one of the world’s leading entrepreneurs. A Philanthropist and art-lover, Gerard is no stranger to mixing art and sport. The son of Galician immigrants, Gérard is an expert in Asian art, collector of incunabula and historical automobiles, and is seen as one of the most influential people in the City of London.

About El Greco Toledo Exhibition

The “El Greco” exhibition in Toledo currently receives thousands of visitors as one of the largest ever to gather together practically every work by the sixteenth century painter. El Greco is regarded as one of the greatest artists of Western civilisation. This accolade has been formed over the last hundred years, changing opinions previously held regarding his paintings during the two and a half centuries following his death. Previously he was regarded as an eccentric painter marginal to art history.

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