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Article: Maidstone Sports Cars in 2013
Ahead of this weekends opening round of the 2013 LoTRDC Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup UK season we took the opportunity to put a few questions to Andrew Marsh of Maidstone Sports Cars, who returned to the LoTRDC series in 2012 with their Honda powered S1 Exige. The team impressed on its return, with not […]
Event Focus: LoTRDC – Round 1 – Lotus Cup UK & Elise Trophy – Snetterton – April 6th-7th
This seasons Lotus Cup UK and Elise Trophy series kick off once again this coming weekend, with a pair of Elise Trophy races on the Saturday and a 90 minute Lotus Cup UK endurance race on Sunday along with various support races across both days. You can find more details on the LoTRDC website, or […]
Exige production update
Since we paid a visit to Lotus in January to see the Exige S production line cars have been arriving with their owners in the UK, but at a relatively low rate, while some have experienced further delays. Today forum member and Exige S order holder Simon Bichara visited the factory to see progress on […]
Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP – Race Report
It was a missed opportunity for the Lotus F1 Team today in Malaysia, the team with good pace in stage of the race but out of position after Raikkonen received a grid penalty for blocking and Grosjean was caught out in changing conditions in qualifying, compounded by poor starts for both. After a damp start […]
Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP Preview
Its the Malaysian GP this weekend and Lotus will be looking to repeat their victory in the season opener in Australia. You can find a selection of their race preview articles below: Selamat Datang ke Malaysia – Welcome to Malaysia Romain Grosjean on the Malaysian GP – “I’ll arrive in Sepang fresh and ready to […]
Claim for liquidation of Group Lotus dismissed
Following an alarmist report this morning by Autocar that Lotus was facing possible liquidation, spurred by the appearance of Group Lotus on the Companies Court Winding Up List, we are pleased to report that Lotus has issued a response and that filing has been dismissed and the company is not being liquidated. Contrary to rumours […]
Lotus F1 Team – Australian GP – Race Report
After a split qualifying session which saw the Lotus’ line up 7th and 8th on the grid the cars went on opposite directions at the start, with a strong start from Raikkonen seeing him fight his way up to 4th in the opening laps while Grosjean struggled and fell back out of the points. Raikkonen […]
Driven: Lotus Exige S Track Test
Our write up of last weeks Lotus Exige S Track Test is online now, where three SELOCers of mixed abilities took to the Lotus test track at Hethel to try out the new V6 engined Exige and see how it performed. Be sure to check out our video of the day as well. Discussion: SELOC […]
Lotus F1 Team – Australian GP – Friday Practice
The new season officially got under way this morning with the first practice sessions in Australia. Lotus F1 Team have showed promise in the opening sessions, reaching 4th and 5th in Free Practice 2 behind the Red Bulls and the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg, but much is still unknown at this early stage and the […]
Video: Lotus Exige S Track Test
When we were offered the chance to drive the new Exige V6 on Lotus’ private test track we knew it was an opportunity too good to miss. We took along a track novice, a long term Elise owner and a race driver to see what people across a range of experience levels made of Lotus’ […]
LoTRDC – Lotus Cup Europe attains FIA International Series status
Ahead of the new season starting next month, Lotus on Track Racing Drivers Club have announced that the Lotus Cup Europe has gained FIA International Series status. Source: LoTRDC – Lotus Cup Europe attains FIA International Series status Lotus Cup Europe will be run as a championship for the first time in 2013, when the […]
Snows Group restarts plans to open Lotus Hedge End
Last year Snows Group put plans to open a new Lotus dealership in Hedge End on hold, citing concerns around “uncertainty surrounding Lotus”. Now however the company has decided to press ahead with the opening of the new Lotus dealership near the south coast alongside it’s existing Toyota and Lexus franchises, with work starting towards […]