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Lotus F1 Team – Chinese GP – Saturday Qualifying
Lotus bounced back from a difficult Friday to perform strongly in qualifying with both drivers making their way in to Q3 and the Top Ten on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen put in a strong performance, putting in the 5th fastest time which will see him line up 4th after Lewis Hamilton’s 5 place grid penalty. […]
Lotus F1 Team – Chinese GP – Friday Practice
A frustrating day for the Lotus F1 Team in the practice sessions ahead of this weekends race in China, with mixed weather in FP1 and testing of new parts and race setup work masking the teams ultimate pace in FP2. You can find links to teams reports and interviews below, or discuss the race weekend […]
New Exige S Posts Hethel Lap Time, Breaks With Tradition
For years Lotus have been carefully honing the art of producing cars precisely two seconds a lap quicker than their predecessors around the Hethel test track, so much so that it has become a running joke in the community. It comes as a great surprise today then that Lotus have published the time for their […]
David Cameron To Discuss Lotus Future With Malaysian Prime Minister
The Eastern Daily Press is reporting today that Prime Minister David Cameron, who is currently on the Malaysian leg of his Asian trade visit, will be seeking assurances today over the future of Lotus from his Malaysian counterpart. South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon, in whose constituency Group Lotus is based, said he had briefed Number […]
Lotus Sport UK – Successful Opening Weekend In British GT For Lotus Sport UK
A good start to the season for the Lotus Sport UK team in the British GT last weekend, claiming 3 podium places from the 2 races in the GT4 class despite a rain soaked race weekend. Lotus Sport UK opened their 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship account with three podium finishes from two races […]
New Exige S Reviews to be Published April 25th Despite Uncertainty Over Lotus’ Future
While the internet is awash with rumours of turbulent times ahead for Group Lotus there comes at least some positive news as AutoCar let slip in a piece about Lotus’ future that journalists have now had a chance to drive the companies new V6-engined Exige S, with the embargo for reviews of the car set […]
Lotus Cars – Never let the facts get in the way of a good story….
Amidst ongoing rumours surrounding the future of the company, Lotus Cars have issued the following Press Release. Discussion: SELOC Chat – Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.. (lotus press release) Take a little look at what we found online. Don’t you think it’s funny? We do. We had a […]
LoTRDC – Lotus Cup Europe 2012 – Race 1 Nurburgring Press Report
The Lotus Cup Europe season kicked off this weekend on the Nurburgring GP circuit, with Elises, Exiges, 2-11’s and Evoras taking to the track to battle for supremacy. Source: LoTRDC – Lotus Cup Europe 2012 – Race 1 Nurburgring Press Report Jon Walker was ready to continue his great Nürburgring form in Lotus Cup Europe […]
PistonHeads Sprint an Evora S at Goodwood
PistonHeads have an interesting piece online, with writer Dan Trent tackling the GRRC Easter Monday Sprint at Goodwood in the Evora S GP Edition. Watch the original video on YouTube Dan and the Evora S both performed admirably in the wet conditions, finishing 3rd in class behind a pair of 4WD Nissan Skylines and ahead […]
Lotus Sport UK – Lotus Sport UK Take Pole Position At Oulton Park
A great start to the year for the Lotus Sport UK team at Oultan Park, with 3rd and 4th on the grid in Race 1 for the teams Evora GT4s followed up by a pole position for Race 2. Source: Lotus Sport UK – Lotus Sport UK Take Pole Position At Oulton Park Phil Glew took […]
Video – Exige R-GT San Remo Test
Can’t wait to see the Exige R-GT in action? Well good news, United Racing Press have a video of the car in action at it’s San Remo test. Watch the original video on YouTube Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus Exige R-GT rally car Source: YouTube – Rally Test LOTUS EXIGE R-GT – Sanremo (ITA), March […]
Maidstone Sports Cars Joins the Lotus Cup UK Grid
Maidstone Sports Cars have announced they will be joining the Lotus Cup UK grid with a Honda powered S1 Exige, running in the Open Class. MSC had previously competed in the Elise Trophy, but left after the 2009 season following rule changes which ruled out their Honda converted cars to compete in the Britcar series. […]