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LRGP – Abu Dhabi GP Buildup
Lotus Renault GP are busy preparing for the Abu Dhabi GP, and will be hoping for a strong finish to the season to ensure they keep hold of the 5th place in the Constructors Championship. LRGP – James Allison on the Abu Dhabi GP – “The team needs to keep preparing the car carefully as […]
New Exige V6 photos up on the Lotus Facebook page
Lotus have posted up a few teaser shots of the new Exige S V6 on their Facebook page ahead of the launch of a new micro-site dedicated to the car. These shots are the first official photographs to come from Lotus of the car undisguised and out in natural light – with previous press shots […]
More information on the Lotus V8 emerges
The NZ Herald has posted an article unveiling information on the new Lotus V8 engine currently in development and planned to slot in to the next generation Esprit, Elite and Eterne. The engine started dyno testing in August and if all goes to schedule may be out testing in a development car before the end […]
LRGP – LRGP to adopt Lotus chassis name from 2012
Lotus Renault GP have confirmed that for 2012 the team chassis is to be renamed from Renault to Lotus. The team name will remain Lotus Renault GP. Eric Boullier, Lotus Renault GP Team Principal & MD: “We are very pleased that our chassis name change has been approved. We have said all along that, in […]
Lotus 1000km won by Stratton Motor Company
The 2011 Brands Hatch Lotus 1000km race was won by the Stratton Motor Company, with their factory supported Evora GT4 driven by Lotus Test Driver Gavin Kershaw and Le Mans 24hr racer Stuart Hall, by a margin of 5 laps and in a time of 8hr 20m 52s – some 26 minutes quicker than the […]
Exige V6 and S2 Exige side by side in the Netherlands
A particularly good spot comes in from Arnhem over in the Netherlands today, courtesy of forum member mevistox5 who managed to not only get some shots of the new V6-engined Exige S, but did so with his own S2 Exige parked up alongside it. The Exige S looks stunning in Velvet Red, and having the […]
Racing under way in the Brands Hatch Lotus 1000km
The Brands Hatch Lotus 1000km race is now under way. Friday night qualifying saw an all Europa front row with the Europa Racing and Hoffmans Motorsport cars narrowly outpacing the GWS Motorsport Exige. The sole Evora GT4 on the grid, entered by Stratton Motor Company could only muster 5th. You can follow the race through […]
Elise Club Racer makes the Evo COTY 2011 line up
Issue 164 of Evo Magazine is landing on the mats of subscribers, and it’s the fabled eCOTY (Evo Car of the Year) issue… While we of course won’t reveal the winner of the competition we are of course delighted to see the Elise CR has made the cut, going head to head against far more […]
CBT.my – Lotus opens first showroom in Beijing
The Malaysian site CBT.my has posted up news of the opening of the first Lotus showroom in China. The new showroom in Beijing and opened by Lotus China is the first of 30 showrooms which the company is planning to open over the next year, with CEO Li-Chen Zhang boasting that sales have already exceeded […]
Autosport – Formula 1 chiefs approve name changes for Lotus, Renault and Virgin
Autosport brings news that the F1 Commission has today approved name changes for the Lotus, Renault and Virgin Formula 1 teams. The move sees Team Lotus renaming to Caterham, while the Lotus sponsored Renault team becomes Lotus, and pending approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council brings an end to the dispute over the […]
Essex Double Header Weekend Report
The Essex region took a trip across the channel to France for a long weekend of socialising and track days last weekend, taking in the delights of the the Clastres and Ecuyers circuits with Lotus-on-Track. Essex Regional Liasson MARK-L has written a report of the weekend, which you can find here, along with more photos […]
LoTRDC – Lotus on Track TV 2011 – Programme 5
The LoTRDC have posted the latest TV show in the LoTRDC series up online, featuring racing from the Lotus Cup Europe, Lotus Cup UK and Elise Trophy at Spa Francorchamps, along with a look at the design and development of the Exige R-GT Rally Car. The show is posted up in 4 parts and can […]