{"id":4551,"date":"2013-04-22T08:22:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2013-04-22T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:22:57","slug":"lotrdc-new-era-for-lotus-cup-europe-as-inaugural-championship-kicks-off-at-the-nurburgring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/2013\/04\/22\/lotrdc-new-era-for-lotus-cup-europe-as-inaugural-championship-kicks-off-at-the-nurburgring\/","title":{"rendered":"LoTRDC &#8211; New era for Lotus Cup Europe as inaugural championship kicks off at the N\u00fcrburgring"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4553\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4553\" alt=\"Image courtesy of http:\/\/www.motofoto.tv\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners-300x166.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners-1536x851.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nr1_walker_and_rasse_weekends_two_winners.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of http:\/\/www.motofoto.tv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a great weekend for the V6 powered cars in the opening round of this years Lotus Cup Europe on the Nurburgring GP circuit, with Greg Rasse winning Race 1 in his Evora GT4 and <a title=\"LoTRDC \u2013 V6-powered Exige wins its debut race\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/2013\/04\/lotrdc-v6-powered-exige-wins-its-debut-race\/\">Jon Walker repeating his Lotus Cup UK performance<\/a> taking the Exige V6 Cup R to victory in Race 2.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The first race for Lotus Cup Europe as an FIA International Series took place at the<br \/>\nN\u00fcrburgring this weekend and saw victories for V6 powered machinery. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s Greg Rasse swapped the lead with French 2-Eleven driver Jeremy Louren\u00e7o several times before taking the opening race win of 2013. The 2-Eleven of Xavier George completed the podium in third place. Meanwhile Anthony Fournier took the Exige Cup class honours on his series debut from Dave Carr and Jean Baptiste Loup.<\/p>\n<p>In the V6 class Nick Walker recorded his best ever finish with fifth place overall and second in class, whilst Dane Nikolaj Ipsen took third place in the category with another Exige. The Production class saw fantastic battles between Thomas Dehaibe, Laurent Feve and Charlotte Burridge.<\/p>\n<p>In the second encounter Rasse fought a close battle with Jon Walker\u2019s Exige V6 Cup before the latter managed to open up an unassailable lead. Louren\u00e7o took another podium position with third after fighting with a number of cars, making for a hugely impressive weekend which has resulted in the Frenchman leading the championship standings.<\/p>\n<p>Fournier was unable to repeat his Exige class win when Ferrer overtook for the place, whilst Carr was third. Series regular Philippe Loup was second in the 2-Eleven class, with Christophe Lisandre in third. The Production category result was repeated with Dehaibe taking victory from Feve and Burridge.<\/p>\n<p>Lotus Cup Europe heads to Dijon in France next month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a great weekend for the V6 powered cars in the opening round of this years Lotus Cup Europe on the Nurburgring GP circuit, with Greg Rasse winning Race 1 in his Evora GT4 and Jon Walker repeating his Lotus Cup UK performance taking the Exige V6 Cup R to victory in Race 2. 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