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Indian driver Sailesh Bolisetti to race for Lotus in British GT

January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sailesh Bolisetti

Lotus Sport UK has signed Sailesh Bolisetti to race in the 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The 23-year-old from Visakhapatnum, on the east coast of India, will race the Lotus Evora GT4 which took three wins last year, the team’s maiden season. Bolisetti began racing in 2007 and went on to winIndia’s inaugural Volkswagen Polo Cup in 2010. As part of his prize, he was promoted to the Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup, a support series forEurope’s DTM championship. Now he’s preparing to make the step up to sportscar racing, alongside some of the toughest … [Read more...]

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BTCC driver Martin Byford joins Team Bullrun in the Evora GTC

January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bullrun Evora

BTCC 2011 driver and former Formula Ford and Renault Clio Cup Champion Martin Byford, will join 2010 Britcar Production Champions Richard Adams and David Green in a bid to take the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship Crown. The former rivals will race a new Lotus Evora currently being prepared by Lotus Motorsport in Hethel. Martin commented: “I am delighted to be joining the team for the full season – the new car looks very promising and the testing programme we are putting together should give us further impetus as the year goes on”. The … [Read more...]

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Team Bullrun enter Lotus Evora GTC in 2012 Britcar Endurance Championship

January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Team Bullrun - New Lotus Evora 2012

Team Bullrun have announced that they are to take deliver of a new Lotus Evora GTC in time for the first round of the Championship at the Silverstone GP Circuit on 24th March 2012. An Evora GT4 secured a very credible third place in the Britcar 24 Hour Race in October 2011 however this is the first time the new endurance model from Lotus will compete for an overall Championship title in 2012. Former Britcar Production Champions Richard Adams and David Green will be joined by 2011 BTCC driver Martin Byford. Group Lotus Motorsport Director Claudio Berro said: "We are … [Read more...]

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‘Lotus ART’ becomes ‘Lotus GP’

January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Lotus-GP

Lotus ART will have a new name, but the identity and values of the team remain the same. Starting in 2012, and for the upcoming seasons, the team led by Frédéric Vasseur and Nicolas Todt will continue its commitment in the GP2 and GP3 Series championships under the name Lotus, with the colours that brought glory to the auto brand, Black and Gold. After an initial fruitful collaborative year rewarded with a 1-2 Bottas/Calado finish in the GP3 Series and several wins and a 3rd place finish in the GP2 Series thanks to Jules Bianchi and Esteban Gutierrez, the … [Read more...]

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[VIDEO] “Into the night 2011″ – A Priocept film

January 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
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The Priocept sponsored Exige has been the leading Lotus throughout 2011 in the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship, battling all season against Ferraris, Porsches, Ginettas and Lambos in three and four hour races. The car is prepared and run by Lotus specialist GT4 Motorsport at Brands Hatch in Kent.  In November 2011 the team competed in the final round of the championship, a three hour night race at Brands Hatch. "Priocept Racing – Into The Night 2011″ is a short film that tells the story of the team’s preparations and endeavours on race … [Read more...]

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New Lotus race championship for 2012

November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The expanded Lotus Cup UK starts at Silverstone in April 2012 (image courtesy of Peter May)

For the last five years, LoTRDC have attracted new competitors into the world of motorsport through the Elise Trophy, Lotus Cup Europe and from this year, Lotus Cup UK. This expansion continues with the announcement of a new championship in 2012 as Lotus Cup UK grows. With an average of 40 starters amongst the 8 rounds in 2011 and new enquiries from entrants coming in on a weekly basis, Lotus Cup UK Production and SuperSport championships have been formed. Production will cater for cars eligible for the Elise Trophy, which will continue alongside after a fifth … [Read more...]

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Lotus IndyCar Developments Announced at the LA Auto Show

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
LA Auto Show

Lotus announces three partner teams to run Lotus IndyCar twin turbo V-6 racing engines in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Lotus Motorsport will supply engines to Bryan Herta Autosport, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing and HVM Racing. Engine supply partnership agreements will enable Lotus Motorsport to build long term technical and commercial collaborations with these teams. Lotus utilized the Los Angeles Auto Show today as a platform to announce three partner teams that will race the new Lotus IndyCar V-6 engine in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series. Alongside this … [Read more...]

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Elise Trophy 2012 Calendar

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Elise Trophy will be supporting the DTM once more in 2012

LoTRDC have released the 2012 Elise Trophy calendar, for the sixth season of the series. The technical rules remain essentially unchanged from 2010, with cars running Rover engines up to 151bhp at the hubs and Toyota power plants up to 172bhp. The race format is also retained, with two 20 minute races at each meeting. Whilst the Elise Trophy is aimed at novice drivers and promotes a social atmosphere, entrants can also compete in the Lotus Cup UK Championship, which will share many of the dates and venues. The Lotus Cup Europe series will also be open to Elise … [Read more...]

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Good result for Lotus Jetalliance in China

November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Lotus Evora GTE (2)

Lotus Jetalliance has achieved its set goal in today’s finale of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cups inChina: Both Lotus Evora GTE made it to the finish at the “Six Hours of Zhuhai”. What is more: With a fourth place by Martin Rich/Oskar Slingerland/Rene Rasmussen (GBR/NED/DEN) and a sixth place by James Rossiter/Johnny Mowlem/David Heinemeier-Hansson (GBR/GBR/DEN) in the GTE/Pro class the race also produced an appealing result after all to end the season! Team manager Jan Kalmar: “Congratulations to the entire team. We did have some problems again this … [Read more...]

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Lotus Jetalliance look to China for exciting season finale

November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
JA Lotus Evora GTE

As a long and challenging season draws to a close, Lotus Jetalliance looks forward to a strong finishing performance from both Evora GTE cars at the Six Hours of Zhuhai in China this weekend (November 12th/13th). The first challenge has already been overcome simply by the team being in attendance at the race this weekend. After the team’s last outing in Atlanta which saw both cars retire with severe damaged there was uncertainty as to whether all the repairs could be completed on time, however the Lotus Jetalliance team pulled out all the stops to finish repairs … [Read more...]

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