A Relatively Quiet End To An Exceptional Year The last event of a busy season was Portimao where we ran Andrew Beaumont in his type 76 and his LDS.  Andrew has done really well throughout his first full season of historic motorsport, with an excellent finish record and numerous podium finishes.  He rounded it off with another good performance in Portugal, finishing 5th & 6th in the 76 and 9th & 8th in the LDS. Back at base the last quarter gave the team a chance to take stock, catch up on holidays and reflect on an extraordinary year.  CTL ran cars at … [Read more...]

Third Quarterly Review 2011 We start this quarter off with the Goodwood Festival of Speed. We would like to say a very big thank you to Nick Fennell, Andrew Beaumont, Dan Collins, Joaquin Folch and Andrew Morris for flying the Lotus flag in such splendid fashion at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed. And a salute to the Classic Team Lotus mechanics for preparing the running cars so well, such that that all five cars completed six runs each over three days without missing a beat. A great advert for the Lotus marque. Nick Fennell’s type 25/R5 (the world beating … [Read more...]

Quarterly Review 2nd Quarter 2011 Certainly a packed quarter this one, with races and events nearly every weekend. Espiritu De Montjuic - Catalunya Classic Revival was first up. It was a three day programme of classic motor racing at the Montmelo race track near Barcelona to celebrate the old racing days on the Montjuic hill in the centre of the city. Types 72/5 and 49B were on static display in the paddock area. This was the debut race for Andrew Beaumont in his newly restored type 76. He used the first practice to get himself used to the car and the circuit and … [Read more...]