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Lotus Motorsport and Jetalliance unite to
create GTE challengers Lotus Jetalliance
Under the careful direction of Team Manager Jan
Kalmar, the newly formed Lotus Jetalliance team
will field two Lotus Evora GTE cars in the 2011
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). The two
Evora GTE race cars, currently being developed
by Lead Designer Nicola Scimeca, will be put
through their paces as the team tackles some of
the most challenging and competitive endurance
races including the six hour race at Spa, Petit
Le Mans at Road Atlanta and of course the world
famous Le Mans 24 hour race.
Commenting on the announcement, Lotus Director
of Motorsport Claudio Berro said: “Moving into
the ILMC is an exciting step for us and it will
provide a good opportunity to showcase what can
be done with the Evora. In every motorsport
discipline that we participate in we aim to pick
the best expertise to partner with and we have
very high standards. The Jetalliance racing team
has a lot of experience and a respected pedigree
in this field so we’re delighted that they have
agreed to work with us on what is bound to be an
incredible challenge. We’re looking forward to
seeing what ILMC 2011 brings.”
Jetalliance Chief Executive Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
said: “We’ve enjoyed success in recent years at
iconic endurance events such as Le Mans and I’m
looking forward to repeating if not improving on
these results with Lotus. Some people have asked
why we would take a risk working with new cars -
my answer on this subject always remains the
same: we believe in Lotus and we believe that in
uniting with them will create something very
exciting, very special and most of all very
successful.”
Lotus Jetalliance will be contesting the
following events:
8th May 2011 Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours (BEL)
11&12 June 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours (FRA),
3rd July 2011 Imola 6 Hours (ITA)
11th September 2011 Silverstone 6 Hours (GBR)
1st October 2011 Petit Le Mans (Road Atlanta,
Georgia, USA)
12th November 2011 6-Hours race China
The driver line-up will be announced in due
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