The Present:
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The Lotus Renault GP team
was renamed as ‘Lotus F1 Team’ from the start of the 2012 racing
season onwards.
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Lotus Cup Race Series |
The Lotus Cup Europe
Series started in 2004 as a direct response to customer and Lotus
Dealer interest in a ‘fun’ but professionally - run motorsport
series in Europe. The series is designed to offer Lotus owners the
opportunity to experience some fantastic European circuits with
like-minded enthusiasts. There are two different types of
competition offered: Race and Regularity.
Over the years, the Lotus Cup Race Series has developed into one
of the most successful race series brands in the world, often with
capacity grids of Elise, Exige, 2-Eleven and Europa race cars racing
and jostling for position. Previously operated from several
countries in Europe and Japan, the Lotus Cup has now expanded
considerably to include the USA, UK and Eastern Europe.
Not only has the Lotus Cup grown in size, the organisation of the
series has been consolidated. For the first time this year, drivers
will now race to one set of rules, regulations and formats in
championships around the world including:
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Lotus-on-Track is a non
profit making club run by Lotus owners. They aim to provide safe,
reasonably priced and sociable track days for Lotus enthusiasts.
With experience of running hundreds of events, including many track
days for fellow enthusiasts, L-o-T is one of the most experienced
track day organisers in Europe.
Don't have a Lotus or Caterham? They do welcome other 2 seater
sports cars if the owners have a similar attitude to driving their
cars on track.
Lotus-on-Track is a non-profit making club. However, the club does
need an income to be able to pay deposits, fund exclusive social
events, as well as to provide members with a range of unrivalled
membership benefits which is why there is a membership fee.
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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.
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Lotus LMP2 successfully
completed the first season in the 2012 FIA World Endurance
Championship that also includes the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans,
and was a serious competitor in its race category.
In 2013, Lotus LMP2 will compete in the FIA World Endurance
Championship again. The team will contest with two of its brand new
Lotus T128 and use its experience gained in the previous year to be
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GP2 and GP3 |
2011: In collaboration
with seasoned championship winners ART Grand Prix, Lotus has
confirmed the participation in the 2011 GP2 (Europe and Asia series)
and GP3 series. The contract with ART Grand Prix sees Lotus commit
to providing technical and engineering support for the GP2 and GP3
race series for a minimum of three years.
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Evora GT4 |
2010: Lotus decided to
develop the car to be eligible in GT2 and GT3 categories. And on top
of this news, a total of 20 orders was received for the GT4 shortly
after it’s launch in Pebble Beach.
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GT2 |
2010/2011: Lotus is
developing a new GT2 car based on one of our eagerly anticipated
future road cars, set to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. The
new GT2 car will be in line with the new regulations.
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The Past:
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Lotus Racing (Lotus F1 Team), also
referred to as 1Malaysia F1 team by Malaysians in the media, was one
of the new Formula One teams for the 2010 Formula One season. The
team gained its entry after BMW announced they would withdraw from
Formula One at the end of the 2009 season. They proved to be the
best of the new teams in the 2010 season. By the end of the season
the team name was changed after purchasing the Team Lotus name.
Group Lotus made it clear that they were 'not amused' by this move.
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After purchasing the Team
Lotus name, Lotus Racing changed to this name at the start of the
2011 season.
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Lotus Sport Cadena |
Cadena was created specifically for the 2005 British
GT Series although it did enter certain FIA GT and Spanish GT rounds
with mixed results using the Mosler GT2 chassis. The origins of the
team stem from a ten year interest in motor sport by team principal
Paul Whight who has raced historic Aston Martins, CanAm cars and
then the last Group C Aston Martin chassis AMR-1 which
ran at Le Mans in 1989 at the hands of David Leslie. Previously,
Paul Whight was involved in the successful campaign of a Lotus Sport
Elise in the Cup Class of the 2004 British GT Series.
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Group Lotus plc and Genii
Capital announced a partnership which will see the Renault F1 Team
renamed as ‘Lotus Renault GP’ from the start of the 2011 racing
season onwards.
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In 2010 Lotus and Cosworth
have entered into a new technical and commercial partnership with KV
Racing Technology to run in the 2010 IndyCar Series. The 2011
IndyCar season will see Lotus continue to work with
providing further technical and engineering
support, fielding a minimum of two cars on the grid. Lotus will also
commence development on new body work and chassis - in line with the
new regulation scheduled for implementation in 2012. For 2012
Lotus announced three partner teams to run the new 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.
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