Author Archives: Thorburn

Lotus F1 Team – Driving Force – Nick Chester Appointed Lotus F1 Team Technical Director

With the departure of James Allison, the Lotus F1 Team have announced that Nick Chester will be taking up the position of Technical Director for the team. Source: Lotus F1 Team – Driving Force – Nick Chester Appointed Lotus F1 … Continue reading

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Benji & Freddie Hetherington team up with Maidstone Sports Cars

Brothers Benji and Freddie Hetherington have teamed up with Maidstone Sports Cars for the remainder of 2013 to run their Honda powered Exige S1 alongside the teams existing car in the Lotus Cup UK series. The pairing performed strongly in … Continue reading

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Video: Exige S around Spa

What do you do if you’re in Belgium and have a new, just run in, Exige S at your disposal? You take it around Spa of course! SELOC member ‘jokke_vlo‘ had previously tried out the Exige V6 Cup R around … Continue reading

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LoTRDC – V6-powered Bentley denies Jewell’s crown at Silverstone

It was a packed grid at Silverstone when Lotus Cup UK and the Elise Trophy combined for an hour long race around the full GP circuit. After a long battle it was Andrew Bentley who took overall victory in the … Continue reading

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SELOC Calendar 2014 Competition

This years SELOC Calendar competition is now open for submissions. For 2014 we’re looking to feature as many models as possible, with a different one for each month and the cover. The categories are as follows: Classic Elan Elan M100 … Continue reading

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LoTRDC – New era for Lotus Cup Europe as inaugural championship kicks off at the Nürburgring

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 … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 Team – Bahrain GP – Race Report

It was a repeat of last years result for the Lotus F1 Team in Bahrain today, with a double podium seeing the team move up to second in the constructors championship. Raikkonen was one of the few drivers to run … Continue reading

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Article: Best of British – Exige photo shoot

Last week we shared Andrew Swift’s thoughts on his day with the Exige S, but not one to rest on his laurels Andrew hatched a plan with photographer and SELOC member Martyn Lewis to gather together three generations of Exige … Continue reading

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Lotus Cars – Lotus wins 2013 SAE World Congress Tech Award

Lotus are currently showing their range-extender hybrid version of the Evora, the 414e, at the SAE World Congress show in Detroit and have picked the AEI SAE 2013 Tech Award. Although not currently destined for production the Evora 414E Hybrid … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 Team 2013 clothing range launches ahead of Regent Street store event

Lotus Originals have launched the first of their range of replica Lotus F1 Team wear for 2013, and are offering an introductory 10% discount to celebrate Kimi Raikkonen’s podium finish in the Chinese GP at the weekend. You can buy … Continue reading

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