Author Archives: Thorburn

Article – A day with the Exige S

Posted on 13th April 2013

In the last year we’ve had the chance drive the new Exige S both on road and track, but when lucky forum member Andrew Swift (chevronb37) was offered a chance to try the car for 24 hours we couldn’t wait … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Lotus, SELOC | Tagged Article, Exige S, Exige V6, Motor Car Diaries, Review

SelocFest’13 at the Lotus Festival Ticket Update

Posted on 11th April 2013

Tickets for this years SelocFest’13 at the Lotus Festival at Brands Hatch, August 23rd-25th, have now arrived and have been sent out to those who’ve already placed their orders. The tickets are being sent out 2nd Class Recorded Delivery and … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Lotus, LoTRDC, SELOC | Tagged 2013, Brands Hatch, LoTRDC, Lotus Festival, SELOC, SELOCFest

LoTRDC – V6-powered Exige wins its debut race

Posted on 8th April 2013

It was a perfect result for the new Exige V6 Cup R as it took victory around the Snetterton 300 circuit in the hands of Jon Walker this weekend on its racing debut. Walker could only manage 4th on the … Continue reading →

Posted in LoTRDC | Tagged 2013, Elise Trophy, Exige V6, Exige V6 Cup R, Jon Walker, LoTRDC, Lotus Cup UK, Snetterton

Article: Maidstone Sports Cars in 2013

Posted on 4th April 2013

Ahead of this weekends opening round of the 2013 LoTRDC Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup UK season we took the opportunity to put a few questions to Andrew Marsh of Maidstone Sports Cars, who returned to the LoTRDC series in … Continue reading →

Posted in LoTRDC, SELOC | Tagged LoTRDC, Maidstone Sports Cars

Event Focus: LoTRDC – Round 1 – Lotus Cup UK & Elise Trophy – Snetterton – April 6th-7th

Posted on 1st April 2013

This seasons Lotus Cup UK and Elise Trophy series kick off once again this coming weekend, with a pair of Elise Trophy races on the Saturday and a 90 minute Lotus Cup UK endurance race on Sunday along with various … Continue reading →

Posted in LoTRDC | Tagged 2013, April, Elise Trophy, Events, LoTRDC, Lotus Cup UK, Racing

Exige production update

Posted on 28th March 2013

Since we paid a visit to Lotus in January to see the Exige S production line cars have been arriving with their owners in the UK, but at a relatively low rate, while some have experienced further delays. Today forum … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Lotus

Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP – Race Report

Posted on 24th March 2013

It was a missed opportunity for the Lotus F1 Team today in Malaysia, the team with good pace in stage of the race but out of position after Raikkonen received a grid penalty for blocking and Grosjean was caught out … Continue reading →

Posted in Lotus F1 Team | Tagged 2013, Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 Team, Malaysia, Race Report, Romain Grosjean, Sepang

Lotus F1 Team – Malaysian GP Preview

Posted on 21st March 2013

Its the Malaysian GP this weekend and Lotus will be looking to repeat their victory in the season opener in Australia. You can find a selection of their race preview articles below: Selamat Datang ke Malaysia – Welcome to Malaysia … Continue reading →

Posted in Lotus F1 Team | Tagged 2013, Lotus F1 Team, Malaysian GP, Preview

Claim for liquidation of Group Lotus dismissed

Posted on 18th March 2013

Following an alarmist report this morning by Autocar that Lotus was facing possible liquidation, spurred by the appearance of Group Lotus on the Companies Court Winding Up List, we are pleased to report that Lotus has issued a response and … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Lotus | Tagged ART Grand Prix, Autocar, GP2, GP3, Group Lotus, Liquidation, Lotus GP, Lotus-ART, Rumours

Lotus F1 Team – Australian GP – Race Report

Posted on 17th March 2013

After a split qualifying session which saw the Lotus’ line up 7th and 8th on the grid the cars went on opposite directions at the start, with a strong start from Raikkonen seeing him fight his way up to 4th … Continue reading →

Posted in Lotus F1 Team | Tagged 2013, Australian GP, Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 Team, Race Report, Romain Grosjean