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Will’s List – Lotus F1 Testing in Barcelona

Late last year Will Gibney, a long term SELOC member, club Regional Liaison and former Lotus owner was diagnosed with Renal Call Carcinoma, an (as yet) incurable form of kidney cancer. Last month Will posted up a Driving Bucket List … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 Finish Pre-season Testing Quickest

Lotus have finished the final pre-season test at Barcelona in the best way possible, with Kimi Raikkonen topping the time sheets and setting the fastest time from the 8 days of testing in Barcelona. The E20, which missed the majority … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 Team – Barcelona Day 1 – Test summary

Lotus F1 have posted their daily blog for the end of Day 1 at the third and final pre-season test in Barcelona. The Lotus E20 completed a total of 73 laps and managed to top the time sheets for the … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 Team – Back in Business

The Lotus F1 Team have made a strong return to the track after their issues at the previous Barcelona test, with Romain Grosjean putting in the third fastest time of the morning in the revised E20. You can find out … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 Team – We Can Work It Out

Following on from their troubles with the E20-02 chassis today in Barcelona the team has elected to leave the first Barcelona test after simulations back at Enstone proved that modifications were needed to both of the teams E20 chassis’s. The … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 – Romain Grosjean: “I’m really enjoying being in the car”

Lotus F1 new E20 car has started winter testing in good form, posting the fastest time of the 2012 spec cars at the opening 4 day test in Jerez. Grosjean has shared his thoughts on on this first test over … Continue reading

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Lotus F1 E20 Shaken Down in Jerez

Following on from the cars launch the Lotus F1 Team has shaken down their 2012 challenger in a filming session at Jerez with Kimi Raikkonen at the wheel, and have also launched their new team website. You can take a … Continue reading

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Video – The MY12 Evora S IPS

The MY12 enhancements to the Evora range don’t just bring improvements to the trim and specification of the new cars, but also a new model, the Evora S IPS, which combines the Evora S’s 345bhp supercharged engine with the Evora … Continue reading

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Busy times for the Lotus F1 Team

It’s been a busy few days for the recently re-branded Lotus F1 Team, with some highs and lows. Former World Champion Kimi Raikkonen has had his first taste of F1 since 2009 today, testing in the 2010 specification car on … Continue reading

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Lotus Indycar engine takes to the track with HVM Racing

With the 2012 Indycar season fast approaching Lotus Cars have shared news of the first track test for the new Lotus Twin-Turbo V6 Indycar engine, fitted to Lotus HVM Racing’s brand new Dallara DW12. This coming season sees no less … Continue reading

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