Category Archives: Motorsport

Kimi Räikkönen on Top Gear Tonight, BBC2 8pm

Posted on 11th March 2012

Don’t forget, Lotus F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen will be the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car on tonight’s Top Gear, taking to the track in the Suzuki Liana before chatting with Jeremy Clarkson in the studio. If you can’t wait … Continue reading →

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Lotus F1 Team – Kimi at the Geneva Motorshow

Posted on 6th March 2012

Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Räikkönen took a break from preparing for the start of the season in just over a weeks time to take a look round the Lotus stand at the Geneva Motor Show. The former F1 World … Continue reading →

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Will’s List – Lotus F1 Testing in Barcelona

Posted on 4th March 2012

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

Posted on 4th March 2012

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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Hofmann’s Motorsport Announce 2012 Lotus Cup Plans

Posted on 4th March 2012

Hofmann’s Motorsport have announced that they will be rejoining the Lotus Cup grid for 2012, with a two car entry in to the Lotus Cup Italia race at the Monza Autodromo, along with a full season single car entry in … Continue reading →

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Lotus Cars – Lotus Racing set for tarmac and grassroots

Posted on 2nd March 2012

Following on from the announcement of the Exige R-GTs rally debut, Lotus have posted up more information on the R-GT, along with news that Lotus will be entering the European Le Mans Series with a pair of Evora GTE teams- … Continue reading →

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Exige R-GT to Make Italian Debut

Posted on 2nd March 2012

Lotus have announced via Facebook that the Exige R-GT rally car will make it’s competitive debut next month at the Rally 1000 Miglia round of the FIA European Rally Championship in Brescia, Italy between the 19th and 21st of April. … Continue reading →

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Lotus F1 Team – Barcelona Day 1 – Test summary

Posted on 1st March 2012

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

Posted on 1st March 2012

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 – James Allison: We’re back on track

Posted on 29th February 2012

Lotus F1 have updated their site with more information on the failure which saw them head home early from the second pre-season test in Barcelona. The issue according to Technical Director James Allison was a failure of the mounting of … Continue reading →

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