LRGP – Japanese GP – Qualifying – Lotus Renault GP Report

Posted on 8th October 2011

A return to form for Lotus Renault GP, with Bruno Senna bouncing back from a third practice accident to take 8th on the grid. Both cars made it through to Q3 as the team had previously predicted, but opted to save tyres at a track where tyre degradation looks to be key to the race.

Bruno Senna, R31-04
P8 1:32.297 (Q2 time) 12 laps

Vitaly Petrov, R31-06
P9, 1.32.245 (Q2 time) 17 laps

Lotus Renault GP bounced back to form at Suzuka with both cars making it to Q3 and into the top ten for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix.

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Lotus Sport UK take GT4 pole at Silverstone

Posted on 8th October 2011

Lotus Sport UK have taken pole in the GT4 class for the final round of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The No. 48 Evora GT4 of Chris Holmes and Phil Glew took the lead in GT4, and 23rd on the grid overall, just 0.006s faster than the second placed Ginetta G50 GT4 of Denis and McDonald.

The No. 49 Evora GT4 of Nordstrom and Clarke took 5th in the GT4 class and will line up 27th on the grid. Continue reading →

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Evo awards 5-stars to the MY12 Evora S

Posted on 7th October 2011

Evo Magazine Issue 163 is starting to drop through subscribers letterboxes this week, and on Page 44 you can find their review of the revised MY12 Evora S, which receives another 5-star review.

Barker noted that compared to previous models, the changes to the transmission, which includes a new flywheel and clutch pack, along with improved gearshift cables, give a notable improvement in shift quality, while the new exhaust system adds depth as well as volume to the Evoras vocal range.

For those who don’t subscribe, Evo Magazine Issue 163 should be on newsagent shelves in the next few days, priced £4.50.

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LRGP – Japanese GP Friday Roundup

Posted on 7th October 2011

A roundup of LRGP news from the Friday Practice sessions at Suzuka…

Japanese GP – Practice 1 – Lotus Renault GP Report

Suzuka’s sinuous silhouette served the R31 and drivers Vitaly and Bruno well, with pleasant ambient temperatures and light winds watching over the 10th and 11th fastest times set in the session. Continue reading →

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Motionsport – Britcar 24 hour success for Motionsport!

Posted on 6th October 2011

Motionsport sends news of their excellent result in the Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone last weekend, with a fantastic 6th place in their highly modified, Honda powered, S2 Elise.

The team managed this despite a last minute engine change before qualifying.

You can read the full press release below…

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LRGP – Japanese GP – Bruno Senna Video Diary

Posted on 6th October 2011

More in the build up to this weekends Japanese GP, with Bruno Senna’s Video Diary.

Round 16 of the season and it’s the Japanese Grand Prix. We caught up with Bruno ahead of tomorrow’s action at Suzuka, and found out what he’s been up to since he arrived in Japan and just how ready he is to get back in the R31 tomorrow.

To hear what he had to say, watch below

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LRGP – Back in the hunt at Suzuka

Posted on 6th October 2011

Lotus Renault are hoping to show a vast improvement over their Singapore performance at Suzuka, fortunately they think the Japanese circuit will play to their strengths…

“I expect us to be much more in the hunt than we were in Singapore,” says LRGP’s Technical Director, James Allison.

“There are just two slow corners at Suzuka, and the R31 is much more at home on flowing, faster tracks. I will be disappointed if we are not in the top 10 cars in qualifying to give us an opportunity to exorcise the disappointment of Singapore.

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Classic Team Lotus – Third Quarter 2011 Roundup

Posted on 5th October 2011

Classic Team Lotus have posted up their round-up of their activities during the last three months in their Quarterly Review.

We start this quarter off with the Goodwood Festival of Speed. We would like to say a very big thank you to Nick Fennell, Andrew Beaumont, Dan Collins, Joaquin Folch and Andrew Morris for flying the Lotus flag in such splendid fashion at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed. And a salute to the Classic Team Lotus mechanics for preparing the running cars so well, such that that all five cars completed six runs each over three days without missing a beat. A great advert for the Lotus marque.

Source: Classic Team Lotus – Third Quarter 2011

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LRGP – Sodden in Suzuka

Posted on 5th October 2011

Looks like we could be in for a wet weekend in Suzuka if the latest LRGP blog posting is anything to go by…

The weather is revolting (well and truly) but there are reasons for the mood in the LRGP camp not to be. We have arrived in Japan in good spirits; the travails of Singapore are now behind us and we are in buoyant mood as we look forward to Round 15 of the season – the Japanese Grand Prix.

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Video – Lotus Firsts

Posted on 3rd October 2011

There’s a new video up on the Group Lotus YouTube channel, showing off many of the innovations and firsts Lotus introduced in to F1.

Source: Group Lotus YouTube – Lotus Firsts
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