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Thomas Dehaibe was crowned Lotus Cup Europe Champion at Zolder, becoming an FIA International Series title-holder at the Belgian circuit. England’s Jonathan Walker led the opening race, only to be passed by Denmark’s Nikolaj Ipsen with just four laps remaining, as the pair pulled clear of the field. They also contested the second encounter, however Ipsen fell to seventh place in the final laps, whilst Walker succumbed to a puncture. Needing to finish the race to secure the V6 class title, the Englishman made a late pitstop and ended the day in 13th place. This left Gregory Rasse to take the final victory of the season, heading an Evora 1-2 with Thierry Verheist just eight…
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Walker takes a commanding double at Lotus Festival Jon Walker charged to a brace of victories as Lotus Cup Europe’s penultimate round played out to a crowd of Lotus owners and fans at the annual Lotus Festival. With the Lotus Cup UK and Elise Trophy series also on the bill, along with Formula 1 demonstrations and a Lotus Cortina 50th anniversary race, several UK drivers also took part. This included Andrew Bentley, who starred in a Lotus Evora that started from the back of the grid in both contests. However it was not enough to defeat Walker, who maintained a steady gap to the rest and was able to pull away at will. Christophe Lisandre starred in qualifying but was unabl…
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6-powered cars dominated proceedings as Lotus Cup Europe returned to Germany. Jon Walker powered his Exige to two close victories from Evora-mounted Gregory Rasse at Hockenheim, with Nikolaj Ipsen’s Exige and Thierry Verheist’s Evora completing the top four. The 2-Eleven of Jean-Pierre Genoud-Prachex and Herbert Mezker’s four-cylinder Exige prevented Nick Walker making it a V6 top five lockout in race one and two respectively. The pair celebrated with class victories in both races, whilst David Harvey’s Open class win places the veteran’s 340R second in the title race overall behind Rasse. Thomas Dehaibe continued his winning form in the Production class, whilst Lau…
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New era for Lotus Cup Europe as inaugural championship kicks off at the Nürburgring The first race for Lotus Cup Europe as an FIA International Series took place at the Nürburgring this weekend and saw victories for V6 powered machinery. Belgium’s Greg Rasse swapped the lead with French 2-Eleven driver Jeremy Lourenço several times before taking the opening race win of 2013. The 2-Eleven of Xavier George completed the podium in third place. Meanwhile Anthony Fournier took the Exige Cup class honours on his series debut from Dave Carr and Jean Baptiste Loup. In the V6 class Nick Walker recorded his best ever finish with fifth place overall and second in class, whilst…
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Introduction After two visits to Germany and a round in France, the fourth meeting of 2012 saw a move to Belgium and the majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Ardennes Forest. A popular destination in the series, the drivers’ favourite looked to favour the local contingent with John Rasse enjoying another strong season. However his brother Gregory has been improving in the Evora, whilst Christophe Lisandre and Xavier Georges head up the 2-Eleven contingent with UK Production frontrunner Ken Savage an intriguing prospect as he makes his class debut. Practice and Qualifying Georges led the field in the first session, run in the damp after overnight and morning rai…
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Introduction The second round of the 2012 Lotus Cup Europe season saw the drivers return to the Magny-Cours circuit in central France, home to the French Grand Prix for nearly 20 years. A fast track, with several technical corners, it would provide a challenging lap for the competitors, albeit one that many had driven on two previous occasions. The Rasse brothers would be facing tough competition from Olivier Georges, the star of round one, whilst Jon Walker and Magny-Cours specialist Christophe Lisandre were also expected to be at the head of the field. Qualifying Taking place mercifully before a torrential downpour, the overcast session produced some close times …
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Jon Walker was ready to continue his great Nürburgring form in Lotus Cup Europe last weekend but the Eiffel snow wasn't the only spoiler, as 2-Eleven convert Xavier Georges took pole position as the drivers adapted well to the arctic conditions. However Walker regrouped to take the race one win, despite a spin that had looked set to hand victory to Gregory Rasse's Evora. Georges took third place and full advantage of Walker's problems in race two, however fuel starvation problems on the final lap handed a great win to John Rasse's Exige, who led his brother home, with Italian visitor Nechhi completing the podium. Two close contests could also be found in the Production …
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The third season of Lotus Cup Europe under the organizational skills of LoTRDC saw an important change. With Dany Bahar's revitalised Lotus putting ever greater emphasis on racing, overseen by the experienced Claudio Berro, the Lotus Cup programme expanded throughout the globe. The series now sat alongside a number of other Lotus Cup series including those from the USA, Japan and UK. The increased opportunities for the European Lotus racer changed the makeup of the grid, focusing it more on the French, Belgian and German drivers, and whilst British drivers still entered the races, the balance was now firmly in favour of those from the mainland. Despite this, grid numb…
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Lotus Cup Europe returned to the Belgian circuit of Zolder after a successful supporting role to the FIA European Truck Grand Prix last year. The former home of the Belgian Grand Prix is a popular track amongst Lotus drivers and forms the first part of a double-header in the country to round off the 2011 season. Jon Walker, the winner of race two here last year returns as favourite but faces strong competition from Rémi Pochauvin, who dominated the early French races, and Christophe Lisandre, who has yet to record a win this year. Gregory Rasse almost won at this circuit in 2010 and will want to be the first Evora victor, and his brother, who missed that ra…
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Jonathan Walker has ended Rémi Pochauvin’s early season domination of Lotus Cup Europe with a brace of victories at the Nürburgring. Taking pole position by half a second, he lost the lead to Pochauvin at the rolling start of race one, the veteran French racer already up to second as the cars headed along the pit straight. Chistophe Lisandre then had a turn at heading the field as a train of cars up to sixth place lapped in close company for the duration of the 20 minute race. Meanwhile, Walker picked off the two cars in front, eventually taking the flag from Lisandre and Phillippe Loup by just over a second. As if he enjoyed making a fight of it, Walker’s standin…
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Introduction The new season of Lotus Cup Europe brought in lots of new faces, as the 2-Eleven class numbers dramatically increased, with the Exige Cup class not far behind on numbers and expected to be on equal terms this year. In addition the new Evora class brought in two cars for last year's outstanding driver Gregory Rasse and preparation expert Thierry Verheist. Whilst there were a lot of new drivers and cars, the circuits remained familiar and amongst the very best in Europe, so where better to start than the former home of the French (and Swiss!) Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois? The combination of challenging corners and undulations provide the …
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Among the record entry of 41 cars taking to the Dijon-Prenois circuit for qualifying at round one of the Lotus Cup Europe season, there were plenty of new faces. One of these was veteran racer Rémi Pochauvin, a man with Le Mans starts to his name, and he left the circuit on Sunday with Pole Position and two wins. These were by no means easy pickings, as he was chased hard in both races. In the opener, brothers John and Gregory Rasse kept up the pressure for the duration, with the former leading most of the race. Unfortunately he wasn’t in front when it counted but the resultant podium featuring a 2-Eleven, Exige and one of two Evoras in the field reflected t…
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The Lotus Cup Europe 2011 season gets started at Dijon-Prenois later this month (30 April – 1 May), returning to the picturesque former home of the French and Swiss Grands Prix after a year’s absence at a circuit that is universally popular with Lotus drivers with its sweeping turns and elevation changes. Sharing the bill at the Trophée de Bourgogne are the Belgian Touring Cars and Fun Cup for what should be a hugely entertaining meeting. The 2-Eleven class looks like being the most popular in 2011 with Christophe Lisandre aiming to hold onto his crown but with over twenty cars entered this year his job will be a difficult one. Although Philippe Loup wil…
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