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The two new designed Lotus Jetalliance Lotus Evora GTE are now in Le Mans The cars finaly in Le Mans The preparation of the pit has been going on for a couple of days now. This morning the new designed cars finally arrived to Le Mans. Still a lot to do, but enjoy the pictures of the stunning Lotus Evoras This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus Jetalliance at the 6h of Imola: "We want to follow up on the success of Le Mans and score points again!" ILMC, fourth race at the weekend in Italy The team from Lower Austria will again enter both Lotus Evora GTE The venerable Autodromo "Enzo e Dino Ferrari" is the venue for the "6 Hours of Imola" at the weekend – at the same time the fourth race of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Also competing will be Lotus Jetalliance – the team from Lower Austria will enter two Lotus Evora GTE. According to team manager Jan Kalmar things should go similarly well as the la…
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Great appearance by Lotus Jetalliance: The only Austrian team at the finish of the classic 24h race in Le Mans! Foto: Der Jetalliance Lotus Evora GTE von Rossiter/Mowlem/Hirschi - Credit: Jetalliance - Abdruck honorarfrei James Rossiter, Johnny Mowlem and Jonathan Hirschi finish 22nd overall in the Jetalliance Lotus Evora GTE – and take third in the GTE Pro ILMC classification. The second appearance by Jetalliance in the 24 Hours of Le Mans ended in success as well! After the team was able to claim a sensational third place in class in 2009, it was no less content with today’s achievement: Starting as an official “Lotus Jetalliance” factory team for the first …
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ILMC, fourth round at Imola: Lotus Jetalliance out early! Engine failures stop both Lotus Evora GTE. Jetalliance Lotus Evora GTE Following the successful outcome the last time out at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Lotus Jetalliance wanted to score points again in the fourth round of the ILMC. But the Autodromo “Enzo e Dino Ferrari” in Imola was no hospitable land for the team from Lower Austria: Both Lotus Evora GTE had to throw in the towel prematurely due to engine failures... The triumvirate of Mowlem/Rossiter/Hirschi was already affected after just ten laps, a little bit later the working day was ov…
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Lotus Motorsport and Jetalliance unite to create GTE challengers Lotus Jetalliance Under the careful direction of Team Manager Jan Kalmar, the newly formed Lotus Jetalliance team will field two Lotus Evora GTE cars in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). The two Evora GTE race cars, currently being developed by Lead Designer Nicola Scimeca, will be put through their paces as the team tackles some of the most challenging and competitive endurance races including the six hour race at Spa, Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta and of course the world famous Le Mans 24 hour race. Commenting on the announcement, Lotus Director of Motorsport …
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Lotus Jetalliance has signed James Rossiter, Johnny Mowlem and Swiss driver Jonathan Hirschi. Two Lotus Evora GTE at Spa Lotus Jetalliance has signed James Rossiter, Johnny Mowlem and Swiss driver Jonathan Hirschi for their number one car, which will carry the 64 for the ILMC and the 24 hours of Le Mans. The sister car will contest as a pro/am entry. Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer will share the wheel of the 65 car with Martin Rich, who has already driven a couple of races for Jetalliance, and Oskar Slingerland from the Netherlands. This post has been promoted to an article
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On Easter Sunday Lotus Jetalliance unveiled publically the Lotus Evora GTE Le Mans. Due to the late arrival of parts, there was no time to exchange the black carbon-fibre look into the paint scheme... Lotus Jetalliance at Le Mans On Easter Sunday Lotus Jetalliance unveiled publically the Lotus Evora GTE Le Mans. Due to the late arrival of parts, there was no time to exchange the black carbon-fibre look into the paint scheme. Both cars ran more or less troublefree. Not so much focus was set on achieving quick lap times. "We still haven't touc…
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One Lotus Evora GTE at the finish, one retired Lotus Jetalliance in the ILMC: Baptism of fire passed at Spa Lotus Jetalliance has passed the baptism of fire! In its first official race appearance the team brought the Lotus Evora GTE of Martin Rich (GBR) and Oskar Slingerland (NED) home tenth in class and 41st overall in the ILMC opener at Spa, the trio of James Rossiter (GBR), Johnny Mowlem (GBR) and Jonathan Hirschi (SUI) had to pass after about an hour due to an engine failure! Team manager Jan Kalmar: “Even though some might not quite understand it because of the outcome – for us the…
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Lotus Jetalliance: Team owner Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer on the première, goals and Le Mans... Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer (right) with Team Manager Jan Kalmar By competing in the ILMC race at Spa the new Lotus Jetalliance team has fought its first battle – now the next big goals are pending. Team owner Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer, who was not active for the first time in a long while for business reasons, talks about the première and looks to the future . . . A première without the team owner – how hard was it having to observe it all from afar? LLH: “No question, there’s a lot of my lifeblood in it…
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Lotus Jetalliance: To Le Mans with a lot of confidence and good memories! For the first time at the great classic as a factory team. First image of the new design June 12th, 2009 – didn’t something happen that day? Indeed – Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer, Thomas Gruber and Germany’s Alex Müller got to the finish of the 79th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, sensationally taking third place in their class in their very first appearance! “It was an incredible moment – it will live on forever in my memory”, Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer says looking back... Two years later – this weekend (June 11th & 12t…
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As a long and challenging season draws to a close, Lotus Jetalliance looks forward to a strong finishing performance from both Evora GTE cars at the Six Hours of Zhuhai in China this weekend (November 12th/13th). The first challenge has already been overcome simply by the team being in attendance at the race this weekend. After the team’s last outing in Atlanta which saw both cars retire with severe damaged there was uncertainty as to whether all the repairs could be completed on time, however the Lotus Jetalliance team pulled out all the stops to finish repairs in record time. Team Principal Jan Kalmar: “One car is completely ready and we’re carrying out the fina…
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Lotus Jetalliance: Both cars at the finish – and with P4 and P6 it was an appealing result as well! Fastest time in class in free practice the highlight Lotus Jetalliance has achieved its set goal in today’s finale of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cups in China: Both Lotus Evora GTE made it to the finish at the “Six Hours of Zhuhai”. What is more: With a fourth place by Martin Rich/Oskar Slingerland/Rene Rasmussen (GBR/NED/DEN) and a sixth place by James Rossiter/Johnny Mowlem/David Heinemeier-Hansson (GBR/GBR/DEN) in the GTE/Pro class the race also produced an appealing result after all to end the season! Team manager Jan Kalmar: “Congratulations to the ent…
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Count down has started for the most important race of the year Day 1 For those who are going to watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the television there are still some days, but for the teams, the event has already started. The cars passed the scruteenering with as good as no faults. The Lotus Jetalliance crew wasn't surprised, but nevertheless it was a pretty nice outcome of the first official task in this event. There has be…
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A free practice with no problems for the two Lotus Evoras Free Practice Wednesday afternoon The free practice was scheduled from 16.00 to 20.00 and went smoothly for the two Lotus Jetalliance Lotus Evora cars. The cars spend a great deal of the time on the track, and came back to the pit completely unharmed after the four hour session. All the drivers had there turns, and are ready for the coming three qualification sessions of which the first started this evening at 22.00. This post has been promoted to an article
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Lotus Jetalliance finish with both cars – but still searching for more speed Lotus Jetalliance celebrated as two Lotus Evora GTE cars crossed the finish line of the fifth round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup at Silverstone yesterday. After six tough hours the general conclusion was: The cars are now more consistent and faster - but to be able to keep pace with the front runners more power needs to be found. Team owner Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer: "Both Lotus Evora GTE cars have improved compared to the previous race, no question. I'm also very pleased that we've both cars to the finished. But unfortunately we still continue to lack in …
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