Nordschleife Experience With Lotus

RSR Nürburg will run its first 'Lotus @ The Ring' schools on August 10th and 28th. The Nürburg-based race school has taken delivery of six brand-new Lotus Exige S cars for use in its highly acclaimed Nordschleife courses. Customers from all over the world will be able to 'arrive and drive' a track-prepared Exige with instruction, insurance and fuel all included in one price.

"Lotus has a fantastic history here at the Nürburgring," says Ron Simons, Chief Instructor and Company Director. "Some of the marque's most famous victories were fought over the old Nordschleife. Now customers from all over the world can learn for themselves why the perfect balance of power and light weight of Lotuses makes them so capable and so much fun."

Roger Becker, Director of Vehicle Engineering for Group Lotus, said "the Lotus Exige is the perfect sportscar to learn the famous and challenging Nordschleife circuit. The Exige S is a phenomenal tool that flatters and encourages the less experienced driver and challenges those with higher skill levels with a perfect combination of safe and secure handling, unparalleled performance and peerless driver feedback to give a brilliantly rewarding driving experience."

RSR has over 10 years of experience at the Nürburgring Nordschleife and are excited to be producing a program working in conjunction with Lotus Cars.

Courses are expected to retail for around €945 per person, based on two drivers sharing one car for 6-hours of tracktime. Courses begin with RSR's famous Convoy Training, where an instructor leads small groups over the course on the correct line.

The 21km Nürburgring Nordschleife is not only the world's longest permanent race circuit, but also one of the world's toughest. With around 170 individual corners and a drop and rise of 1000ft every single lap, it's one of the most challenging tracks ever devised. As such radios are used to communicate with each driver in the convoy, pointing out all the visual cues used to position the car on the ideal line. After convoy training is finished, instructors take the passenger seat and provide personal training for each driver. The day finishes with a high-speed taxi lap, in which an experienced instructor shows the student just what the car is capable of.

As well as August 10th and 28th, dates are also being set in September, October and the first week of November. There will be also be two day packages including the Nordschleife, a road tour through the Eifel and Ardennes mountains and ending with at the 7km Spa Francorchamps circuit.

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BACKGROUND INFO

• RSR Nürburg has been supplying training courses on the Nürburgring Nordschleife and Spa Francorchamps since 1998.

• RSR is a truly international company, with instruction possible in many different languages.

• Both individuals and large groups can be catered for, with everything from catering to accommodation being arranged for you by RSR's team.

• The 2010-spec Lotus Exige is a supercharged 218 bhp sportscar with traction control and is renowned for its superb chassis and handling characteristics