Lotus First Day At The 6 Hours Of Spa

[Mark H]

#31 Thomas Holzer (GER) – Mirco Schultis (GER) – Renger van der Zande (NED)

#32 Luca Moro (ITA) – James Rossiter (GBR) – Kevin Weeda (USA)

 

Practice 1

#32 Position 14 (overall) Position 6 (LMP2) Lap time 2:11.340 (Rossiter)

#31 Position 26 (overall) Position 16 (LMP2) Lap time 2:16.779 (Holzer)

 

Practice 2

#31 Position 10 (overall) Position 2 (LMP2) Lap time 2:10.407 (v. d. Zande)

#32 Position 26 (overall) Position 16 (LMP2) Lap time 2:18.559 (Moro)

 

At the first day of the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, Lotus run with two cars for the very first time. The event is the first of three European races and the rehearsal for the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Both cars could do many laps and were running trouble free. Lotus showed a good performance being second in LMP2 class at the second practice session.

 

Renger van der Zande, Race Driver #31:

“I am happy to drive for Lotus and I am very looking forward to being at the wheel of the Lotus LMP2. It was good for me today to get some valuable mileage and to get used to the car. It is a great result being second in LMP2 class and nice to see that we have a competitive car. We will now go through the data and work on the setup for the next sessions, I am sure there is more to come. I hope that we will have a good result here and we are working hard for that.”

 

 

James Rossiter, Race Driver #32:

“It was a good first day for us and we could learn a lot for the race on Saturday. We fulfilled our program and got a lot of data during both sessions. The weather is quite unpredictable in the Ardennes and it can start to rain here any minute so we have to be prepared for all conditions. I can’t wait to race for Lotus at the 6 Hours of Spa and we are working hard to have a good result.”

 

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