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Old 29 Apr 2011, 03:38 (Ref:2871628)   #126
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4:06 and 4:29 at the test . 7 seconds of the class time , I think .

Not great but , hope they can get their act together for June . Lovely looking car .

I still dont believe that Le Mans should be conducted as a test , which is what will happen at this rate .
Its a decent start, they've admitted they're down on power which hopefully can they can work on but the car is new and if they finish then they'll have done well in my eyes. Seven seconds is not that bad, I would be guessing the car is losing out in a straight line because its down on power. Not AMR bashing but from what Ive seen so far Lotus is doing better then Aston at the moment.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 12:05 (Ref:2871734)   #127
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Hopefully after Spa they can get a bit of a break and have some of the restrictions removed. Unfortunately for them I think there will be a lot of other teams banging on the ACO's door that will all need attention.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 14:19 (Ref:2871770)   #128
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John Dagys at Speed has an article up about the Evora GTE, it is a good read.

The article reveals the new Lotus GTE is that it is built to the regulations - NO WAIVERS!!! I find that impressive, but they said that wanted to see how a proper car stacks up to the competition before asking for performance breaks. Slightly off topic, but is the 458 the only other GTE with no waivers?
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 14:33 (Ref:2871775)   #129
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The weak point at this stage is the engine. I remember hearing on RLM during the test day that they were hoping for a restrictor cut to give the engine a bit more power.

According to http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123145 the 430 was the only car without waivers, so that probably also applies for the 458.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 16:05 (Ref:2871801)   #130
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The weak point at this stage is the engine. I remember hearing on RLM during the test day that they were hoping for a restrictor cut to give the engine a bit more power.

According to http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123145 the 430 was the only car without waivers, so that probably also applies for the 458.
Thanks gwyllion, I thought the Ferrari's ran un-waivered but hadn't seen it anywhere.

I also thought I heard on RLM that the Lotus team thinks there is more power in the engine that it has now - even without a larger restrictor.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 18:45 (Ref:2871858)   #131
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What wil the livery be of the Lotus? Blue like the Jet alliance Aston a few years ago or maybe classic green Lotus colours?
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 18:49 (Ref:2871862)   #132
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What wil the livery be of the Lotus? Blue like the Jet alliance Aston a few years ago or maybe classic green Lotus colours?
I assume this to be the livery.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 19:49 (Ref:2871880)   #133
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I was afraid it would look like this, was hoping for some more classic look.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 21:59 (Ref:2871918)   #134
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Factory backed car from British GT looks very good.
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Old 29 Apr 2011, 22:45 (Ref:2871925)   #135
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I was afraid it would look like this, was hoping for some more classic look.
The car will not look like the press picture - they are hoping to design it around a potential sponsor, however the car will run in black at Spa and will not be painted until Le Mans.

They are quite happy with the progress of a car that is one week old (at the test)
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Old 30 Apr 2011, 01:48 (Ref:2871941)   #136
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Factory backed car from British GT looks very good.
That has the colour scheme of the Rebellion Toyota's...wait doesn't the Lotus use a Toyota derived engine?
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That's the Gold Leaf Lotus design....
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Old 30 Apr 2011, 03:43 (Ref:2871964)   #138
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That's the Gold Leaf Lotus design....
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It's "not" the Gold Leaf design, as the gold leaf design is forbidden (it only looks like classic Lotus racers)
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Old 30 Apr 2011, 17:31 (Ref:2872118)   #139
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That's a nice design way better then the blue one!
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The car will not look like the press picture - they are hoping to design it around a potential sponsor, however the car will run in black at Spa and will not be painted until Le Mans.

They are quite happy with the progress of a car that is one week old (at the test)
maybe a few gold coachlines might look good...

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It's "not" the Gold Leaf design, as the gold leaf design is forbidden (it only looks like classic Lotus racers)
A nice nod to the past by using a classic 'retro' livery though
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lets hope they get a sponser in time as the car in black might be thought to close to JPS colours and could then get in to trouble
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Well one of the cars is going to have a bit of a messy livery potentially courtesy of the charity efforts from Martin Rich. You can donate money to get your initials or a logo on the car.

Nice sentiment but it could wreck a pretty car.
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Well one of the cars is going to have a bit of a messy livery potentially courtesy of the charity efforts from Martin Rich. You can donate money to get your initials or a logo on the car.

Nice sentiment but it could wreck a pretty car.
Yes damn him for doing something selfless and worthwhile!
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John Dagys at Speed has an article up about the Evora GTE, it is a good read.

The article reveals the new Lotus GTE is that it is built to the regulations - NO WAIVERS!!! I find that impressive, but they said that wanted to see how a proper car stacks up to the competition before asking for performance breaks. Slightly off topic, but is the 458 the only other GTE with no waivers?
The Ferrari 458 has a waiver on overall width. It's 203cm wide vs. max reg width of 200cm.

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Yes damn him for doing something selfless and worthwhile!
Reading my post back it came out wrong. I heard the RLM interview with him. I think it's a great idea and a nice way to have his father there with him in spirit.

I was talking purely about the paint on the car. Some things are more important.
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Reading my post back it came out wrong. I heard the RLM interview with him. I think it's a great idea and a nice way to have his father there with him in spirit.

I was talking purely about the paint on the car. Some things are more important.
Fair Enough mate - for what its worth the final livery will not be the scheme already seen in the renderings
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The Ferrari 458 has a waiver on overall width. It's 203cm wide vs. max reg width of 200cm.

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Thanks, that is good to know. So that makes the Lotus and the 430 the only cars without waivers that I know of.
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The Lotus GT2 in traditional green/yellow livery in the Spa paddock: http://pitlane-vision.com/images/sto.../05.05/1/2.jpg
The sister car is still in carbon black: http://pitlane-vision.com/images/sto...05.05/1/15.jpg
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The Lotus GT2 in traditional green/yellow livery in the Spa paddock: http://pitlane-vision.com/images/sto.../05.05/1/2.jpg
On this picture the stripes look orange instead of yellow: http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...5_05_lotus.jpg
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