Fantastic video showing the past, present and future of Lotus in the Indy 500 and IndyCar racing
Caterham Motorsports Crash Reel
Fantastic highlight reel from Caterham Cars showing some spectacular crashes from the Caterham Racing series.
Lewis and Jenson drive the McLaren Mp4-12C
While this video is technically neither Lotus nor Formula 1, I figured our readers would probably still be interested. Fantastic production values for this clip and I hope Lotus one day makes a similar video with say Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi in the new Esprit 😀
Registration for the April 10th autocross is now open
Registration for the Saturday April 10th GGLC autocross event is now open. It is a practice event with no points and will be held at the Centennial Lot of Great America in Santa Clara. As you can see in the video we had a great time the last event there and we look forward to starting the 2010 season with another fantastic event.
Video by cxcheng
Only participating GGLC members can register during first week of registration. Club members are also given preference on the waitlist.
Click here to register on the motorsport reg site at The cost is $50 for members and $57 for non-members.
Making Hybrids sound Sporty
Car & Driver magazine got a demo of the HALOsonic Sound Synthesis developed by Lotus Engineering for the Evora 414E Hybrid concept car. It allows the driver to select a range of different virtual engine configurations so that your hybrid sports car will still sound sporty even while running on electric power. Check out the video below for a full demo including virtual gear shifts.
[via Car & Driver]
Role of a Driver in F1 car development
James Allen has created this fantastic video video on what role drivers play in the setup of an F1 car. We hope that having experienced drivers like Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will allow the new Lotus T127 F1 car to find its performance envelope just as quickly.
[Via JamesAllenOnF1]
Perkele
MTV Advert for the upcoming F1 season with Heikki Kovaleinen:
Perkele refers to Satan and is a common swearword in Finnish.
Lotus F1 videos
Following on from todays official launch, Lotus F1 racing has released some official videos including our first glimpse of the T127 on track for its final shakedown as well as footage from the launch event.
Shakedown:
Launch:
Launch (behind the scene):
Powersliding a Seven
As the proud owner of a Seven clone I have been keeping an eye out for Seven related videos and this one is perfect advertisement for the car. Track4Fun, who are track day organizers and the official Caterham importers for Italy posted this wonderful in-car video of some Caterham owners powersliding their cars around a European racetrack. Hit play to see just how much fun it is to drift a Caterham R500 on a cold winter morning. The second video shows what occasionally happens when you get a little too ambitious with the throttle
[via Axis of Oversteer]
Living Room Autocross
From some So-Cal members of the California Caterham Club: