[WEC] Kolles Prototype

[Rodger Davies]

any photos/videos of it moving yet?

[/devilsadvocate]

[rich07]

Originally Posted by tux

some more "fake"testing pictures http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/chr...a-monteblanco/

Those pics have to be fake, if the Sacred Monster was really in the car, it would be moving a lot faster

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

any photos/videos of it moving yet?

[/devilsadvocate]

They took it to the track, so they must have had it in the back of a truck. Would a picture of the truck going down the highway count as a picture of it moving?

[carbon_titanium]

Originally Posted by joeb

They took it to the track, so they must have had it in the back of a truck. Would a picture of the truck going down the highway count as a picture of it moving?

under an observer point of view, yes according to Galilean invariance

[MyNameIsNigel]

Endurance-Info are reporting that Mike Lancaster, Managing Director of AER, has confirmed that the Lotus P1/01 AER had a "fruitful two-day testing" at Monteblanco in Spain and that the AER engine did run without any issue. All systems have been "tested and checked according to the planed schedule":

Mike Lancaster:
"Le Team Lotus et AER ont désormais achevé deux journées d’essais fructueuses avec la nouvelle LMP1 sur le circuit de Monteblanco en Espagne.
AER est content d’annoncer que le nouveau V6 turbocompressé AER P60 GDI a tourné sans problèmes pendant toute la durée des essais ; tous les systèmes ont été testés et vérifiés selon le programme prévu. Le moteur a été puissant, a bien répondu et a atteint son objectif en matière de consommation. Le team, AER et les pilotes attendent la prochaine course du WEC au Texas."

That would seem to suggest that the Lotus P1/01 did manage to turn a wheel () and that everything looks fine, on the engine side at least.

[MyNameIsNigel]

DSC are also reporting that the Lotus LMP1 had a successful test and is on course to debut at COTA.

And the car did turn a wheel :

(source: motorsport-total.com)

[TF110]

DSC reporting AER have interest in their engine outside of Lotus! http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=36251

[Albers Fan]

Holzer and Kaffer testing hotlaps on Tuesday and Wednesday, Bouchut longruns on Thursday.
Albers was in Silverstone and Rossiter in Japan, and will test the next test at the end of this month.

[Articus]

Kaffer? That guy must be sick of racing at this point. From an empty season to running all the enduros + picking up a full season ride in a GTE and then testing a yet to be raced P1 car. Surely Kaffer won't race the Lotus at CoTa?

[carbon_titanium]

Originally Posted by Articus

Kaffer? That guy must be sick of racing at this point. From an empty season to running all the enduros + picking up a full season ride in a GTE and then testing a yet to be raced P1 car. Surely Kaffer won't race the Lotus at CoTa?

Last year oliver gavin ran on saturday with corvette the ALMS race, on sunday as third AMR driver of #97 of WEC race. If kaffer wants he can do the same.

[Simmi]

Depends whether it turns up I suppose. And whether it can do six hours. It's a new car after all.

[GT6]

Well we all hope that the cars turns up and race, the need for privateer entries is one that must be top of the list for the WEC

[MyNameIsNigel]

Originally Posted by GT6

Well we all hope that the cars turns up and race, the need for privateer entries is one that must be top of the list for the WEC

[TF110]

With another test planned for the coming weeks, they should hopefully have some updates on their progress. Driver quotes will be interesting.

[TF110]

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/b...pment-program/ some quotes from Lotus in there. Talk of James Rossiter and Albers in terms of availability.

[TF110]

So Lotus was out testing with Russian WSR driver Nicholas Martsenko driving at Lausitzring according to Autosport Russia.

[Albers Fan]

Lotus will start with Bouchut/Rossiter/Auer in Austin.

[JoestForEver]

Seems promising, I'll be stunned if their outright speed could match the R-one

[Maelochs]

So long as they are not the Mazdas of WEC, I will be thrilled just to see the Lotus car on track.

[Mike E]

Originally Posted by JoestForEver

Seems promising, I'll be stunned if their outright speed could match the R-one

It would be extremely embarrassing for Oreca and Rebellion if the Lotus is quicker.

[TF110]

Rebellion should have a high-downforce package so hopefully the battle is good.

[Deleted]

Originally Posted by Maelochs

So long as they are not the Mazdas of WEC, I will be thrilled just to see the Lotus car on track.

You know Mazda really isn't doing themselves any good with the factory name in the header... yeah sure Lolas can be rebranded as Mazdas, whatever, but they should just call the team Speedsource and save the company name.

[deggis]

The P1/01 undertook its second circuit test at the Lausitz two weeks ago with Kaffer and Bouchut driving, Bermes saying the team had "made good progress at the last test".

"We introduced some new parts, including aerodynamic pieces, and we have more coming for COTA," he explained.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115580

[joeb]

Originally Posted by deggis

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115580

That is interesting. I have wondered about the funding for the Lotus project, so I'm assuming Lucas brings some $ to the table? This line from the article might back up my assumptions:

Bermes said: "The plan is not fixed yet, but he could do more races, which would give him a chance to learn some more F1 tracks."

Anyways I hope Auer has a great race and tells all his fellow F3 competitors how much fun prototype racing can be! Young drivers with budgets could be just what is needed to get some of the additional LMP-L projects going.

[Pandemonium]

Seems like the recuperation of Lotus as a brand and some other factors are really starting to make a solid project here. That is great