GT Class

[Sulland]

Did anyone, organizers or team manage to get some times on the Lotus in Ypres?

[HaCo]

The presence of the Lotus in Ypres was plain awesome! The looks very agile, a lot better than the Porsche I think.

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[mousti]

Sousa told me his times were good enough for the Top 10..

[dimviii]

Sousa told me his times were good enough for the Top 10..

so not so good...

[titi_62]

The Lotus was quite fast. It seems to be efficient, easier to handle than a Porsche, but it seems to be less powerfull !
Lotus have to continue it development, a battle Porsche / Lotus / Nissan 370z could be very great !

[kiil]

so not so good...

No, top 10 in Ypres with a new car would have been a horrible result.

[Mirek]

I saw the car on quite many stages in Ypres, always fast places, often with bumps.

As it was said, the engine isn't powerful like one would expect for a GT car. The engine sounds rather quiet and boring. The restriction by the rules together with extra weight is probably too much.
Suspension is a lot worse than in S2000 cars but that's nothing new I think.
Overall there is no chance this car could fight with S2000 cars but I think everyone knew that already before the rally. It would be more interesting to compare times with Aigner or especially Van den Heuvel.

But... the car IS beautiful!

[TheFlyingTuga]

Geko Ypres Rally 2012 - Bernardo Sousa - Lotus Exige R-GT - YouTube

Mirek, as you can see from this video, Bernardo is not pushing the revs to the maximum! I will expect to see a bit more of the car, especially when it goes on his official debut, not as a course car. But I conquer with you... the suspension seems to be rubish... at least in this rally!

Cheers

[dimviii]

.. the suspension seems to be rubish... at least in this rally!

Cheers

+1 not rubish but also dangerous comparing with other cars passes from same corners.

[Mirek]

Geko Ypres Rally 2012 - Bernardo Sousa - Lotus Exige R-GT - YouTube

Mirek, as you can see from this video, Bernardo is not pushing the revs to the maximum!

The engine has supercharger and rather small restrictor. The power can't be in very high rpm. I really don't believe he was not using the power of the car. In the video he is shifting quite well according to the indication.

By the way we were on this stage at the combination of corners after 7:10