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Sepang Malaysia : Sepang circuit Malaysia

Sepang Malaysia

Lotus autocross training stage 1 and advanced : came 1st in stage 1 but actually became slower after stage 2....couldnt get a refund :)

Lotus autocross training stage 1 and advanced

Fuji speedway - Japan : Sun 12th April 09, Joined Witham cars group for track session as part of Fuji classic car jamboree. About 20 cars, all lotus apart from few Ginettas. Had three spin offs at same corner last one being a full blown 360 through the grass filling car with dirt through gap in window. Came 7th fastest with lap time 2:16 which i was happy with for my 1st time at this circuit

Fuji speedway - Japan

Fuji short course pro training (f3/porsche cup driver)) : short courses are great to show off the handling of the light lotus cars - the poor porsche gt3 that turned up after was frankly humiliated even by the most underpowered elise there and didnt stay long --fun fun fun

Fuji short course pro training (f3/porsche cup driver))

Lotus day -Fuji speedway : So the rumour going around is that this was the biggest every gathering of lotus cars ever - dont know if thats true or not but wouldnt surprise me. it was certainly the biggest gathering in japan ever. we had 700 cars turn out and an astonishing 600 cars taking part in track events! Thats a lot of cars and made for a few exciting near misses.... I knew it was going to be a special day when i pulled onto the expressway heading fpr fuji and saw in the lane infront of me a 211 and a whole bunch of super 7s exhausts burbling and chrome shinning. you know that feeling you get driving to sepang in convoy...imagine what its like when around 1 car in 5 on the road around you is a lotus! the expressway from tokyo to fuji was like a moving lotus museum. i saw every model ever made during that ride, including 7 (i counted) formula lotus cars on trailers and a bunch of turbo esprit. at the circuit it was just a sea of lotus cars. One of the highlights for me was getting to take an evora around the track...one of the lowlights (well disapointing moments) was getting to take a caterham r300 around. in my class i broke my personal best laptime at fuji by just over 1 sec so i was chuffed, especially as i only span off once whereas last time there i spent more time in the dirt than i did on the track! The website is here (sorry in japanese) but you can see the cars types that had track sessions http://www.lotus-cars.jp/jld/lotus_owner.html There was a bunch of f2, f3 and fj lotus cars there also that were fun to see racing, as was the lotus 211 cup race whose sound level wasnt far off the formula cars session

Lotus day -Fuji speedway

Sodegaura forest raceway : Brand new circuit still unfinished in places (tyre walls not in place and some run off very uneven) The event was a practice session for the lotus 111 cup race so most of the cars were cup racers making for some competative times. over 30 cars took part...i came in 15th place (fastest laptime) which given the company i was in i was more than happy with. a very fun circuit surprisingly wide and only an hour from tokyo....ill be back! at the last min found out the circuit had a strict noise level restriction so had to swap out my exhaust to stock in about 20mins,,, which was fine until the bigger exhaust and lack of heat shield allowed the exhaust heat to melt my license plate lights - after 15 hot laps i could smell the burning :)

Sodegaura forest raceway

Ebisu super taikyu (endurance) race : Joined TG Racing team as a guest driver in their honda. really great bunch of guys and had a blast (as you can see from the pics). surprised how easy the honda was to drive after the lotus. very forgiving car that gives far more warning of loss of traction than the lotus -making it an easy car to step into and race for the first time. we came in a respectable 8th place in our class and 24th place overall. first set of tyres only lasted 2 hours then were totally shreaded so by the time i went out i was driving on last set of used rubber and we had changed our race strategy to `survive and finish` agreeing on a tyre saving conservative lap time we should all keep to. unfortunately when i went out the trackmate failed and i was unable to tell what laptimes i was doing so i had to try to guess and just drive as smoothly as i could. in the end we did a total 254 laps just 3 laps shy of 5th place!

Ebisu super taikyu (endurance) race

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