The 24 Hours of Le Mans creates winners and losers. Especially the latter group the following year, often more motivated to return to the legendary circuit. Lotus this year was certainly no winner. Their LMP2 cars, powered by a Judd V8, it had to give up in the night hours due to gearbox failure. In order to increase their chances for 2013, the Lotus engineers there early; Kodewa Racing, which runs as a factory team for Lotus, has already ordered new cars for the upcoming season.
Private Teams can also be contacting a Lotus LMP2 racer to purchase. This owner also will receive technical support through spares. Then one can still maintain a fee, a service team and simulator-time purchases.
Although the design explained is done there will be about the exact technical details are still being considered. What is clear is that the car will be state of the art regarding the design of the monocoque and the aerodynamics. Although these LMP2 very much like the cars in the LMP1 class this futuristic racer is still not fast enough. However, it is the ultimate goal of Lotus with a car to return to the top of the long distance racing. For this, we'll have to wait at least until 2014.
