Whilst most people prepare to wind down for the festive period, the Lotus Motorsport team is still busy working hard on its IndyCar effort.
The first official Lotus IndyCar engine fire up in new car took place on December 22 at Dallara’s headquarters in Varano Melegari, Palma under the watchful eye of Group Lotus Director of Motorsport Claudio Berro and technicians from the team.
Pleased with the overall results, the team have now prepared the engine and car for shipment to the United States where full testing will begin in January.
“The fire up in the car went really well, there were no nasty surprises and I think our partners are going to be very happy with the results,” Claudio Berro said.
“It was only October last year that we announced that we would become an IndyCar engine supplier and just twelve months on, we had an all new Lotus engine and three teams signed up - Bryan Herta Autosport, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, and HVM Racing. We’ve still got a lot of work to do ahead of the start of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar season but so far I’m very encouraged by what I see,” Berro explained.
The first official Lotus IndyCar engine fire up in new car took place on December 22 at Dallara’s headquarters in Varano Melegari, Palma under the watchful eye of Group Lotus Director of Motorsport Claudio Berro and technicians from the team.
Pleased with the overall results, the team have now prepared the engine and car for shipment to the United States where full testing will begin in January.
“The fire up in the car went really well, there were no nasty surprises and I think our partners are going to be very happy with the results,” Claudio Berro said.
“It was only October last year that we announced that we would become an IndyCar engine supplier and just twelve months on, we had an all new Lotus engine and three teams signed up - Bryan Herta Autosport, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, and HVM Racing. We’ve still got a lot of work to do ahead of the start of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar season but so far I’m very encouraged by what I see,” Berro explained.
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| The Lotus turbo V-6 engine (Photo: LAT for IndyCar) |