Lotus: V6 Cup Suisse also in 2018
SWISS SPORT After the good experience in the trial year 2017, there will again be a Lotus V6 Cup Suisse in 2018. This is aimed at all owners of Lotus Exige and Evora with V6 engines. The first champion in 2017 was Kurt Andermatt. The young racing series is open to drivers of all Exige and Evora models with Toyota V6 engines. In the meantime, there are numerous of these [...]
The young racing series is open to drivers of all Exige and Evora models with Toyota V6 engines. There are now numerous types of these. For this reason, the organization under the leadership of Norbert Sieber of Lotus West in St. Gallen decided to offer three categories from 2018 instead of just two, as was previously the case, in order to better preserve equality of opportunity.
Class I (Production base) allows less freedom than Class II (Production advanced), in which, for example, factory-fitted Michelin Sport Cup 2 and option chassis are permitted in addition to Toyo semislicks. Class III (Open) accommodates all modified V6 models.
It is of great concern to the organizers that the regulations are consistently observed by the drivers. A technical jury therefore reserves the right to inspect the vehicles on the race course at any time.
A separate Cup winner will be determined in each class. In order to give greater weight to race wins and podium finishes, the points grading has been changed slightly compared to 2017.
Although the Lotus V6 Cup Suisse is not a championship registered with Auto Sport Schweiz, it is subject to the LOC regulations (L4). Participants must have a valid LOC license and comply with all safety regulations.
Varied race calendar
The championship calendar is again special, consisting of slaloms, mountain slaloms and sprint tests on foreign circuits.
The 2018 racing season begins with the two Swiss slaloms in Frauenfeld (April 21) and Bière (May 12). All three mountain slaloms will take place in Vorarlberg (Damüls, Arlberg and Eichenberg) and will each feature two classifications.
At Varano (I), at the Anneau du Rhin (F), where a slalom also counts, and at the Salzburgring, the fastest lap time is determined within a prescribed time window. Of a maximum of twelve results, the best nine count.
Kurt Andermatt emerged as the overall winner in 2017 ahead of Dino Wintsch (both Exige 350 Sport) and Norbert Sieber (Evora 400). With five victories plus the stage win at the Wangen slalom, which no longer counts as part of the Cup, at the end of October, Wintsch was the most successful driver in the premiere year.
