All News: Lotus 79


Fritsche Back on Top in Canada

December 12th, 2013 by

As the iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix series moved from the Netherlands Coast to Canada, the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (aka Mosport) hosted the Lotus 79-based series on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The twisty, fast paced turns of the circuit greeted more than one hundred sim-racers distributed over a total of 10 races during the … Read the Rest »

How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm?

December 2nd, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series held its fourth race of 2013 Season 4 at Zandvoort last weekn. The second split, the farm team of the series, saw a lot of exciting action! Going into the race, there were questions about Pim Lagaay’s complete car rebuild at Team Warsteiner Arrows. Would it hold-up in … Read the Rest »

Fritsche, Moreira a Step Ahead in CTC

November 29th, 2013 by

For Round 4 of the iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix series the field arrived at sunny Zandvoort to battle it out among the dunes by the virtual North Sea. A strong attendance of 31 drivers gridded up for Sunday’s main event, even though it coincided with the final (real) Grand Prix of the season – … Read the Rest »

History Comes Alive at Brands Hatch

November 21st, 2013 by

Round 3 of the iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix series left its mark at the legendary Brands Hatch circuit.  With 30 drivers signing-up for Sunday’s GP, the two 15 fields of Lotus 79s made F1 history come alive during 38 laps of online racing. In the top split, the “usual suspects” (Nuno Moreira, Gernot Fritsche, … Read the Rest »

Linnaluoto and Moreira Take CTC Openers

November 15th, 2013 by

Round 1: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps After a thrilling end to 2013 Season 3, the Classic Lotus Grand Prix series moved to Spa for Round 1 of Season 4.  Sunday’s Grand Prix (16.30 GMT), with a SOF of 3626 and 38 entries, saw an epic battle between Tapani Linnaluoto and the strong returning Canadian sim-racer, William Levesque, … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Champion After Stellar Season

October 23rd, 2013 by

Despite a quiet end to the season, Gernot Fritsche comfortably retook the Classic Teams Championship as the veteran sim-racer fully got to grips with the Lotus 79 on the NTMv5 (new tire model version 5) after two slightly off-colour seasons. Fritsche finished the season with a massive 134 point lead over second placed Tapani Linnaluoto, … Read the Rest »

Linnaluoto Wins But Fails to Close Gap

October 15th, 2013 by

A quiet week for the Classsis Teams Championship saw just 54 sim-racers take their Lotus 79s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This challenging circuit surprisingly lacked popularity despite being one of the basic content tracks, but half a dozen online races that went official and produced good racing.

Stunning Watkins Glen

October 1st, 2013 by

Nuno Moreira and Tapani Linnaluoto produced stunning performances at Watkins Glen in Round Nine of the Classic Teams Championship but still face a mountain of climbing if they are to overhaul championship leader Gernot Fritsche.  The champion-elect had a decidedly off-colour week at the popular US track, netting a comparatively meagre 146 points which, due … Read the Rest »

Fritsche in Control

September 20th, 2013 by

After seven rounds of the 2013 S3 Classic Teams Championship, Gernot Fritsche has the inside line on another champion’s crown. With a string of strong 220+ scores the multiple champion and Ferrari driver has amassed a nearly 350 point lead over McLaren’s Tapani Linnaluoto and fellow Ferrari driver Michel Dudognon. The lead isn’t quite as … Read the Rest »

Team Williams Stars as Moreira Charges

September 4th, 2013 by

Williams Racing put-in a stunning performance in iRacing.com’s Lotus 79-based Classic Teams Championship at Sebring International Raceway last week to move into second place in the championship and close slightly on the runaway leaders. Propelled by team leader Nuno Moreira, the three Williams sim-racers put in an excellent 47 points to pass Team McLaren in … Read the Rest »