All News: Lotus 79

Fritsche, Hackett Lead CTC

August 23rd, 2013 by

With business as usual at the top of the tables, attention is turning to the F2 battle in this year’s Lotus 79-based Classic Teams Championship. While defending champion Gernot Fritsche extended his lead at Road Atlanta and Mosport, the Formula 2 battle hotted up. After two strong opening weeks, Team Tiga driver Paul Hackett faultered … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Opens CTC Defense in Style

August 9th, 2013 by

Gernot Fritsche started the defense of his title in style at Brands Hatch as 110 drivers opened the 2013 S3 CTC and Classic Lotus Grand Prix season at the classic Kent race track. Brands Hatch presented a new opener for the season but this fantastic roller coaster track drew  over a hundred drivers and races … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Scorches to Another Championship

July 25th, 2013 by

Over the course of 12 rounds Gernot Fritsche stormed to another CTC World Championship. Since January 2010 the veteran DE-AT-CH driver has notched up an impressive 344 starts in the Lotus 79 and, even more impressively, won 130 of them. During that time he has driven cars painted in the liveries of famous names including … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Storms to Huge CTC Lead

July 15th, 2013 by

ver two races at Virginia International Raceway and then the classic Mosport (now Canadian Tire Motorsports Park), Gernot Fritsche practically guaranteed his return as champion of the Classic Teams Championship. The former champion put his seventh and eighth scores in the book and in doing so scorched to a 189 point lead over Dror Mizrahi … Read the Rest »

Moreira Stutters, Fritsche Surges, Dudognon Leads

June 21st, 2013 by

Over the course of two weeks at Zolder and Mid-Ohio the Classic Teams Lotus 79 series was turned on its head as the fortunes of drivers fighting for the championship fluctuated wildly. As the field arrived at Zolder the championship was bubbling nicely only for it to explode as former champion, Gernot Fritsche destroyed season … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Charges, Narrows Moreira’s Lead

June 10th, 2013 by

It was business as usual as the field moved to Watkins Glen with Gernot Fritsche taking maximum points in the week’s Classic Team Championship battles, narrowing the gap to series leader Nuno Moreira by 11 points. Watkins Glen is usually a popular track, often boasting the highest participation of the entire season for any series, … Read the Rest »

Moreira Extends Lead as Fritsche Charges

May 31st, 2013 by

Twin Ring Motegi was the location for Round Three of the 2013 S2 Lotus Classic Teams Championship and multiple champion, Gernot Fritsche finally got his season going at the third time of asking. Fritsche put in a strong 194 point performance, outgunning the championship leader by a narrow margin. On a week which traditionally is … Read the Rest »

Moreira Extends CTC Lead

May 20th, 2013 by

Nuno Moreira took full advantage of a faltering return to the series for ex-champion Gernot Fritsche to extend his lead at the Oulton Park circuit in England.  A superb 221 point haul bolstered his advantage over Luca Zanetti to 52 points while several drivers found Turn One (Old Hall) of this classic race course to … Read the Rest »

Moreira Takes Surprise CTC Lead

May 10th, 2013 by

Fittipaldi driver Nuno Moreira opened the 2013 S2 Classic Teams Championship with an excellent performance that placed the veteran sim-racer atop the championship. Several pre-season favourites and leading runners were absent as the season opened with 136 drivers visiting the classic Northamptonshire venue of Silverstone.  Running the Silverstone Historical layout 12 drivers registered race wins, … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2013 S1 Review

April 27th, 2013 by

After visiting Oran Raceway Park and Suzuka for the final two weeks, the 2013 Season 1 iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series has come to a close.  As drivers test the changes to the car and prepare for next season, we at inRacingNews had the chance to catch-up with the top three sim-racers in last season’s … Read the Rest »