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Lotus Cup: Kershaw dominates at Spa


Lotus Cup UK and Europe joined forces with the Elise Trophy at Spa-Francorchamps with a maximum entry of 65 cars making the journey to Belgium.

After dominating the Snetterton round of Lotus Cup UK, Lotus Motorsport’s Gavan Kershaw repeated the act in the Ardennes, this time without the help of Martin Donnelly. The experienced racer was fastest in qualifying by more than 2 seconds and won with margins of 6 and 24 seconds respectively.

Second in both races was Mark Fullalove, adding to previous successes in Lotus Cup UK with the 2-Eleven wins.

Completing a podium of class winners, John Rasse was the Exige Cup victor, ending a successful season in Lotus Cup Europe, where he took his first overall win last time out at Zolder. The popular Belgian was judged the year’s most outstanding driver, a feat achieved by his brother Gregory last year.

The Open class wins were claimed by the Campbell Cassidy/Matt Cherrington Europa, which has shown a great deal of promise of late, and Xavier Georges in a series one Exige. Meanwhile Ben Hyland scored a double in the Production class.

Whilst the 2011 Lotus Cup Europe season is now over, Lotus Cup UK has just one more round to go, at Brands Hatch on 22 October. The inaugural champion will be crowned at this meeting.

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Kevin Ritson

Published 07/10/2011 12:36

Latest News Lotus Cup Europe

Lotus Cup drivers have been given the opportunity of racing at the home of the Italian GP this spring.

Lotus Cup UK and Europe joined forces with the Elise Trophy at Spa-Francorchamps with a maximum entry of 65 cars making the journey to Belgium.

Belgian racer John Rasse recorded his first overall Lotus Cup Europe win at last weekend's Zolder event as the series ran in support of a well-attended round of the FIA European Truck Championship.

Mark Fullalove added a pair of victories to his Silverstone win in a combined Lotus Cup UK and Europe race that counted for points in the UK Championship.

Jonathan Walker scored a Lotus Cup Europe double victory at the Nurburgring last weekend to end Rémi Pochauvin’s early season dominance.

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