The Lotus Type 125 car, a Formula 1 -inspired customer race car has been tested for the first time by professional drivers Jean Alesi and James Rossiter at the Autodromo di Vallelunga (Italy) earlier this week.
The Lotus T125 is an ultra high performance F1-inspired race car with a Cosworth 3.5-litre GP V8 engine (640bhp) linked to a six-speed semi-automatic gearbox with a paddle shift system. Like customer cars, the start button is all it takes to get it going.
The two drivers seemed impressed by the performance of the machine, even qualifying it as “the closest a normal person can get to driving an F1 car,” said Rossiter, a factory driver for Lotus.
The test, which lasted two days, will be followed by another one on January 25-26 at Yas Marina Circuit, in Abu Dhabi.
The next step will then be to introduce the car to 15 potential (rich) buyers.
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The Lotus T125 is an ultra high performance F1-inspired race car with a Cosworth 3.5-litre GP V8 engine (640bhp) linked to a six-speed semi-automatic gearbox with a paddle shift system. Like customer cars, the start button is all it takes to get it going.
The two drivers seemed impressed by the performance of the machine, even qualifying it as “the closest a normal person can get to driving an F1 car,” said Rossiter, a factory driver for Lotus.
The test, which lasted two days, will be followed by another one on January 25-26 at Yas Marina Circuit, in Abu Dhabi.
The next step will then be to introduce the car to 15 potential (rich) buyers.