Too bad the track was damp.......you could tell the driver was being careful (rightfully so).
Exige V6 Cup laps Lotus factory test track
It's the Exige V6 Cup's turn to return home, this time to lap the test track.
Interesting comparison to the V6S. No noticeable straight-line advantage but Cup car is very composed in the turns. A more forgiving car than the 4 cyl Exige too.
Magnificent!
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Some interesting numbers.
Excuses first!: The track was damp as you can see plus a chicane was added before the fast windsock corner, changing it from a 5th gear corner to a 3rd gear corner with an effect on peak speed down the following straight(away). I also did the Lotus Driving Academy day in the Evora S but the track was bone dry. I've been looking through the footage and timing laps and this is what I found.
Evora S dry: 1.46
Exige V6 Cup damp: 1.45
A Lotus factory test driver got the Exige Cup 260 round there in just under 1.38 (dry, no chicane) and the Exige V6S in 1.32.
I'm quite certain I could go under 1.40 with some more practice, a more aggressive lap and without the chicane maybe even 1.38. But that means I wouldn't be able to shake the factory test driver in a Cup260, even with my V6 Cup. But 1.32?! I'd just have to watch the V6S disappear! That is really fast.
I have since been told that the V6 Cup can do 1.30 and the V6 Cup R with sequential box can do 1.25!
Humbling stuff! But there you have it.
Excuses first!: The track was damp as you can see plus a chicane was added before the fast windsock corner, changing it from a 5th gear corner to a 3rd gear corner with an effect on peak speed down the following straight(away). I also did the Lotus Driving Academy day in the Evora S but the track was bone dry. I've been looking through the footage and timing laps and this is what I found.
Evora S dry: 1.46
Exige V6 Cup damp: 1.45
A Lotus factory test driver got the Exige Cup 260 round there in just under 1.38 (dry, no chicane) and the Exige V6S in 1.32.
I'm quite certain I could go under 1.40 with some more practice, a more aggressive lap and without the chicane maybe even 1.38. But that means I wouldn't be able to shake the factory test driver in a Cup260, even with my V6 Cup. But 1.32?! I'd just have to watch the V6S disappear! That is really fast.
I have since been told that the V6 Cup can do 1.30 and the V6 Cup R with sequential box can do 1.25!
Humbling stuff! But there you have it.
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