The 2017 Lotus Cup Europe provisional calendar has been released, and the FIA International Serieswill visit seven of the continent's classic circuits in Germany, Belgium, France and the UnitedKingdom.
Lotus Cup Europe will continue a tradition of supporting prestigious events, commencing with theannual Hockenheim Historic meeting in Germany in April. From here the championship will join theBlancpain GT Series when it visits Brands Hatch in the UK in May.
The 2017 championship's first visit to France will be a return to Paul Ricard for three rounds in June,once again supporting the Grand Prix Camions event. There will be a further truck racing support slotwith the FIA European Truck Racing Championship at Zolder circuit in September. This will be thesecond part of a Belgian double-header, following the annual visit to Spa-Francorchamps to supportthe Fun Cup 25-Hour race and British GT and F3 Championships in July.
Lotus Cup Europe will make a return to Germany's famous Nürburgring circuit in October for thepenultimate event of the 2017 season, before the final at Le Mans later the same month, which willfeature three rounds.
After a hugely successful 2016 season, in which Hungary's Tamas Vizin was crowned overallchampion, organisers have been overwhelmed with entries, and with numbers already approachingthe maximum for 2017, including a recording breaking number of V6 Cup and 2 Eleven cars, there areplans to run a separate Production class grid in 2018 for normally-aspirated Elises and Exiges toenable more entries.
Lotus Cup Europe organisers LoTRDC are forecasting 60 cars between the two grids in 2018. Thoseinterested in competing in 2017 or 2018 when the grids are separated are invited to contactLoTRDC’s Paul Golding via paul@lotrdc.com
Lotus Cup Europe 2017 provisional calendar*21-23 April Hockenheim - Hockenheim Historic6-7 May Brands Hatch GP - Blancpain3-4 June Paul Ricard - Grand-Prix Camions du Castellet (3 Races)7-8 July Spa-Francorchamps - 25 Hour Fun Cup15-17 September Zolder - FIA European Truck Grand Prix29 September-1 October Nürburgring - Saisonfinale28-29 October Le Mans - Inter Ecuries (3 Races)
*subject to final approval from the FIA
