I could see one of the Marshalls react to the illegal overtaking. That's why I thought, race control would take car of it and penalise the drivers. After the race, I didn't protest, because the car, which gained the advantage, was not in my class.

The white block is just there to block the way to the reverse gear and to guide the lever safely into second gear, if needed. It can be removed by hand, if the reverse gear is needed. It's a 5 speed Renault gearbox.

The competion versions of the Lotus Europa, were called Lotus 47, or am I wrong ?

Lotus built racing versions of the Europa: The Type 47 has a 1,6 liter Ford DOHC (but 8 valve) Twin Cam engine and the Type 62 has a 2,0 liter Vauxhall 16 valve engine. Both were reasonably successful in their respective classes. The normal Europa was very rarely raced, because purpose-built racing version existed to buy from factory.

@@Bierlogistiker The first version sold in the US had the Renault engine. Later they had the twin cam Cosworth. I test drove one of the Cosworth engined versions in the mid 70s. Biggest negative for me was the very narrow pedal box.... and I have narrow small feet! As I recall you also sat offset from the steering wheel at an angle. The original design had a fast back design that gave some blind spots. The later design (Cosworth) had a step in that rear panel which helped and also looked much better.... especially when the car had the Player Special black and gold livery.

I agree . The GT 40 is old tech but can still hammer away and fly .

I just went in a little fast, got scared, braked mid-corner, got oversteer, caught that, but then ran out of road. It was a driver error

Do you mean on-board videos or additional stuff? Next race is on the weekend ahead

@@Bierlogistiker as a Europa fan generally and having owned a S2 road car many years ago I’d like to know more about your car; more than just a ‘walk-around’ even, what are the specs of the car, what is still standard that you have to adhere to, what do have you done for performance or reliability. Some, I know, is on your website and I may be in a group of one asking but if you don’t ask…

Is there anything more fun than being the little fish in a big pond harrying some big fish? From first hand experience I say not😉

@@smudgetherealmc i will try and add some technical stuff here. But first there will be some onboard stuff added from the latest race wecken. Thanks for your interest

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