Lotus LMP2 teams up with Praga and Jan Charouz
The team will enter the series with two Lotus Praga T128 LMP2, powered by Praga engines. The whole project was developed jointly by Kodewa, Lotus, Gravity Charouz Racing and Praga, where the legendary Czech company Praga has a big appetite for success in other motorsport discipline. In recent years they have become the leading producer of go karts and besides excellent results in many national and international championships, they clearly demonstrated their position by winning the world champion title in the KZ1 class.
Lotus Praga LMP2 also signs Jan Charouz for FIA World Endurance Championship. The 25 year-old race driver from Prague (CZE) completes the line-up for car #32 and will race alongside German Thomas Holzer and Austrian Dominik Kraihamer.
Between 2010 and 2012, Charouz was official test and reserve driver for Lotus F1 Team. The Czech participated six times in the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the Le Mans Series in 2009 with the Aston Martin LMP1 works team.
Charouz already competed for Lotus in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship and has proved that he is a talented driver. Together with his team mates in car #32, James Rossiter and Kevin Weeda, he started from LMP2 Pole Position into the 6 Hours of Shanghai.
Lotus bids welcome to Praga and Jan Charouz and is pleased about working with them throughout the whole season.
The 2013 FIA World Championship will be the second season for Lotus in endurance racing. The team will contest with two new Lotus T128 sports cars in the legendary black and gold colors. The squad will contest with a strong line-up, having former Formula One drivers, experienced and talented endurance racers in their own ranks.
The new season starts with the 6 Hours of Silverstone on Sunday, 14th April 2013.