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31/05/2026

Race 2 of European GT Lite Challenge at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was dry for a change!

Rainer Börgens started from pole position, Bence Balogh in second with Paul Maréchal in third.
Bence Balogh had to give up which allowed Paul to come up to Rainer Börgens and managed to overtake.

So, overall first place for Paul Maréchal, second position for Rainer Börgens and third for Thierry Verhiest.

Classes:

GT-Cup:
1) Mark Yates
2) Petr Krejci
3) Gilles Verhiest

Exige Cup:
1) Paul Maréchal
2) Rainer Börgens
3) Thierry Verhiest

Open:
1) Nathalie Genoud-Prachex
2) Patrick Reiles
3) Tomas Kusy

Production:
1) Robbe Janssens
2) Mick Edwards
3) Bailey Edwards

That's it for the weekend! Next race at the Nürgburging 26-28 of June
See you there?

30/05/2026

As everyone probably knows.. having a raceweekend at Spa Francorchamps can be rather ..wet..

And it was.. Properly wet!

The European GT Lite Challenge started behind the safety car but when the field was 'let loose' things got rather interesting.

Rainer Börgens started from pole position but wasn't able to keep the position. He dropped to third position which was in favour of both Paul Maréchal and Bence Balogh.

Results per class:

GT Cup:
1) Bence Balogh
2) Mark Yates
3) Gilles Verhiest

Exige Cup:
1) Paul Maréchal
2) Rainer Börgens
3) Thierry Verhiest

Open:
1) Nathalie Genoud-Prachex
2) Per Mandelik
3) Campbell Cassidy

Production:
1) Dave Carr
2) Bailey Edwards
3) Kai Lehmann

30/05/2026

A bit late due to lots of work going on, but here we are...

European GT Lite Challenge Round 2 at Spa Francorchamps.

Qualifying yesterday afternoon went very well for Rainer Börgens, who secured pole position for the 50 minute race we'll be seeing this morning.

Anyway.. back to qualifying..

Overall, Rainer Börgens secured pole position, with Bence Balogh in his Lotus Evora GT4 snatching second position. Paul Maréchal completed the top three.

Results per class:
GT-Cup
1) Bence Balogh - Evora GT4
2) Mark Yates - Ginetta G55
3) Ashley Woodman - Ligier JS2R

Exige Cup
1) Rainer Börgens - Exige V6 Cup R
2) Paul Maréchal - Exige V6 Cup R
3) Nikolai Ipsen - Exige V6 Cup R

Open
1) David Harvey - 340R
2) Nathalie Genoud-Prachex - 2-Eleven GT4
3) Petr Mandelik - Exige GT

Production
1) Robbe Janssens - Elise Cup R
2) Michael Edwards - Elise Cup R
3) Bailey Edwards - Elise Cup R

19/04/2026

European GT Lite Challenge finished their second race at the Hockenheimring.

Overall winner... another bunch of points in the pocket for Rainer Börgens!
Nikolaj Ipsen came in second and Paul Maréchal finished third.

In GT-Cup Mark Yates secured another win where Gilles Verhiest took the second step. This place for Eric Libor.

The Open class was won by Nathalie Genoud-Prachex. Second finisher was Dave Harvey in his 340R, third place for Dirk van Gorp.

Last not least, Robbe Janssens once more showed his class and finished first in production. Second position was for Bailey Edwards and third place went to Victor Ipsen.

That's a wrap for the first European GT Lite Challenge weekend! Next up: Spa Francorchamps from 29th to 31st of May!

19/04/2026

European GT Lite Challenge just had the very first race in their existence at Hockenheim!

Rainer Börgens left from pole position and never looked back. He won with a decent margin which provides him good points to start the season.
Paul Maréchal came in second after Nikolaj Ipsen experienced a technical issue.
Our number three, Thierry Verhiest stayed close behind Paul, but wasn't able to overtake him.

In GT-Cup we saw the first win for a Ginetta with Mark Yates at the wheel. Gilles Verhiest secured the second step on the podium where Eric Libor collected the third trophy.

In Open class David Harvey did what he does best with his 340R, he saw himself finishing first, where Nathalie Genoud-Prachex came in second and Jean-Pierre Genoud-Prachex third.

Product saw a winner in Jason McInulty with Robbe Janssens in second position and Mick Edwards in third.

What a great race to start the season! Looking forward to race two later this afternoon.

18/04/2026

Qualifying for the races of European GT Lite Challenge tomorrow went pretty smoothly for Rainer Börgens... he put his freshly rebuilt Exige V6 Cup car on pole position!
Robbe Janssens was able to continue his routine in Production and secured first position in his class.
In GT Cup, newcomer Gilles Verhiest (yes, son of..) secured his first pole in his first qualifying session... well done!
Open class was dominated by Jean-Pierre Genoud Prachex, another first position for him.

Race one will be tomorrow morning at 11:35!

18/04/2026

European GT Lite Challenge finished Free Practice two this morning.. pics are a bit late, but we didn't want to keep them from yourselves!

18/04/2026

After many years, Lotus Cup Europe ceased to exist at the end of last year.

However, the organization has continued as the European GT Lite Challenge, where the series is open not only to Lotus sports cars but also to Ginetta, Alpine, and Ligier—all lightweight sports cars that fit perfectly within the same concept.

elise-shop.com wil keep supporting the series as most of the participants are driving Lotus cars.

Hockenheim is the opening round and the first race for the European GT Lite Challenge.

This morning we saw the first free practice session..

10/03/2026

They are back!

The original plastic inserts in the Elise S1 often get dull or even start wearing their paint off.
On the Elise S1 111S, Lotus originally described the dash as Carbon Fibre, but on a close look people found out the carbon was actually plastic with a Carbon print.

If you are in for the real deal, these are the panels for your car. They are real carbon fibre, just as used in F1 cars and produced in the same way as well.

All PrePreg autoclaved material..

20/12/2025

Lotus Cup Europe has rebranded into European GT Lite Challenge

Entries open for modern Lotus cars of course, but also for Alpine and Ginetta!

FIA has approved the name change, the regs and calendar. The 2026 season is a go!

2026 is GO!!

Name, calender & regulations approved by FIA WMSC!