posted on July 2, 2012 with 59 notes
Jacky Ickx, 1974.
Running with the Lotus 72, some place I didn’t have time to figure out where.

Jacky Ickx, 1974.

Running with the Lotus 72, some place I didn’t have time to figure out where.

Jochen Rindt, 1970.
A wonderful picture of Rindt and Colin Chapman together with the Lotus 72C, in which Rindt was killed that same year.

Jochen Rindt, 1970.

A wonderful picture of Rindt and Colin Chapman together with the Lotus 72C, in which Rindt was killed that same year.

Jochen Rindt at the 1970 German Grand Prix, in the Lotus 72C in which he would die two GP’s later.

Jochen Rindt at the 1970 German Grand Prix, in the Lotus 72C in which he would die two GP’s later.

Jochen Rindt with the Lotus 72C, at Brands Hatch, 1970.
He would die in a terrible crash 3 Grand Prixs later, in Monza.

Jochen Rindt with the Lotus 72C, at Brands Hatch, 1970.

He would die in a terrible crash 3 Grand Prixs later, in Monza.

posted on June 2, 2011 with 84 notes
Lotus 72D John Player Special
Look at it. Then look again. The 72D was a great F1 design by Colin Chapman and hugely pornographic to look at. This is a great shot, I wonder where it was taken…

— found via bzr

Lotus 72D John Player Special

Look at it. Then look again. The 72D was a great F1 design by Colin Chapman and hugely pornographic to look at. This is a great shot, I wonder where it was taken…

— found via bzr

Tumblr source: bzr
posted on March 4, 2011 with 15 notes
Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 1971.
Reine Wisell drives his Lotus 72C.

Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 1971.

Reine Wisell drives his Lotus 72C.

Jacky Ickx — Lotus 72, Argentina 1974.

Jacky Ickx — Lotus 72, Argentina 1974.

Lotus 72, driven by Emmerson Fittipaldi (1971)

Lotus 72, driven by Emmerson Fittipaldi (1971)