1968, Brands Hatch.
Because wolves race in packs, obviously.
- Graham Hill (Lotus 49)
- Chris Amon (Ferrari 312)
- Denny Hulme (McLaren M7A)
- Jacky Ickx (Ferrari 312)
Proper men, proper cars, proper race track.
Hint: this is wallpaper sized.
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus (1979)
Ah, the Sunbeam Lotus, the Robocop of rallying.
Lotus got themselves a basic shell from the GLS Talbot, fitted wit with a massive 2.2 litre 16v engine and a ZF gearbox, tweaked the suspension a bit, and then handed the result to Chrysler.
The result was quite impressive, it even managed to win the 1980 RAC Rally, all to himself.
(Source: classicandperformancecar.com)
Jochen Rindt, 1970.
A wonderful picture of Rindt and Colin Chapman together with the Lotus 72C, in which Rindt was killed that same year.
Jim Clark w/ Lotus.
I don’t know which year this was taken in, but the photo is too good anyway not to be shared.
Lotus 80 (1979, Monaco)
When Chapman designed the Lotus 80, he wanted to take the ground effect (which had worked brilliantly in the 79) a level further.
The whole car was designed to work like a huge wing, developing massive amounts of downforce. In theory, it should have been great — but it wasn’t. Andretti found it to be undriveable, and for the rest of the season Lotus were back to the good ol’ 79.
Graham Hearn and Colin Chapman celebrating the Caterham Seven deal.
