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The Lotus 72 was a Formula 1 car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe of Lotus for the 1970 season. It was yet another innovative design by Chapman featuring inboard brakes, side mounted radiators in sidepods, as opposed to the nose mounted radiators which had been commonplace since the 1950's and an overhead air intake. The overall shape of the car was innovative too, resembling a wedge on wheels. The integrated shape made for better air penetration and higher speeds. Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...
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Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ...
 Emerson Fittipaldi driving the Lotus 72. The car was introduced partway into the 1970 season, driven by Jochen Rindt and John Miles. Rindt made the car instantly successful, winning the Dutch, French, British and German Grands Prix in quick succession, before Rindt was tragically killed in a qualifying crash at Monza. His replacement, Emerson Fittipaldi won the USA race, helping Rindt become F1's only posthumous World Champion. Jochen Rindt Karl Jochen Rindt (April 18, 1942 - September 5, 1970) was a racing driver. ...
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The Lambro River runs through Monza. ...
Emerson Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994. ...
The car was developed during 1971, and Fittipaldi became the youngest world champion in F1's history in 1972 driving the Lotus 72, now sporting a striking paintscheme of black and gold, as Lotus was now sponsored by John Player Special cigarettes. John Player founded his tobacco company in the mid-19th century in Nottingham, England. ...
The 1973 season saw new rules introduced to increase car safety. This included mandatory deformable structure to be built into the sides of the cars, causing the 72 to be further updated with integrated sidepods and new wing mounts. Fittipaldi was joined for 1973 by the brilliant Swede Ronnie Peterson. Peterson fell in love with the 72; a perfect marriage of car and driver. In his first season with Lotus, Peterson won 4 races, while Fittipaldi won 3, but their internal fight helped Jackie Stewart snatch the drivers' championship, while Lotus kept the constructor's championship. Fittipaldi left for McLaren in 1974, ironically to drive a car closely based on the 72, the McLaren M23. This left Peterson as team leader. He won another 3 races in the now aging 72, before trying his hand with the new Lotus 76. The 76 proved to be a disaster, and Lotus was forced to rely on the 72 for the 1975 season, but by now it was obvious that the car was no match for the current crop of F1 cars, and Lotus finished 7th in the constructors' championship. Ronnie Peterson Bengt Ronnie Peterson, (February 14, 1944, Örebro, Sweden - September 11, 1978, Monza, Italy) was a Swedish racing driver. ...
Jackie Stewart talks with fans at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis Sir John Young Stewart, OBE (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, West Dunbartonshire), better known as Jackie Stewart, and nicknamed The Flying Scot, is a three-time Scottish Formula One racing champion. ...
The name McLaren can refer to the following: Bruce McLaren, racing driver and founder of the Team McLaren racing team Team McLaren, racing team which is most noted as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in Le Mans, CanAm, and Indianapolis 500 McLaren Group, corporation consisting of eight...
After 20 wins, 2 drivers' and 3 constructors' championships, the 72 was retired for the 1976 season.
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Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in East Anglia and formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. ...
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Europa S | Elise | Exige New 2006 Lotus Europa S New 2006 Lotus Europa S Side view New 2006 Lotus Europa S Front view New 2006 Lotus Europa S Rear view Lotus Cars Europa S is a GT type two seater automobile designed to complement the very successful Lotus Elise sports car and its derivative...
The Lotus Elise The Lotus Elise is a roadster conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1995 by the English manufacturer Lotus Car. ...
UK-spec Lotus Exige The Lotus Exige is a two-door, two-seat sports car made by Lotus Cars. ...
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20B | 25 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 48 | 49 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 107 | 112 Lotus Mk1 was poriduced in a single copy as a trials car based on the Austin 7. ...
Lotus Mk2 was a trials car. ...
Lotus Mk3 was a single seated sports car built by Colin Chapman as a 750 Racer. ...
Lotus Mk4 was a trials car by Colin Chapman built on a Austin 7 chassis. ...
Lotus Mk5 was a prototype single seater sports car by Colin Chapman that was never built. ...
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Lotus Super Seven The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car from Lotus, which has been called a motorcycle on four wheels. It is the most successful inexpensive exotic sports car. ...
The Lotus 17 was built in responce to the Lola Mk1 which was dominat against the previous Lotus model,the 16. ...
Same as the Lotus 20, but with rear sway bar and in-board Alfin drum brakes in the rear. ...
The Lotus 25, or Type 25, was the Formula One racing car, powered by a 1500 cc Coventry Climax engine, which took Team Lotus driver Jim Clark to his first F1 World Championship in 1963. ...
F2 version of the Lotus 25 F1 car. ...
Colin Chapmans first and only attempt at a Group Seven /Can Am racing machine. ...
The Lotus 31 was a purpose-built driver training car for the Jim Russell school. ...
Developed from the fragile Lotus 27, the 32 had steel monocoque and re-located upper rear suspention pickups on the tub. ...
The Lotus 33 was a development of the earlier 25 model, which was also based on the 1500cc Climax engine. ...
Lotus 38 The Lotus 38 was designed by Colin Chapman as Lotus 1965 entry for the Indianapolis 500. ...
The Lotus 48 was a Formula 2 car based on a 1600cc Ford FVA-engine that was run around 1967. ...
The Lotus 49 was designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe for the 1967 F1 season. ...
The Lotus 78 wing car was the car that started the ground effect revolution in Formula 1, in the 1977 racing season. ...
The Lotus 107 brought in a final, frustratingly limited and short-lived period of competitiveness for the legendary Team Lotus in Formula 1. ...
The Lotus 112 was to be the type designation for the model that became the Lotus Elise. ...
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Excel | Eclat | Elite | Elan | Esprit | Europa The Type 89 Lotus Excel, built from 1982 to 1992, was a front engine rear drive car based on the earlier Lotus Eclat, which itself was based on the earlier Lotus Elite II. Toyota engaged Lotus to assist with engineering work on the Supra. ...
The Lotus Eclat, built from 1975 to 1982, was a front engine rear drive coupe. ...
The Lotus Elite name was used for two vehicles from Lotus Cars. ...
1966 Lotus Elan 1990 Lotus Elan SE Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible automobiles and one fixed head coupe produced by Lotus Cars. ...
Lotus Esprit Turbo 1981-1986 1993 Lotus Esprit S4 The back of a 1993 Lotus Esprit S4 1987 Lotus Turbo Esprit HC The Lotus Esprit was a sports car built by Lotus from 1976 to 2004. ...
Lotus Europa (S2 Federal) The Lotus Europa, built by Lotus Cars from 1966 to 1975, was among the first production road cars to feature a mid-engine rear wheel drive design. ...
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APX | M90 The Lotus APX The Lotus APX (APX stands for Aluminum Performance Crossover) is a concept car created by the British automobile marque, Lotus. ...
The Lotus M90 or sometimes referred to as the Lotus X100 is a concept car that was developed by Lotus using many Toyota parts. ...
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Carlton | Cortina | Zytek Elise // Lotus Carlton The Lotus Carlton was a Vauxhall Carlton saloon which had been majorly tweaked by Lotus to go a record 176mph. ...
not A standard Lotus Cortina A GT Cortina The Lotus-Cortina was high-performance car, the result of collaboration between Ford and Lotus. ...
The Zytek Lotus Elise is an electric sports car jointly produced by Lotus and Zytek, from 1998 and continuing as of 2003. ...
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