Lotus The Competition Cars is a comprehensive survey of Lotus's racing history, covering the extraordinary range of sports-racing and single-seater cars designed by Colin Chapman and his disciples.
This thrilling story, covering the period from 1948 to 1996, features all the Lotus models that competed at a serious level. More than 80 different competition cars were built, of which over 30 were for Formula 1.
Here, in one action-packed volume, are the 'biographies' of the Eleven and 23 sports-racers; the F1 front-engined 12 and 16, the rear-engined 18, the successful 24, 25 (first monocoque) and 33 lineage, and Grand Prix greats such as the 49 (start of the Cosworth-DFV period), 72 (wedge-shaped with side radiators), 78 and 79 (all-conquering ground-effect design).
And more, the Indianapolis cars, including the victorious 38; Lotuses for the junior categories - Formula 2, 3 and Ford - and oddities such as the four-wheel-drive 63 and 'twin-chassis' 88.
Into the narrative are woven the memories of Lotus Formula 1 drivers, and an insider's view of the innovation for which Chapman was personally responsible and those credited to him but derived from others.
264 pages and more than 300 images. Text in English.
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