How This Car BROKE F1
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Published 2023-11-02
All Comments (21)
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An absolute visionary. For my eyes; the Lotus 72 in JPS colours is the quinessential F1 car. I don't see anything more beautiful arriving now...
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I still have my Corgi model of the JPS. Coolest F1 race car ever.
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Putting numbers on the cars so that you know who's driving. What a great idea they should do that. The combination of Lotus, Clark and Coventry Climax created a legend that will never be beaten.
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The more I read about Lotus, the more I admire sir Chapman. Absolutely genius.
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My '74 Elite was a fun car. Oliver Winterbottom made the ultimate station wagon coupe. 😊 I miss it, as I do my '67 E-types & '67 Alfa spyder & GTV. Good memories thanks to a great British mechanic, Arthur Tweedale, (retired racer & service manager at the Jag dealer in D.C.) Being my neighbor he inspired all the kids to appreciate sports cars.
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the skip from the 16 to the 25 missed some key Lotus evolution. The 18 was their first mid-engine F1 car, and was evolved with somewhat better aerodynamics as the 21. Those cars won Lotus' first 5 GP races, 4 in the hands of Stirling Moss. And while the accomplishments of the 25 are discussed, the car shown being driven is a 49. Which won one Constructors Championship, in 1968. The49 contributed points in 1970, but the large majority of Lotus' points that year came from the 72.
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Nice to see the old Zandvoort Circuit at 7:49 😊
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Good but missing some key cars. Lotus 18, Lotus 78.....pretty critical.
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10:15. Those aren't the side mounted radiators. They're the rear mounted transaxle coolers.
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When talking about the 25 why were we seeing the 49?
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I always have wondered what Mario's total F1 record would have looked like if he had signed on with Chapman after his initial shocking rookie pole at Watkins Glen in 1968 and stayed all through the seventies. I believe he would have won three or four world championships. But of course, he may not have survived either.
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My dear mother took an obsessed 15 yr old to Brands Hatch in July 1972 to witness Emerson powering thru Paddock, and screaming past us on the way to Druids.. I still have the photos.
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After witnessing the absolute route of the rest of the field with Chapmans 79, the other teams realised that Chpman and his 88 were going to do it to them again. So they made sure, that Chapman would never be able to run it. So scared they were, and jealous, that Lotus would rip there arses again!
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Ah, the absolute GENIUS of Colin Chapman! Love those Ford DFV V-8s! Great video!
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Such an underrated channel
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This program - when it thundered onto Youtube - was an unparalleled showcase for over-the-top euphemisms - indeed it reached new heights, breached new barriers and layed out a new paradigm for bloviation - all thanks to the genius of Colin Chapman and Team Lotus.
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This was the best era if F1. Amazing though that this documentary ignored Lotus' Indianapolis 599 efforts.
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72 to 79 what happend to the 78
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Why did "the 33" race as the "works car" as "race number" 5?
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16:09 - Yes, that's Nigel Mansell on the right. He started his career with Lotus in the early 1980s.
