2020年2月4日 · Only eight Lotus 38’s were ever built, designed by Colin Chapman and Len Terry with Lotus, it was the first rear-engine race car to win and revolutionised the Indy 500. Commenting at the time of the award the RAC Historic Award judges referenced ‘the remarkable attention to detail and quest to return the Lotus Type 38/7 to 1967 Indy 500 ...

2021年9月2日 · Today at Hethel lead mechanic Lewis Cullington has fired up 38/8S for the first time in 50 years, in readiness for a test track shakedown. Classic Team Lotus is proud to be restoring Graham Hill’s Lotus type 38/8S for CanAm Cars. The 4.2 litre quad cam Ford runs on Methanol and makes a mighty roar. […]

2015年12月3日 · If you have time for an in-depth look at qualifying 1986-style, take a look at this terrific video from the Adelaide round. There’s a particularly interesting peek inside the Lotus pits from 2.00-3.40 and the transformation in the car when Senna ‘pulls the pin’ is something to behold at 19.38 onwards.

2013年5月10日 · The track parade will read like a shopping list of great racing cars from the 1960s, including the Lotus 25 in which Clark won the F1 World Championship in 1963, the Lotus-Cortina in which he won the 1964 British Saloon Car Championship, and the Lotus 38 in which he won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965.

2011年3月14日 · The Classic Team Lotus Festival 2010 was an extraordinary occasion for the Lotus marque. One of every Team Lotus Formula 1 design gathered together for the first time and on the eve of the 500th Grand Prix for a Lotus Formula 1 car. Classic Team Lotus would like to create a record of this special event, […]

2025年1月27日 · It’s been 25 years this year since Lotus released the Exige S1. A coupe version of the Elise, the Exige was launched as the Series 1 powered by the Elise’s K-Series engine but with a power hike through the VHPD (Very High Performance Derivative) to 177 or 190 hp. Since then, the Exige has evolved […]

2019年9月6日 · A special Jim Clark Lotus Evora GT410 Sport also took pride of place at the opening. Signed by all 20 current F1 drivers, including champions Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, it is the 100,000 th Lotus road car ever built. The supercharged, 3.5-litre, six-cylinder homage model was auctioned in order to raise funds for the ...

2011年5月5日 · Lotus owner and enthusiasts clubs were invited to send representatives to visit the Lotus factory in Hethel and the Lotus Renault GP facilities at Enstone to catch up on what the companies have been working towards of late and to gain an exclusive insight into the inner workings of a competitive and successful current F1 team. The […]

2011年5月6日 · The Lotus 79 was the first F1 car to take full advantage of ground effects aerodynamics, pioneered in its immediate predecessor, the Lotus 78. The undercar pressure problems in the 78 were resolved with the 79, with further design work on the venturi tunnels under the car, which allowed the low pressure area to be evenly spaced along the whole ...

2019年4月19日 · At the age of 83, Bob still works at the Classic Team Lotus factory. This, in itself, was magical, but after we had finished the tour, we were shooting the breeze in the car park when there was an almighty racket. Clive Chapman (son of Lotus founder Colin Chapman) then appeared driving the car, and did several laps of the outside of the building.