In 1980 Team Lotus began construction of a Lotus type 81 as raced by Mario Andretti Elio De Angelis and Nigel Mansell In 2020 Classic Team Lotus completed the task The Lotus type 81 chassis number 5 was intended to be the sixth car of that type
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Jan 25 2023 The car was tested during the 1980 season and served as a prototype for the revolutionary Lotus 88 The 86 used the aluminium honeycomb chassis from the Lotus 81 Unlike its convention sister tjhough the 88 a second chassis to carry the bodywork and the wings thus neatly side stepping the FIA ban on sliding side skirts Shot the Goodwood
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As part of our Digital Image Library of around 250 00 images Auto Archives is pleased to manage the Classic Team Lotus image collection There are around 5 000 images digitally stored and available under licence for use in any books or magazines that want to tell the story of this illustrious marque
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Team Lotus Type 86 Prototype twin chassis conceived to overcome aero instability of Type 80 Fixed primary chassis fulfilled aero function plus some mechanicals while secondary chassis was tub engine gearbox
After the revolutionary Lotus 86 was conceived back to end 1979 at the time when the last attempt to cure the type 80 failed While the 80 could create massive ground effect the car became unbalanced as the ground effect was sensitive to movements of the car and altered during braking acceleration and cornering
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The Lotus 86 was a Formula One racing car built by Team Lotus The car was tested during the 1980 season and served as a prototype for the revolutionary Lotus 88 The Lotus 86 used the aluminium honeycomb chassis from the Lotus 81
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The Lotus 86 was a Formula One racing car built by Team Lotus The car was tested during the 1980 season and served as a prototype for the revolutionary Lotus 88
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The Lotus 88 is an innovative Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman Peter Wright Tony Rudd and Martin Ogilvie of Lotus in an effort to maximise the downforce produced by ground effect The Lotus 88 made its debut at the first practice session of the 1981 season opener the US Grand Prix West at Long Beach
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A Formula 1 car that is among the best remembered of all time because it never actually raced Based on the innovative ideas he d engineered into a technology demonstrator a one off car which was designated the Type 86 Lotus founder Colin Chapman knew the Type 88 was pushing the boundaries
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Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One Formula Two Formula Ford Formula Junior IndyCar and sports car racing
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Lotus 86 1980 The Lotus 86 was another attempt to harness ground effect Instead of having a rigid chassis with sliding skirts the idea was to have a dual chassis The internal chassis would remain fixed while the external chassis would move and create the nessessary downforce
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Aug 16 2017 Lotus 86 history Listed below are each of the cars built to this type Note that the list does not include cars modified to this type but originally built to a different type Click on a car to see the race history
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The first car to run under the Team Lotus banner was the 1954 Mark VIII Although it had appeared at a Press Day at Brands Hatch two days earlier the sleek streamlined works Mark VIII registered SAR5 was entered by Team Lotus and competed in its first race at Oulton Park on the 10th of April
Having lost the original advantage to rivals like Williams Ligier and Brabham Lotus devised the ingenious experimental Type 86 in 1980 that consisted of not one but two chassis Even before the ban of the sliding skirts its twin chassis configuration was a solution for the stiff suspension that optimised the ground effect
Team Lotus Type 87 Schemed as a conventional car in the first half of 1980 with Type 88 running gear inside the Type 87 body Was resurrected after Type 88 political problems and ran in both Essex and John Player Special liveries 1981 to 1982
The Lotus 86 was a Formula One racing car built by Team Lotus The car was tested during the 1980 season and served as a prototype for the revolutionary Lotus 88
Lotus 1980 1989 Type 81 to Type 100 Appearing in the dramatic blue red and silver colours of the Formula One team a turbocharged version of the 2 2 litre 907 engine is fitted to the new aptly named Turbo Esprit which prompted another Bond movie appearance
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