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“Simplify, then add lightness” Chapman, Colin. The Lotus philosophy is to create small lightweighted sport cars, after all.
by felipelemos 7y ago
“Simplify, then add lightness” Chapman, Colin.
The Lotus philosophy is to create small lightweighted sport cars, after all.
- mbuinl989 7y agoThey also innovated, one example was the side skirts used on their black and gold JPS F1 car in the late 70's or 80's. The side skirts gave greater down force when going around corners, its also a discreet way to improve handling on todays road cars as the FIA regs no longer permit the side skirts. BBC TopGear covered this in their last episode.
- jerkstate 7y agoWhat's old is new again - ground effects will be back in F1 in 2021: https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/new-f1-car-design-rules-2021/4496322/ https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/new-f1-car-design-rules-20...