#Lotus-Ford 49B

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1969 Monaco GP 🏁

Lotus 49B/Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 (Richard Attwood 🇬🇧)

#classic #Formula1

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Jochen Rindt (Gold Leaf - Lotus 49B Ford-Cosworth) Grand Prix des Pays-Bas - Zandvoort 1969. © Joost Evers. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#jochen rindt #lotus ford #grand prix des Pays-bas #zandvoort

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Jochen Rindt, Lotus 49B Ford.

#pretty colours #f1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #jochen rindt

[blackswaneuroparedux]

I am an artist. The track is my canvas, and the car is my brush.

- Graham Hill, winner of the Formula One race at Monaco 1968

Graham Hill in his Lotus-Ford 49B, on his way to a fourth victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. 

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Graham Hill on his Lotus 49B Ford-Cosworth at Zandvoort. 1969. #formulawednesday #wednesday #thundermotorsports . . . #formula1 #f1 #formula #racing #racingcar #racingfans #racinghistory #vintage #vintageracing #classicracing #classiccars #welcome #motorsport #motorsports #lotus #oldtimes #likeforlikes #photooftheday #photo #pinterest #instagood #instadaily #tumblr #tumblrdaily #instaracing #zandvoort #ford (em Circuit Zandvoort) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClB-0r1J73Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Graham Hill, Lotus-Ford 49B, 1968 Monaco Grand Prix

#Graham Hill #1968 #Lotus-Ford 49B #Gold Leaf Team Lotus

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The 1968 Lotus 49.

Not just any Lotus 49 though, but chassis R4, the car Jim Clark drove to his final victory (and F1 race) at the Republic of South Africa Grand Prix. Oh, what could’ve been.

The sheer novelty of this thing for its time is a bit hard to comprehend. This car, over its five year career, introduced three major elements that changed F1 forever, two of them still staples in F1-car design:

1. The Engine that I teased yesterday? The one in the back of this car? That’s the Ford-Cosworth DFV, first seen on this car. This engine became the most widely used (and winningest) F1 engine ever, winning its final race in 1983. 3 litres, eight cylinders, and 400 horsepower in this guise.

2. Not only was the engine fantastic, the way it was mounted was also ground-breaking. You see, previously engines were bolted to a frame in the chassis, like your daily driver. This frame was very heavy, because it had to support the weight of the engine and load from the suspension. So the engineers at Lotus decided to bolt the thing directly to the chassis, mounting the suspension and gearbox on the engine. This saved a lot of weight, made the chassis stronger, and looked cooler with the exposed engine. F1 cars (and most respectable modern racing cars) are still made this way.

3. Wings! Not seen on this car, Lotus was also one of the first to have the brilliant idea of flipping aircraft wing profiles to have it push the car down at high speed. Why is this important? At low speeds, the car weighs very little, being all nimble and quick. At high speeds, with all the airflow pushing it down, the car weighs nearly twice as much, getting much more grip out of the tyres. Later in 1968, the Lotus 49 would also sprout wings and become the Lotus 49B.

As for Jim? Despite being arguably the most talented F1 driver ever, he never could take full advantage of the Lotus 49. While the car was introduced in 1967, they took too long to sort the reliability issues and he missed the championship. The 1968 season was Clark’s to take, but he sadly lost his life in a crash at a meaningless F2 race at Hockenheim.

Anyway, here’s a paper model I made of this car (as seen at Kyalami) late last year, in 1:24 scale.  

#formula one #f1 #formula 1 #racing #motorsport #lotus #lotus f1 #team lotus #classic f1 #jim clark #clark #south africa #papercraft #art #craft #crafts #hwa art

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Jo Siffert - Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

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Jochen Rindt ~ Lotus-Ford 49B ~ 1969 Mexican GP, Mexico City

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RT @bourdyot_: #MondayMechanics Jackie Oliver waits as mechanics working on his #Lotus #49B Ford during practice. Dutch GP 1968 https://t.co/vHhKGuIoXI

#MondayMechanics Jackie Oliver waits as mechanics working on his #Lotus #49B Ford during practice. Dutch GP 1968 pic.twitter.com/vHhKGuIoXI

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[retromania4ever]

1969 German GP at Nürburgring 🇩🇪🏁

Jochen Rindt 🇦🇹, Lotus Ford 49B DFV 3.0 V8.

#Formula1_classic

[frenchcurious]

Grille de départ du Grand Prix des Pays-Bas - Zandvoort 1969. - #2 Jochen Rindt (Lotus 49B Ford) pole position #4 Jackie Stewart ( Matra MS80 Ford) #1 Graham Hill (Lotus 49B Ford). - source F1 Old and New.

#jochen rindt #jackie stewart #graham hill #lotus ford #matra #grand prix des pays-bas #zandvoort

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Graham Hill - Lotus 49B Ford (Gold Leaf Team Lotus) vainqueur du Grand Prix de Monaco 1969. - source The History of Formula 1.

#graham hill #lotus ford #grand prix de monaco

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Richard Attwood (Gold Leaf - Lotus 49B Ford-Cosworth) Grand Prix de Monaco 1969. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#richard attwood #lotus-ford #grand prix de monaco

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Richard Attwood (Gold Leaf - Lotus 49B Ford-Cosworth) Grand Prix de Monaco 1969. © GPL / Geoff Goddard. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#richard attwood #lotus ford #grand prix de monaco

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Graham Hill (Gold Leaf - Lotus 49B Ford-Cosworth) vainqueur du Grand Prix de Monaco 1969. © Rainer Schlegelmilch / Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#graham hill #lotus-ford #grand prix de monaco