Lotus 24
The Lotus 24 was a Formula 1 racing car that was developed by Lotus in 1962 and used by various private teams until 1964.
The Lotus 24 was basically an upgraded Lotus 21 with a space frame for Climax's new 1.5 liter engine . It soon became clear that the car for Lotus - like its predecessor - was only an interim solution. The Lotus 25 , which was to revolutionize the formula, was introduced at the Dutch Grand Prix in the same year .
The front of the 24 was voluminous and wide. Lotus built 12 of them, seven of which had the Climax FWMV V8 engine and five had the BRM V8 engine. There the eight exhaust pipes, four on each side, protruded almost vertically from the rear of the racing car. Lotus 24 were also completed under license in Reginald Parnell's workshop .
If the 24 was only a stopgap solution for the works team, the private teams did fall back on the car, especially Rob Walker (1962), the UDT Laystall team (1963–1964) and even the new Jack Brabham team (1962). Racing drivers from Chris Amon to Rodger Ward drove the Lotus 24, including world champions such as Jack Brabham and Phil Hill , the later racing team owner Roger Penske , the motorcycle world champion Mike Hailwood and the Frenchman Maurice Trintignant , who drove his first world championship race in 1950.
literature
- David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .
