Lotus 92
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| Constructor: |
 lotus
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| Designer: |
Colin Chapman Martin Ogilvie |
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| Predecessor: | Lotus 91 | ||||||||
| Successor: | Lotus 93T | ||||||||
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| Chassis: | Monocoque made of fiber-reinforced plastic | ||||||||
| Weight: | 580 kg | ||||||||
| Tires: | Pirelli | ||||||||
| Petrol: | Eleven | ||||||||
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| Driver: |
 Elio de Angelis Nigel Mansell
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| First start: | 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1983 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | 1 | ||||||||
| Podiums: | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | - | ||||||||
The Lotus 92 was a Formula 1 racing car from the British racing team Lotus , which was used in the 1983 Formula 1 season .
Technical specifications
Although team boss Peter Warr had concluded an exclusive contract with Renault for the delivery of turbo engines , it was foreseeable that by the beginning of the 1983 season, there would not be enough customer engines available. This inevitably delayed the use of the already completed Lotus 93T . The team management was therefore forced to switch to conventional naturally aspirated engines until the delivery bottleneck was overcome and to design a transition vehicle as quickly as possible. The basis for this was the Lotus 91 , which, after modifications , was presented to the public on February 28, 1983 as the Lotus 92 . The race car, dubbed the Computer Lotus by the press , had a computerized suspension system classified as revolutionary, which was first tested on December 16, 1982 by Dave Scott at the Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit .
The system proved to be unsuitable for racing due to insufficient computer performance. Nigel Mansell , Elio de Angelis ' team-mate , only drove this system in the races of Brazil and Long Beach . After that, the team resorted to conventional suspension.
The monocoque of the Lotus 92 was made of synthetic resin reinforced with carbon and aramid fibers . The vehicle was powered by a Ford Cosworth DFV engine. The water-cooled eight-cylinder V-engine with a cylinder bank angle of 90 ° and four valves per cylinder (DFV - Double Four Valve) had a displacement of 2993 cm³ and developed around 530 hp (390 kW) at around 11,600 rpm. The engine ignition and injection system were from Lucas. The Lotus- Hewland transmission had five forward gears and one reverse gear; it was built in lengthways.
All wheels were individually suspended from double wishbones . Springs and shock absorbers were inside; on the front axle they were operated by tie rods and at the rear by the upper wishbone. The car had a wheelbase of 2799 mm and a track width of 1786 mm at the front and 1672 mm at the rear. Pirelli supplied the tires.
sponsor
The main sponsor was the tobacco company with the cigarette brand John Player Special, which is why the vehicle was painted black with gold applications.
Season course
Elio de Angelis only drove the Lotus 92 in the opening race in Brazil because his Lotus 93T had technical problems before the start of the race. He was subsequently disqualified for this unauthorized vehicle change before the start. Mansell, on the other hand, contested eight world championship races with this type of racing car and scored a world championship point in sixth place at the US Grand Prix in Detroit .
| driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | Points | rank |
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E. de Angelis
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N. Mansell
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12 | 12 | 12 | DNF | 12 | DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | |||||||||
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Anthony Pritchard: Lotus: The Competition Cars-All the Racing Type Numbers from 1947 to the Modern Era , Haynes Publishing Sparkford 2006, ISBN 978-1-84425-006-6 , p. 183., p. 255.
- Ulrich Schwab: Grand Prix. The races for the 1983 Automobile World Championship , Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 978-3-87943-959-1 , p. 12., p. 41.
Web links
Individual evidence
Racing car of the Formula 1 World Championship 1983