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The Lotus Mark VI is the first production car by Lotus Cars. It was introduced by Colin Chapman in 1952 after previously building multiple trials and road racing cars. The heart of the Mark VI is a semi- space frame chassis. [ 1 ]
Most of the cars entered that year were sports cars, and they included a large number of Lotus 11s, the definitive Coventry Climax-powered sports racer, led by the Team Lotus entries for Chapman, driven by Cliff Allison and Reg Bicknell. A 1955 Lotus Mk IX Lotus Eleven cars for Le Mans 24 hours, 1956. The following year, the Lotus 12 appeared.
The Mk 6, in its default configuration, is in dark green color. The British Army use covers to camouflage the helmet and adapt it to different environments. Covers include the British Disruptive Pattern Material in temperate woodland and desert patterns, [7] multicam pattern, Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform, a pure white cover for arctic environments and a United Nations blue coloured cover.
Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the 1968 season. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 the nationality of the team determined the colour of a car entered by the team, e.g. cars entered by Italian teams were rosso corsa red, cars entered by French teams were bleu de France blue, and cars entered by British teams (with several exceptions, such as cars entered ...
In 1984 it trialled the British Mk. 6, the American PASGT and the Israeli OR402 composite helmets to determine the best characteristics of form, fit and ballistic protection. A concept design was developed and the Barrday Co. of Cambridge, Ontario , received a contract to produce over 2,000 Spectra helmets between 1988 and 1990 for ballistic ...
Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi (pictured in 1974) won the World Drivers' Championship, driving for Lotus-Ford The 1972 Formula One season was the 26th season of the FIA 's Formula One motor racing. It featured the 23rd World Championship of Drivers , the 15th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers , and numerous non-championship Formula One races.
Bill Gates and his wife Melinda watch the finals at the 2008 Olympics, which was being held in the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China on Aug. 10, 2008. They were cheering on the American team.
Team Lotus, originally Lotus Racing, was a Malaysian-licensed [1] Formula One racing team and constructor, based in Hingham, Norfolk, UK, which competed during the 2010 and 2011 Formula One seasons.