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The Lotus 79 is a Formula One car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman, Geoff Aldridge, Martin Ogilvie, Tony Rudd, Tony Southgate and Peter Wright of Lotus. The Lotus 79 was the first F1 car to take full advantage of ground effect aerodynamics. Over the span of its lifetime, the Lotus 79 took 7 wins, 10 pole positions, 121 points and won the ...
The design of the car - by Geoff Ferris with input from John Barnard - was heavily influenced by the design of the Lotus 79, also incorporating some elements of the Williams FW07's sidepods. [2] It was completed in time for the Italian Grand Prix that year, although it either failed to qualify or to finish the final three races of the year. The ...
The four letters in the middle of the logo represent Chapman's full name, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. ... Lotus 78 (1977–1978): F1 ground effects car; Lotus 79 ...
79 supercar 1976 2004 Europa Europa S Eclat: 76 grand tourer 1975 1982 Excel Elite: 75 shooting brake: 1974 1982 Elan +2 Elan +2: 50 grand tourer 1967 1975 Elite Europa: 46 sports car 1966 1975 Esprit Elan: 26 sports car, roadster 1962 1973 Elite Esprit Elite: 14 sports car 1958 1963 Elan Seven: 7 roadster 1957 1973 Mark Six Mark Six: 6 ...
The Lotus 78, and then the Lotus 79 of 1978 were extraordinarily successful, with Mario Andretti winning the F1 World Championship. Lotus attempted to take ground effects further with the Lotus 80 and Lotus 88. The team developed an all-carbon-fibre car, the Lotus 88, in 1981. The 88 was banned from racing for its 'twin chassis' technology ...
Rebaque's Lotus 78 in 1979 British GP. Rebaque No. 6 in 1981 Dutch GP. Rebaque at 1981 Argentine GP, Carlos Reutemann, behind. Rebaque No.6 Parmalat 1981 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal. Héctor Alonso Rebaque (born 5 February 1956) is a Mexican former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1981.
For 1977, Lotus retained Nilsson alongside Andretti, and the pair worked on developing the new ground-effect Lotus 78. After a slow start to the season, as Andretti took over his car for the Argentine Grand Prix, Nilsson really got going at Jarama with a 5th place. Two races later, he took a magnificent win at the rain-soaked Zolder.
Bringing in designer Klaus Kapitza from Ford, Kauhsen planned to construct a copy of the Lotus 79, [2] a car that had dominated the 1978 championship due to the use of ground effects. Apart from the chassis, Kauhsen bought the rest of the components from suppliers, including the Cosworth DFV engine utilised by the majority of the teams at the ...