December 15, 2010
Lotus goes Turbo
What with all the talk bout Lotus and JPS liveries and the coming turbos, I thought you might enjoy this film dating from the early 80's.
Apparently Adrien Newey still draws cars using just pen and paper but I found the segments about design the most fascinating. Might as well have been 100 years ago!
You'll need about a half hour for the film.
(Gt4zone/Vimeo)
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Nice find. And interesting to see nigel stepney back then...
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ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy watching these old 'documentaries'.
ReplyDeleteIt's again and again amusing to compare back then to now.
It also is a great little nod to the new F1 rules. I just hope that they'll lighten up on the engine specifics a bit (They won't). I'd love to see Turbo V6s again, maybe some V8s. Who knows.
well, "his faithful mechanic nigel stepney" was the killer line for me as well :)
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Great video. The season didn't quite pan out as they had anticipated. I believe Elio had a string of DNF's and only scored 2 points that year.
ReplyDeleteThe ligier looks wild...
ReplyDeleteThis video is so captivating, it's really interesting to see how computers were much less involved in the design process.
ReplyDeleteTesting the air flow with a rod and a thread! that was a funny moment for me.
Excellent video, thanks a million
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