Now and again at Classic Team Lotus there is the special moment of starting Ayrton’s Estoril 1985 winning car; the type 97T chassis number 2.
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Classic Team Lotus will be taking six customer cars to Silverstone this year: Lotus 18 – 912, Lotus 18 – 915, Lotus 18 – 907, Lotus 22 – 35, Lotus 22 – 796 and the Jaguar E-Type 1965.
We are proud to be partnering with both The Jim Clark Trust and The Signature Store to produce this authorised, limited edition replica in half-scale. A donation from the sale of every helmet goes directly to The Jim Clark Trust to support the Jim Clark Museum and Trail.
A successful Masters USA season opener at the historic Watkins Glen circuit.
The unique gas turbine powered F1 Lotus type 56B ran at Hethel recently, for the first time since 1971.
The Lotus 72/5 will be featuring on the television programme Three Men Four Wheels on Quest on the 1st of July 2021 at 21.00 BST.
Classic Team Lotus has been preparing 72E/5 for owner John Inglessis to test at Monza this weekend.
38/8S fired up for the first time in 50 years.
Rupert Manwaring is joining Classic Team Lotus, in the role of Business Manager. He will be working alongside Chris Dinnage and Clive Chapman.
Recently the Chapman Family was delighted to welcome 78/2 back to Hethel, after forty years away in various places (ultimately on display in the reception of the corporate HQ of Imperial Brands).
The 1980 Lotus type 81 chassis 5, commissioned by Classic Team Lotus during lockdown, has proved to be reliable and fast; not bad characteristics for an F1 car.
In 1980 Team Lotus began construction of a Lotus type 81, as raced by Mario Andretti, Elio De Angelis and Nigel Mansell. In 2020 Classic Team Lotus completed the task.
Classic Team Lotus is shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Johnny Dumfries.
Goodwood is doing Team Lotus history proud, by inviting both Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti to the Festival of Speed, scheduled for the 8th to the 11th July. These two motorsport greats will complement perfectly the theme of ‘The Maestros – Motorsport’s Great All-Rounders’.
