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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #60 on: Thursday,November 05, 2015, 05:18:18 AM »
BDA...To answer your question found in "Wheel men of the 49"

When did we first see slicks first used in F1?

The tire war between Goodyear and Firestone began at the Spanish grand prix at Montjuich Park in 1971. ld

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #61 on: Thursday,November 05, 2015, 05:41:50 AM »
Thanks, Lou!

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #62 on: Thursday,November 05, 2015, 08:13:26 AM »
Can you imaging the F1 of today pitting in the sand and grass. I really dig that photo.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #63 on: Thursday,November 05, 2015, 09:08:38 AM »
Or timing and scoring done by wives and girlfriends of the drivers? Or bringing your F1 car on the back of a VW flat bed truck like Pete Lovely did? Or not using seat belts (let alone a harness)? Or racing in a magnesium tub (that could catch fire if, for example it scraped the ground when a tire went flat, and be impossible to put out) like Dan Gurney did? Or drive in a car surrounded by fuel bladders that ruptured in an accident like all of them did? Or have an average of one driver die during the season?

F1, and all racing, has changed A LOT over the years! The facilities are much better, the technology is amazing and thankfully, it is much safer! Now, if the cars were not so ugly and could look as good as they used to!

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #64 on: Thursday,November 05, 2015, 01:05:39 PM »
2 laps to warm the tyres up and get the sand off the rubber. The first bend would be a challenge !

Love the refuelling kit.

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #65 on: Wednesday,November 25, 2015, 01:45:55 PM »
The unveiling of the legendary type 72...

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #66 on: Wednesday,November 25, 2015, 03:03:56 PM »
Another leap forward!

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #67 on: Sunday,December 13, 2015, 03:11:23 PM »
Before it came together for the 72...

Early rework the anti squat and dive geometry was needed to bring back some driver "feel"...

Miles gets ready for the debut at Spa. 

I like the second shot ... notice the twin rear oil coolers with center tank...with the rear wing removed you can make out the small channel ducts fitted to the top of the coolers which lie directly under the top main wing cascade. ld     

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #68 on: Thursday,January 07, 2016, 10:27:04 AM »
I chose the photo of Emerson for the interesting decal...the only time the car was raced with another sponsor other than the traditional JPS, Texaco, Firestone branding that year. Can you name the company's product?

 

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #69 on: Thursday,January 07, 2016, 01:51:34 PM »
I think you mean the thing that doesn't even look like part of the picture with what looks like 'YPF' in it, not 'Ford', right? If is is 'Ford', I'd guess they make cars  ;D, but I have no idea what the 'YPF' thing is all about!

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #70 on: Thursday,January 07, 2016, 05:03:21 PM »

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #71 on: Thursday,January 07, 2016, 05:21:06 PM »
So now everybody knows I was too lazy to google YPF   :o

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #72 on: Thursday,January 07, 2016, 05:48:11 PM »
So now everybody knows I was too lazy to google YPF   :o
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #73 on: Tuesday,January 26, 2016, 04:35:49 PM »
I thought it would be nice to add a little art culture to this topic. Funny but, I sometimes find they can represent more to the senses than a conventional photo. Show me a race car design or drawing anytime...
 
So, here are a few renderings...of one of my enamored Lotus drivers, Ronnie Peterson in the Type 72.
 Hope you like them!...ld

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #74 on: Tuesday,January 26, 2016, 07:07:54 PM »
Those are great, Lou! I especially like the first one. I agree with you. Sometimes, art can capture more action than a photograph.