Outdoors for the first time!
Bruno von Rotz
04/09/2020
04/09/2020
Something like this only happens very rarely! A new racing car is developed that throws many conventional paradigms overboard. And the car immediately wins at the first start. But that was the case with the Lotus 49, invented by designer Colin Chapman and driven to victory by Jim Clark, who was behind the wheel for the first time in practice for the Zandvoort Grand Prix, as Graham Hill had done the test drives.
A wonderful film by Ford, who were responsible for the engine, entitled "First Time Out" looks back on this special event.
Copyright: Ford/Werk
... and if you still haven't had enough of this unique story, you can also watch another movie in which Tiff Needell tests the Lotus 49 a few years later.
Source: Archive
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