Carlos Reutemann, Lotus 79 Buenos Aires, 1979.

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The Lotus 81 was built and revealed to the public in 1979 when it was hung from the ceiling in the Paradis night club in Paris. It first raced in 1980 and was the fourth generation Lotus ground effect F1 car, it had sliding skirts and was seen as an improvement on its' predecessor the Lotus 80. The main team sponsor at the time was an American petrol company - Essex Petroleum

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The second table includes results from privately owned Lotus cars in World Championship Grands Prix between 1958 and 1979. The tables do not include results for the separate Team Lotus Formula One team of 2011 (which debuted in 2010 as "Lotus Racing"), the Lotus Renault GP team of 2011 or the Lotus F1 Team of 2012.

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Lotus 79 was the car that won both Drivers' and Constructors' Formula 1 World Championship titles in 1978. Built around its predecessor. Colin Chapman, the owner of Lotus Team, always was ready for the innovations and experiments on his F1 cars.Some of them weren't glorious but many were revolutionary and extremely successful.

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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 effects aerodynamics.. Over the span of its lifetime, the Lotus 79 took 7 wins, 10 pole positions, 121 points and won the last drivers' and constructors' world.

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A close look at the Lotus Type 79, with a focus on the type's history as well as the restoration of one of these classic F1 machines. Join The World's Best Iconic & Vintage Car Community >> Members

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The car which made that breakthrough was the Lotus 78 of 1977, which ushered F1 into the era of ground effect. Forty years ago, the 78's successor, the Lotus 79, became the first ground effect car to win the world championship, with Mario Andretti at the wheel. The proportions of the 78 (as seen in the image below) were very different to.

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How a mistake helped create a Lotus F1 icon The Lotus 79 is part of an elite group that Giorgio Piola considers to be milestone machines, with each of these cars incorporating designs, solutions.

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At the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix, 60 years ago today, a Lotus won in Formula 1 for the first time. It wasn't a success for the Team Lotus works squad, rather the win was taken by Rob Walker's privately-entered Lotus piloted by none other than Stirling Moss. The works team indeed had to wait nearly another 18 months for its first F1 world.

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Lotus 79 Cosworth. The Lotus 79 proved to be one of the most succesful Lotus cars ever built. It built upon the ground effect foundations that were laid by the Lotus 78 and added several mechanical features that are still standard in today's F1 cars. BRM's Tony Rudd first tested the theory in practice, using scale models in the late 60s.

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The 1979 Formula One season was the 33rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers [1] and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors [2] which were contested concurrently over a fifteen-round series which commenced on 21 January 1979, and ended on 7 October.

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The 79 world championship F1 wins scored by the firm founded by Colin Chapman puts Lotus fifth in the table, behind Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Williams, and one spot ahead of Red Bull.

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Lotus Type 79. The black and gold Type 79 is the car in which Mario Andretti and Lotus won the 1978 Formula 1 Drivers' and Constructors' Championships respectively. However, that simple fact ignores its significance as one of the most pioneering race cars of all time, one which fundamentally changed the core principles of motorsport.

Carlos Reutemann, Lotus 79 Buenos Aires, 1979.

While the Lotus 79 was head and shoulders above the opposition in 1978, being the only proper ground-effect car, Lotus was somewhat caught sleeping at the beginning of 1979.

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This edition was produced after Lotus won the F1 Drivers' and Constructors' Championship titles in 1978. Lotus may have been out of the Formula 1 scene for a while, but it is one of the most.

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In the late 1970s, the science of race car aerodynamics was in its infancy, even at the Formula 1 level. For the 1978 season, Lotus introduced a revolutionary new chassis to the sport, the Type 79, which proved to be as competitive as it was aesthetically pleasing. Considered by many to be the most beautiful F1 car of the era, Lotus Type 79.

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Black Beauty: The Lotus 79 that Dominated F1 is a fascinating documentary that explores the history and design of one of the most successful Formula One cars ever. Learn how Colin Chapman and his.