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Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars. [1]
The mystery of Colin Chapman's death, the man who created the Lotus. In 1978 Colin Chapman placed the seventh constructor’s trophy on his mantelpiece after becoming the highest-decorated manufacturer in Formula 1: at the time Enzo Ferrari had six, McLaren just one and Williams had yet to win a race. It was a period in which the Lotus brand ...
He was a designer, engineer, inventor, businessman and pioneering maverick who changed the world. Colin Chapman was born in Richmond, West London on 19 May 1928 and brought up in Muswell Hill, North London. His father ran The Railway Hotel next to the station in nearby Hornsey. Chapman studied structural engineering at University College London ...
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Aug 21, 2021 · Motorsport history will remember Colin Chapman as an innovator, but I think it’s safe to say that, after the man’s early death, the small details of his personality and business practices have ...
Sep 8, 2023 · Lotus won its very first F1 title 60 years ago today at Monza when a victory for Jim Clark clinched both the drivers’ crown and the constructors’ award.. As Clark took a victory lap, wearing his laurel wreath in the cockpit, a jubilant Colin Chapman perched on the bodywork of his Lotus 25, the first true single-monocoque car, conceived by his design genius.
May 26, 2021 · For Colin Chapman sheer speed was all-important. He ranked leading races rather than finishing them as a hallmark of success. Creating a car that was as light as possible, both dry and fuelled, was a major ingredient in his recipe for speed. In achieving this Chapman was, if possible, more ruthless than in any other aspect of his design activities.
Feb 1, 2022 · This new year sees a big anniversary for mainstream racing car design in general – and for Lotus in particular. At this time of the year in 1962, Colin Chapman and his men were building the first truly successful monocoque-chassised Grand Prix car – their Lotus 25. The early months of that year had seen mechanics Dick Scammell and Ted ...
