Lotus 72 HESKETH LADIES By the mid-sixties the company

By the mid-sixties the company had moved on up into car racing with Formula 3 (winning several championships in 1968) and Formula 2 chassis

It’s true that most teams had some form of standard American motorhome for the drivers to use

after crashing into Lauda's burning Ferrari

The Brazilian was left seething having been clipped from behind and with both drivers out of the car

almost Basil Fawlty like team boss who had the knack of upsetting everyone he hired

Lotus 72 HESKETH LADIES By the mid-sixties the companyIn the history of Formula 1, there has not been a car and driver so invariably linked as Emerson Fittipaldi and the iconic Lotus 72D. The car that most defined the whole first half of 1970s and one that brought Fittipaldi his first Formula 1 Drivers Championship in 1972. Ask any long time racing fan what car comes to mind when you say Formula 1 and at least half of them will think of wedge shaped black and gold type 72. Its partly because the Lotus 72