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Is it about the wheel nut scandal in the early 1960s that drove Colin Chapman away from Le Mans for good?
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Yep. Well done Victor. From Wikipedia...
At the 1963 Le Mans, Lotus entered the new, and somewhat unfinished, Lotus 23, a widened version of the Lotus 22 two-seater. It was disqualified from competition before the race and did not take part. This was on the basis of its wheels, although not specifically due to the wobbly-web design. The car, as designed, used Lotus' typical 6-stud wheel at the rear but a 4-stud mounting at the front. The wheel rims were also wider at the rear, 6" vs. 5", with wider tyres of 5.50×13 rather than 4.50×13. As the rules for Le Man were still framed as a "sports car" endurance race, they required the carrying of a spare wheel. The 23 had such a spare, but obviously it could not be fitted to both ends of the car. The scrutineers rejected this and barred the car from competition. Matching 4-stud rear hubs were flown hurriedly from England, avoiding the incompatibility problem, but the scrutineers now objected that if 6 studs had been required before, 4 must be inadequately strong and still refused to allow the cars to compete. After this, Chapman replied "We shall never again race at Le Mans.", a promise that Lotus kept until 1997, long after Chapman's death in 1982. |
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Well it is a Gold Leaf sponsored Lotus. But did they race at Le Mans?
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Definitely Derek Warwick, and he looks really young... 1983?
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Lol, D'oh! Yeah Derek Warwick - I don't know much in terms of earlier periods - and can't make out the number on the Peugeot, so hoping putting Warwick in is a reasonable assumption!
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We were there on the wednesday for a small ten-tenths meet, saw the car around the back and the hotel owner let us have a good look at the car and then we went around to the front where Derek Bell was having breakfast, said hello and sat down for a beer or two, Derek came over after his breakfast and spoke and we then had a look at his new bentley and the old one, he then had a look at a certain NSX which by then had joined us. A very plesent way to spend a morning
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Indeed a very pleasant morning. Any luck on posting the photo Simon?
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Thanks isynge, brings back good memories. Shame he couldn't race.
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