Lotus 72: F1's greatest car

Lee Brimble

Fifty years after Emerson Fittipaldi drove the Lotus 72 to a double world championship for team and driver, we assembled every surviving example of Formula 1’s greatest car, and spoke to Fittipaldi, as he was reunited with his 1972 title-winning machine at Brands Hatch.

Scroll down for all of the features from our October issue, as well as more detail on the Lotus 72 and its drivers from our Archive, plus news of a new model from Pocher that recreates the car in unprecedented detail


Lotus 72: the most successful GP car ever?

The Lotus 72 served for six years in the top flight, winning 20 Grands Prix and three constructors’ titles for the team. Alan Henry remembers a truly remarkable F1 car

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Jochen Rindt leads leads Henri Pescarolo in his Lotus 72

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Pocher Lotus 72 model: off the scale detail

Colin Chapman’s groundbreaking Lotus 72, which changed the shape of racing cars for ever, involved some ingenious design – and so did Pocher’s miniature representation of it

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Pocher Lotus 72 model

Special brew: The Lotus 72

Raced at the top level from 1970-75 and making Formula 1 world champions of Emerson Fittipaldi and Jochen Rindt, the Lotus 72 represents the very best of British engineering. To celebrate 50 years since it achieved the double world championship for team and driver, our October issue profiles all surviving examples of the car and tell the stories that helped to make the legend. Subscribe to read

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Lotus JPS front

Pocher-Lotus-72_Black_V2-minPocher Lotus 72D 1:8 scale model

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Make and own a replica of Emerson Fittipaldi’s 1972 British GP-winning Lotus 72D in unprecedented detail.

Years in development, and based on 3D scans of original cars, this 58.3cm-long model has removable bodywork, detailed monocoque, suspension, engine and cockpit, as well as faithfully recreated logos and rubber tyres.

 

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