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Black and Gold Genius: Innovation, Risk, Ground Effect, and the Team That Changed Grand Prix Racing

by Etienne Psaila , Ai
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798901946473
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Publishdrive
  • Publisher Imprint: Publishdrive
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  • Pages: 210
  • Original Price: USD 21.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 286 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Motor Sports / General

Team Lotus was more than a racing team. It was one of the great forces that changed the shape, sound, science, and imagination of Grand Prix racing. From Colin Chapman's early lightweight specials to the monocoque Lotus 25, the Ford-Cosworth DFV-powered Lotus 49, the wedge-shaped Lotus 72, and the ground-effect Lotus 78 and 79, this is the story of a constructor that repeatedly forced Formula One to think differently.

Black and Gold Genius traces the full arc of the original Team Lotus story, from post-war British club racing to world championships, Indianapolis glory, commercial transformation, technical revolution, tragedy, decline, and lasting influence. It follows the drivers who became inseparable from the Lotus legend, including Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson, Mario Andretti, Elio de Angelis, and Ayrton Senna, while explaining the engineering ideas that made Lotus one of the most important names in motorsport history.

Written in a polished, fact-based narrative style, this independent history captures the brilliance, risk, beauty, and cost of a team that helped define modern Formula One.

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This book is an independent, unofficial historical work. It is not authorised, sponsored, endorsed, licensed, or approved by Team Lotus, Classic Team Lotus, Lotus Cars, Formula One, Formula 1, the FIA, Liberty Media, John Player Special, Imperial Brands, Ford, Cosworth, Renault, Honda, or any other team, company, rights holder, sponsor, governing body, or individual mentioned in the text. All trademarks, team names, car names, driver names, event names, sponsor names, brand names, logos, and other protected marks are the property of their respective owners. Any references to such names or marks are used solely for factual, historical, descriptive, and editorial purposes within an independent motorsport history.

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