Car · Team Lotus · 1967–1970
Lotus 49
Ford paid Cosworth £100,000 to build the DFV and gave Lotus a year of exclusivity. Clark won first time out at Zandvoort. When the exclusivity lapsed the DFV was sold to anyone who asked, and it went on to win 155 Grands Prix - the reason a small British team with no engine of its own could beat Ferrari for the next fifteen years. The 49 also carried the first wings, which appeared at Monaco in 1968 and were mounted so high and so flimsily that two of them collapsed at Montjuic in 1969.
- Seasons
- 1967–1970
- Entries
- 2
- Wins
- 0
- Poles
- 0
- Fastest laps
- 0
- Constructors' titles
- 2
- Drivers' titles
- 2
Why it mattered
The idea. Bolt the engine straight to the back of the tub and let it be the back of the car
New on this car. The engine as a fully stressed structural member, carrying the rear suspension; and, from 1968, aerofoil wings mounted on struts to the uprights
What it did. 12 wins, 19 poles. Hill's 1968 title and Rindt's posthumous 1970 title.
Specification
- Chassis
- Aluminium monocoque
- Front suspension
- —
- Rear suspension
- —
- Brakes
- disc
- Gearbox
- Hewland-Lotus
- Gears
- 5-speed
- Tyres
- Firestone, Dunlop
- Fuel
- Esso (9 GP), Shell
- Engine
- Ford Cosworth DFV
- Configuration
- V8
- Capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Aspiration
- naturally aspirated
- Power
- 440 bhp
- Power note
- 420-440 hp @ 9,000-10,000 rpm
- Weight
- 501 kg
- Wheelbase
- 2,413 mm
- Track, front
- 1,524 mm
- Track, rear
- 1,549 mm
A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.
Seasons that cannot be attributed 2
Every entry 2 entries
| Season | Grand Prix | Driver | Grid | Result | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | South African Grand Prix | John Love | 22 | 8 | Finished |
| 1969 | South African Grand Prix | John Love | 10 | DNF | Ignition |
Photographs
From Wikimedia Commons, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require.
A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
Where this comes from
- Constructor
- Team Lotus
- Predecessor
- Lotus 43
- Successor
- Lotus 63 / Lotus 72
- Races (published)
- 42
- Wins (published)
- 12
- Poles (published)
- 19
- Confidence
- reference
- Specification source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_49
- Register source
- https://github.com/f1db/f1db