Lotus 63
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lotus 63 was an experimental Formula One car, designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1969 season. Chapman's reasoning behind the car was that the 3 litre engines introduced in 1966 would be better served by building a car that could take full advantage of its power while retaining the Lotus 49's simplicity. As the Lotus 56 for Indy 500 (and later F1), the 63 chassis was designed around a four wheel drive system. This was no revolution at the time, as four wheel drive had been used on the Ferguson P99 F1 car that won at Oulton Park…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lotus 63 was an experimental Formula One car, designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1969 season. Chapman's reasoning behind the car was that the 3 litre engines introduced in 1966 would be better served by building a car that could take full advantage of its power while retaining the Lotus 49's simplicity. As the Lotus 56 for Indy 500 (and later F1), the 63 chassis was designed around a four wheel drive system. This was no revolution at the time, as four wheel drive had been used on the Ferguson P99 F1 car that won at Oulton Park as early as 1961. However, it was not a successful design. In fact, the Matra MS84 was the only 4WD F1 which scored points with Johnny Servoz-Gavin, something neither Lotus nor McLaren managed, while Cosworth did not even race their 4WD design. The 63 was an evolution of the 49, but featured wedge shaped rear bodywork and integrated wings, which would be used to great effect in the Lotus 72. John Miles, Lotus' third driver was entrusted the task of developing the car, while Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt used the 49 in the early races of 1969.