The Lotus 12 was a British racing car used in Formula Two and Formula One. It debuted at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix and was Colin Chapman's first single-seat racer.

The Type 12 was the first ever Lotus single-seater, designed and engineered to compete in the 1957 International Formula 2 class for non-supercharged 1500cc cars. It is also famous as it marked the debut of a new Colin Chapman-devised suspension, to be forever known as …

2024年5月10日 · The new Lotus 12 was extraordinarily tiny, an incredibly slim yet elegant front-engined single-seat racing car. As indicated above Lotus Type 12 weight was often exaggerated down, but contemporarily it was claimed to have a ready-to-run weight of barely 700lbs (317.5kg).

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2024年3月14日 · SIGNIFICANCE: The first Lotus single-seater and the first car that Team Lotus entered into a Formula 1 Grand Prix. The first F1 car point-scoring for Team Lotus at Dutch Grand Prix-1958. DESIGNER: Colin Chapman, aero by Frank Costin. ENGINE: 1,5-liter, 4-cyl, 175 hp, Coventry Climax.

Colin Chapman’s long-held wish to build and enter one of his cars in Grand Prix racing finally came to be with the Lotus 12, the beginning of the line of open-wheelers that eventually won seven F-1 constructors championships.

The Lotus 12 was a British racing car used in Formula Two and Formula One. It debuted at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix and was Colin Chapman's first single-seat ra...

Team Lotus Type 12 The first single seat Lotus. 1957 to 1959. F2 with 1.5-litre Climax, later F1 with both 1.9 and 2.2-Climax. Light-weight, minimal frontal area, Lotus sequential gearbox, wobbly-web wheels.

1958 Lotus Type 12 specs, performance data, engine specifications, pictures.

The cigar-shaped ultra-lightweight Lotus Type 12 was the very first single-seater, open-wheeled racing car to be designed by the legendary Colin Chapman and campaigned by his super-successful Team Lotus organisation.