Concept

Having devised the monocoque Lotus 25 for use by the works team, Colin Chapman decided to build a 'conventional' back-up spaceframe design which he would also sell to privateers. The 24 was a completely different design from its predecessor, the 21, and used much of the same suspension as the 25. Both Coventry Climax FWMV and BRM P56 engines were generally fitted, with at least one example running with the Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder.

Racing history

The Lotus 24 made its debut at the 1962 Brussels Grand Prix. Jim Clark put it in pole position for the first heat, but retired after only one lap. Two weeks later Clark won the Lombank Trophy race at Snetterton. Its first World Championship event was the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, where it finished second with Trevor Taylor. However, that would be its best Championship finish; the Lotus 25 had arrived on the scene and was obviously the way ahead, much to the chagrin of those who had paid good money for their 24. Colin Chapman had promised his customers that the team cars would be mechanically identical to the customer cars, leaving himself free to alter what he classified as the cars' "bodywork".^[2]

The 24 continued to be run by private teams in 1963 and 1964 with limited success, and by 1965 only one World Championship entry was made, Brian Gubby failing to qualify for the British Grand Prix.

World Championship results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points^{[N 1]}	WCC
1962	Team Lotus	Climax V8		NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA		36 (38)^{[N 1]}	2nd
	Team Lotus		Trevor Taylor	2	Ret	Ret		8	Ret
	Brabham Racing Organisation		Jack Brabham	Ret	8	6	Ret	5
	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team		Maurice Trintignant	WD	Ret	8	7	WD	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Dupont Team Zerex		Roger Penske								9
	John Mecom	Climax L4	Rob Schroeder								10
	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Climax L4	Nino Vacarella							Ret
	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Climax V8	Innes Ireland	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16		Ret	8	5
		Climax V8	Masten Gregory					7
		BRM V8	Masten Gregory				7				6			1^{[N 2]}	8th
	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel		Dan Gurney			DNS
			Wolfgang Seidel					Ret	DNQ
			Tony Shelly							DNQ
			Günther Seiffert						DNQ
	Ecurie Filipinetti		Jo Siffert				Ret			DNQ
	Ecurie Filipinetti		Heinz Schiller						Ret
1963	British Racing Partnership	Climax V8		MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	54 (74)^{[N 3]}	1st
	British Racing Partnership		Innes Ireland	Ret					Ret
	Bernard Collomb		Bernard Collomb	DNQ					10
	Reg Parnell Racing		Maurice Trintignant				8
			Mike Hailwood					8
		BRM V8	Hap Sharp								Ret	7		4^{[N 2]}	8th
			Roger Ward								Ret
			Chris Amon									Ret
			Masten Gregory					11
	Tim Parnell		Masten Gregory				Ret			Ret
	Ecurie Filipinetti		Phil Hill				NC
	British Racing Partnership		Jim Hall	Ret	Ret	8	11	6	5	8	10	8
	Siffert Racing Team		Jo Siffert	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	9
	Selby Auto Spares		Paddy Driver										DNS
1964	Bernard Collomb	Climax V8		MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	37 (40)^{[N 3]}	3rd
	Bernard Collomb	Climax V8	Bernard Collomb	DNQ										37 (40)^{[N 3]}	3rd
	Siffert Racing Team	BRM V8	Jo Siffert	8										3^{[N 2]}	8th
	British Racing Partnership		Innes Ireland	DNS
	British Racing Partnership		Trevor Taylor					Ret
	Reg Parnell Racing		Peter Revson			DSQ		Ret
	Revson Racing		Peter Revson	DNQ					14		13
1965	Brian Gubby	Climax V8		RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	54 (58)^{[N 3]}	1st
1965	Brian Gubby	Climax V8	Brian Gubby					DNQ						54 (58)^{[N 3]}	1st

Notes

Bibliography

References

^ Automobile Year, No. 10, 1962-1963, Page 198.
^ Blunsden, John (July 1962). "Lotus "Ramlösa" - Segervagnen i Spa" [Lotus' Frameless: the Victory Machine at Spa]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 7–8. Lerum, Sweden. pp. 6–7.

Team Lotus

Personnel
Founder	Colin Chapman
Notable personnel	Frank Coppuck Frank Dernie Gérard Ducarouge Maurice Philippe Peter Warr Peter Wright Len Terry

Drivers
Notable drivers	Mario Andretti Elio de Angelis Jim Clark Martin Donnelly Emerson Fittipaldi Mika Häkkinen Johnny Herbert Graham Hill Jacky Ickx Nigel Mansell Satoru Nakajima Gunnar Nilsson Ronnie Peterson Nelson Piquet Carlos Reutemann Jochen Rindt Ayrton Senna John Surtees Derek Warwick Alex Zanardi
World Champions	Mario Andretti Jim Clark Emerson Fittipaldi Graham Hill Jochen Rindt

Cars
Formula One cars	12 16 18 21 24 25 33 43 49 56B 63 72 76 77 78 79 80 81 86 87 88 91 92 93T 94T 95T 97T 98T 99T 100T 101 102 107 109 112
Formula Two cars	12 16 18 32 35 41 44 48 59 69
Formula Three cars	22 31 35 41 55 59 69
Formula Junior cars	18 20 22 27
Formula Ford cars	51 59 61 69
Formula 5000 cars	68 70
Tasman Series cars	32 39 67
Indianapolis 500 cars	29 34 38 42 56 64 96T
Sports racing cars	15 17 19 23 30 40 47 53

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1978
Constructors' titles	1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1973 1978

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