The Lotus 88 is an innovative Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman, Peter Wright, Tony Rudd and Martin Ogilvie of Lotus in an effort to maximise the downforce produced by ground effect. The Lotus 88 made its debut at the first practice session of the 1981 season opener, the US Grand Prix West at Long Beach.

Nov 15, 2016 · Lotus 88, built in 1981, basically was developed 86 model but with one ingenious innovation – it was the first and only twin-chassis Formula 1 car.

Jan 2, 2020 · Lotus built just two Type 88s, and one of them is up for grabs at the Best Heritage auction in Tokyo on January 11-12. Even though a handful of practice sessions was as close as the 88 ever got to the grid, this could potentially be one of the most expensive Lotuses ever sold.

A Formula 1 car that is among the best-remembered of all time…because it never actually raced. Based on the innovative ideas he’d engineered into a ‘technology demonstrator’ – a one-off car which was designated the Type 86 – Lotus founder Colin Chapman knew the Type 88 was pushing the boundaries.

Colin Chapman designed the Lotus 88 to race in the 1981 Formula One championship. The theory behind it was to reduce the buffeting to which the driver of a Formula 1 car had become accustomed since the introduction of ground effect cars, again pioneered by Chapman, in 1977.

Jul 1, 2011 · Colin Chapman’s Lotus 88 was his final attempt one of his trademarks quantum leaps in F1 design – but it fell foul of the FIA. Ground effect aerodynamics was the political cause celebre of 1981.

Sep 2, 2021 · The Lotus 88 was powered by a 3.0-liter Cosworth DFV engine that pumped out 500 horses. Coupling that to the F1 car's nimble nature with 1,290 pounds: it was a hooligan on the track. During the same period, the 1.5-liter turbo motors from Renault were starting to take bites off Cosworth's dominance.

Mar 11, 2022 · Something needed to be done, and the 88 was it. The idea actually came from another unraced Lotus: the 86 testbed and the thinking behind it was actually quite simple. Aerodynamically the car needed to present as stable a body as possible to the airflow, one that didn’t roll, pitch or heave.

Jun 23, 2010 · The Lotus 88 was an innovative ground effect Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman, Peter Wright, Tony Rudd and Martin Ogilvie of Lotus as a response to technical regulations introduced in 1981 by the FIA to curb the ground effects cars.

Apr 13, 2020 · The Lotus 88 was Colin Chapman's ingenious attempt to continue Team Lotus' reputation as an avant-garde pioneer in Formula 1, but his twin-chassis solution was banned before it could race