{"id":7075,"date":"2024-04-17T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curbs-magazin.com\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2024-04-17T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:15:24","slug":"lotus-87b-the-double-lottchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slickpix.de\/en\/cars\/lotus-87b-das-doppelte-lottchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus 87B - The Parent Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The history of the Lotus 87B, built in 1981, chassis 87\/4:
\nIn 1981, Lotus started with Nigel Mansell<\/a> back into the season with the Lotus 81. Elio de Angelis was supposed to compete with the new \u201ewonder weapon,\u201c the Lotus 88, but it was immediately deemed illegal, so de Angelis also started the race in the Lotus 81. With the Lotus 88, the famous \u201edouble chassis,\u201c Colin Chapman wanted to bring another stroke of genius to Formula 1. (see Curbs #46) But on both occasions, the 88s were banned after practice. On the second attempt at Silverstone, they were again denied a start after practice. After the Lotus 88 was definitively banned, both 88s were converted into the Lotus 87 model in a cloak-and-dagger operation. The Lotus 87\/4 we drove was originally Elio de Angelis\u2019s Lotus 88B\/4 at Silverstone. So it has two chassis numbers and two \u201clives\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n