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Lotus 79 1 Only 5 full aluminum chassis of the Type 79 were built and none were destroyed The Type 79 was the first full ground effect F1 car with sliding skirts
Claiming the 1978 Drivers World Title claimed by Andretti and 1978 Constructors won by Lotus it was one of the dominating forces of F1 during that era more The Lotus F1 Type 79 car
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One of the classic F1 game changers the 79 was almost untouchable after it arrived for round six of 1978 with only the Michelin shod Ferrari 312 T3 proving a consistent challenger The 79
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The Lotus 79 is a Formula One car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman Geoff Aldridge Martin Ogilvie Tony Rudd Tony Southgate and Peter Wright of Lotus The Lotus 79 was the first F1 car to take full advantage of ground effect aerodynamics
The Lotus 79 with its classic JPS black and gold sponsorship colours was the first F1 car to fully exploit the potential of ground effect aerodynamics
The car which made that breakthrough was the Lotus 78 of 1977 which ushered F1 into the era of ground effect Forty years ago the 78 s successor the Lotus 79 became the first ground effect car to win the world championship with Mario Andretti at the wheel
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The Lotus 79 was one of Cohn Chapman s quantum leaps as the 78 had been the first wing car so it was the 79 which introduced ground effect to Grands Prix The Cosworth never had the horsepower Ferrari did Mario said but it didn t matter
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The key advantage of the Lotus 79 was a discovery that almost happened by mistake as continuous running with a wind tunnel model had led to some fatigue leading to the floor of the sidepods
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The Lotus 79 proved to be one of the most succesful Lotus cars ever built It built upon the ground effect foundations that were laid by the Lotus 78 and added several mechanical features that are still standard in today 39 s F1 cars
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Dominant F1 car in the late 70s Lotus 79 was ahead of its time in aerodynamics and was a pioneer of the high downforce era we know today
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The black and gold Type 79 is the car in which Mario Andretti and Lotus won the 1978 Formula 1 Drivers and Constructors Championships respectively However that simple fact ignores its significance as one of the most pioneering race cars of all time one which fundamentally changed the core principles of motorsport engineering
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As Formula 1 turns 70 Autosport is marking the occasion with a series of track test features in Lotus machinery that dominated the world championship in the 39 60s and 39 70s In the final
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Drivers and teams are scheduled to compete for the titles of World Drivers 39 Champion and World Constructors 39 Champion respectively The 2026 season will feature a major set of regulation changes with a revised power unit configuration and new active aerodynamics
The Lotus 79 and Mario Andretti combined for the F1 championship in 1978 No American has won a race since
The first table below details the complete World Championship Grand Prix results of the Formula One constructor Team Lotus between 1958 and 1994 The second table includes results from privately owned Lotus cars in World Championship Grands Prix between 1958 and 1979
Chapman first used this novel design on the 78 Lotus 39 Formula 1 contender for the 1977 season The car featured an ultra slim monocoque constructed from an aluminium honeycomb On both sides of the driver 39 s compartment the Lotus 78 sported full length side pods which housed the radiators and created the 39 ground effects 39