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

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The Lotus 78 MkIII was the car built to race in the Formula 1 World Championship in 1977 and is to be considered as the first wing car ever designed and built Designers Peter Wright Ralph Bellamy Charles Prior Tony Rudd made a state of the art aerodynamic car

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Essential info Lotus 78 Entrant Team Lotus Drivers M Andretti G Nilsson R Peterson Debut 1977 Argentine Grand Prix Achievements 7 wins 9 poles Constructors Championships 0 Drivers Championships 0

The Lotus 78 was a Formula One racing car used in the 1977 and 1978 seasons It was designed by Peter Wright Colin Chapman Martin Ogilvie and Tony Rudd and was the first ground effect car in Formula One

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The Lotus Type 78 made its name in history as F1 39 s first full fledged wing car This machine which was introduced at the first race in Argentina in 1977 had a slender body with a sharp wedge shape The inside of the side pontoon is shaped like an upside down wing compared to the aircraft and the ground effect generates downforce

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This new concept in racing car design found its pioneering expression in the Lotus 78 of 1977 followed by World Championship domination in the more sophisticated and more truly wing car Lotus 79 of 1978

From the listing for this 1970s Lotus F1 car for sale Lotus 78 F1 with Ford Cosworth DFV The iconic Lotus 78 was driven by Mario Andretti Gunnar Nilsson and Ronnie Peterson during the 1977 and 1978 seasons

The Lotus 78 also known as the Wing Car was developed by the Lotus team in 1977 It was the successor to the Lotus 77 which had been a disappointment for the team during the 1976 championship season

Chassis 78 2 was first race at the start of the 1977 season by Mario Andretti After three retirements Gunnar Nilsson took to the helm of the second of a total of four Lotus 78s built The young Swede used it to score a win in the Belgian Grand Prix and placed it third at Silverstone

Powered by the familiar Cosworth DFV engine the 78 was first shown to the public late in 1976 In the hands of Gunnar Nilsson and Mario Andretti the new Lotus had a rocky start to its career

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Lotus 78 car by car histories Listed below are each of the cars built to this type Note that the list does not include cars modified to this type but originally built to a different type Click on a car to see the race history

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Team Lotus dominated the remainder of the season with Andretti winning a total of six races and Peterson two Andretti and Lotus were crowned Champions well before the season was over There was a very sad note to the season after Ronnie Peterson was involved in a fatal start accident at Monza

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The fourth and final Lotus 78 built this example was pressed into service for Gunnar Nilsson from the German Grand Prix in July of 1977 The talented Swede raced the car five times during the remainder of the season but for a variety of reasons never managed to reach the finish

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