Quote from: Komenda on 11 February 2010, 10:25The Lotus of old had quite an advantage in their time. His name was Colin Chapman.A legend and a crook. A proper brit nick
The Lotus of old had quite an advantage in their time. His name was Colin Chapman.
Quote from: Horney on 11 February 2010, 10:28Quote from: Komenda on 11 February 2010, 10:25The Lotus of old had quite an advantage in their time. His name was Colin Chapman.A legend and a crook. A proper brit nickwhats the crook story? live test commentary btw http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/175
from the TelegraphPerhaps Chapman's darkest hour came in 1978, when Lotus linked up with the American tycoon John Z DeLorean to develop a stainless steel sports car, to be built in a factory funded by the British government. What the government did not know, but what Chapman certainly did, was that the project was a scam.Around £10 million went missing. Chapman died before the full deceit unravelled but at the subsequent trial of Fred Bushell, the Lotus accountant, the judge insisted that had Chapman himself been in the dock he would have received a sentence "of at least 10 years".
he sounds a bit like Button's old man
New team FAIL!http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8510697.stmAdrian Newey must be feeling rather smug lol. He told Virgin that it was not advisable to design the car completely on computer, but they went ahead and didn't use a wind tunnel anyway!
