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The second of two works cars built for the 1958 season, this Lotus 16 was raced extensively during its debut year. Graham Hill drove the car to sixth in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. At the end of the year, it was sold to the great privateer racer David Piper. He campaigned the car for two seasons in events all over Europe and also used it in his only Grand Prix outing, at Aintree in 1959. By 1961, chassis 363 had joined the stable of John Le Sage, who used the ageing single seater in the odd VSCC event. In 1967, the Lotus 16 was acquired by the late Tom Wheatcroft and would be displayed for many years in his fantastic Donington Grand Prix Collection museum. Finally changing hands again, it was bought by a historic racer from New Zeeland in 2010 and he had the car prepared for historic racing by Neil Twyman ltd. Fitted with a correct 2.2- rather than 2.5-litre engine, it was race with considerable success in historic events. More recently, it was sold to a new owner through Taylor & Crawley.
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1958 |
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Team Lotus |
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