Ebbro EBR20001 Instructions Manual

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As Team Lotus principal Colin Chapman and chief designer Maurice Philippe started developing thé new Lotus Type 72 for thé
1970 season, they set to design a car that could run thé fuli race distance on a set of softer—and thus faster—tires. To this end,
Type 72 adopted torsion bar springs. They were of thé progressive rate type with a relatively soft initial rate, gradually stiffening
as roll angle increased.
In an effort to further promote tire adhésion, thé brake disks were moved inboard, necessitating half-shafts to connect thé disks
to thé wheel hubs at thé front. This construction was very similar to thé one seen on thé gas turbine-powered 4-wheel drive
Type 56 raced at Indianapolis and thé 4-wheel drive Type 63 F1 machine.
Like in Type 56, Type 72 has a wedge-shaped design in which upper body airflow is used to increase downforce. To achieve
this design shape, thé front radiators were relocated in thé middle, on either side of thé tub. This brought thé added advantages
of concentrating weight closer to thé center of thé car for reduced moment of inertia and shorter water pipes for reduced weight.
Introduced at thé second race of thé 1970 season in Spain, Type 72 showed poor handiing characteristics. The team thus
decided to hâve team ace Jochen Rindt race in thé old Type 49C while second driver John Miles would race Type 72. Type
72B was promptly developed with a rear suspension devoid of anti-squat characteristics. It was followed by Type 72C which
further deleted anti-dive characteristics from thé front suspension.
At thé wheel of Type 72C, Jochen Rindt went on to win in Netherland, France, England and Germany, making it 4 wins in a row.
Adding thé win in Monte-Carlo at thé wheel of Type 49C, Jochen Rindt collected a season best of 5 wins and 45 points. Type
72C and Jochen Rindt also took 3 pôle positions, further proving theïr dominance.
Following Rindt' s untimely death in an accident during practice for thé Italtan GP, young Emerson Fittipaldi went on to win his
first Grand Prix in thé United States at thé wheel of Type72C. This concluded thé 1970 season with Jochen Rindt posthu-
mously clinching thé driver' s title and Team Lotus their 4th constructor s title since 1968.
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