Revving up the thrill for motorsport lovers and collectors this Could in Monte-Carlo, Bonhams “Les Grandes Marques à Monaco” sale will function a real F1 legend.
The 1957-58 Lotus-Climax Kind 12 chassis ‘353’ is not only one other race automobile; it is a cornerstone of British Method 1 historical past, and one estimated at €290,000 – 390,000.
The outstanding machine holds a twin distinction: firstly, it is the very first Method 1 contender constructed by Lotus, and secondly, it served because the launchpad for the illustrious profession of Graham Hill, a future five-time winner of the Monaco Grand Prix and two-time Method 1 World Champion.
In a departure from his preliminary triumphs, Lotus founder Colin Chapman took a daring step in late 1956 with the Kind 12 design.
This marked his first foray into single-seater racing, a big shift from the string of ultra-lightweight and aerodynamically sculpted sports-racing automobiles that had established Lotus’s repute for class and engineering prowess.
Initially constructed to contest worldwide motor racing’s newly launched Method 2 class by means of 1957, the Kind 12 was finally fitted with an enlarged 1960cc Coventry Climax F2 engine.
This pioneering machine first hit the observe with Graham Hill at Silverstone’s 1958 BRDC Worldwide Trophy which marked the legendary Briton and Crew Lotus’s Method 1 debut. There was no wanting again for Hill, Lotus and Chapman thereafter.
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The legend unleashed by chassis ‘353’ would propel Lotus to unimaginable heights.
The marque would go on to say 74 Grand Prix wins and a staggering seven Method 1 Constructors’ World Championships, with Hill, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Mario Andretti contributing six F1 Drivers’ titles.
Bonhams’ prestigious Monaco sale will happen on the Villa Le Vigie in Monte-Carlo on Could 10, on the identical weekend because the 2024 Monaco Historic Grand Prix occasion.
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