Lotus 33
Jackie Stewart driving a Lotus 33 in 2013 | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Team Lotus | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Colin Chapman Len Terry | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Lotus 25 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Lotus 43 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Aluminium monocoque | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Upper cantilever rocker arms and lower wishbones, with inboard mounted Armstrong coilover spring/dampers | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Upper transverse links and twin radius rods with reversed lower wishbone. Armstrong outboard coilover spring/dampers. | ||||||||||
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| Transmission | ZF 5-speed manual | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
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| Notable drivers | |||||||||||
| Debut | 1964 Aintree 200, Aintree. | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 1 (1965) | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (Jim Clark, 1965) | ||||||||||
The Lotus 33 was a Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman and Len Terry and built by Team Lotus. A development of the successful Lotus 25, in the hands of Jim Clark it won five World Championship Grands Prix in 1965, taking Clark to his second World Championship.