- Lotus 21
Infobox Automobile
name = Lotus 21
manufacturer =Team Lotus
production = 1961
predecessor =Lotus 18
successor =Lotus 24
class =Formula One
body_style = Open wheel
engine = Coventry Climax FPFThe Lotus 21 was aFormula One racing car designed byColin Chapman . It was a mid-engined design using a tubularspaceframe structure skinned with fibreglass panels, of a more advanced build than seen in theLotus 18 . Powered by theCoventry Climax FPF 4 cylinder engine it used disc brakes all round.Used by the works Lotus team and the privateer
Rob Walker Racing Team in 1961, the 21 was the first works Lotus to win a Formula One Grand Prix, in the hands ofInnes Ireland at the1961 United States Grand Prix . (Previous victories were taken by Rob Walker's team). Customer teams continued to use it up to 1965. It was soon rendered obsolete by themonocoque Lotus 25 introduced for the1962 Formula One season .
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