This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Lotus 35" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Lotus 35

Category	Formula Two Formula Three
Constructor	Team Lotus
Designer(s)	Colin Chapman
Predecessor	32
Successor	41
Technical specifications[1]
Chassis	Aluminium monocoque
Suspension (front)	Lower wishbones, top rockers actuating in-board coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Suspension (rear)	Reversed lower wishbones, top links, twin radius arms, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Engine	Cosworth SCA, 1,000 cc (61 cu in), L4, NA, mid-mounted.
Transmission	Hewland manual gearbox
Competition history
Notable entrants	Team Lotus
Notable drivers	Jim Clark Mike Spence Peter Revson

The Lotus 35 was a multi-formula racing car designed by Colin Chapman and powered by a variety of engines. In the hands of Jim Clark it won five Formula Two races in 1965 and enabled Clark to win the 1965 Trophées de France Championship^[2] and the 1965 British Formula Two Championship.^[3]

The Lotus 35 had a monocoque chassis with a tubular spaceframe for the engine, inboard coil springs operated by rocker arms at the front and reversed wishbones with twin trailing and top links at the rear. It was designed to take a variety of engines in order to compete in different formulae, such as a Cosworth SCA or BRM P80 for Formula Two, or a Cosworth MAE for Formula Three.

For 1965 the works team was run by Ron Harris, with Jim Clark and Mike Spence as regular drivers and others such as Peter Revson filling in on occasion. Clark won five out of the nine races in which he took part and set five fastest laps, despite strong opposition from the Brabham BT16s. Clark won both the 1965 Trophées de France Championship and the 1965 British Formula Two Championship.

Other privateers such as Reg Parnell Racing and Bernard Collomb also raced the car but with less success.

In Formula Three the 35 was less successful. Peter Revson won at Monaco in a Ron Harris car, and Bob Bondurant won at Monza in a John Willment car.

In 1966 the Lotus 35 was outclassed from the start by the Brabham-Hondas of Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme, and was soon replaced by the Lotus 41.

• Whittle, Kevin (2004). Lotus 35 - A History. Whittle Books.

This motorsport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e